This is a quick vocabulary video about the difference between vegetarian and vegan and flexitarian, fruiterian
and pescetarian. Because I've noticed a lot of confusion about
these terms and... I was in a reataurant the other day and I asked the waiter if there was
anything vegetarian on the menu and he said "is beef ok?" "No, it isn't!" So
to find out more stay tuned.
vegetarians do not eat dead animals. If you eat fish you are not
a vegetarian, tuna is not a vegetable. Vegetarians will eat products from animals such as cheese
and eggs. But if you are a vegetarian be careful as many cheeses contain a product
called rennet which is usually made from the stomach of a calf. So for example Parmesan
and Roquefort are not vegetarian - sorry for the bad news.
Paul McCartney explained why he's a vegetarian saying that he can walk past a field of
animals with a clear conscience.
If you do eat fish but not meat
then you can call yourself A pescetarian
A vegan is someone who doesn't eat any animal products. No meat, no fish, no cheese, no eggs. Honey
well maybe yes, maybe no it depends on who you ask. Some vegans will not wear anything
made of leather too.
Some famous vegans include Nathalie Portman, Miley Cyrus,and Al Gore and Morissey,
Now we're getting into an extreme territory.
A raw vegan is a vegan who won't eat foods that have been heated to a temperature of
of more than 49 degrees centigrade (thank you wikipedia for that). Raw vegans believe that
heating the food kills its nutrients and also produces dangerous chemicals.
So a flexitarian is someone who is vegatarian most of the time but will occassionaly eat
meat or fish to supplement the diet. for example I'm a flexitarian - I'm a vegetarian except on Tuesdays when I eat
sausages.
And finally we have the fruiterian - the
most extreme diet of all. Fruiterians wish to avoid killing anything, including plants.
So they'll only eat fruits that fall and so those which don't kill the plant so they won't eat it.
So for example you can't
eat a carrot because you kill the carrot but you can eat an apple. because the apple.
Because the apple tree carries on living.
It seems a bit extreme to me because a carrot doesn't suffer - it doesn't have a
central nervous system but.. that's what they believe.
However the diet is said to be dangerous because it lacks vitamins
(...they're taking a fruiterian to the hospital now, I think)
the diet lacks so many vitamins. But there are some famous fruitarians that you might know.
Gandhi was a fruitarian for 5 years and Steve Jobs also followed a fruitarian diet for a
time. Some people say that the fruiterian diet killed him! because it caused his pancreatic cancer
However, other people say that this is nonsense.
So there you are I hope that's cleared up any confusion. So vegetarians will say that
It's great to eat a meal which is cruelty free but I couldn't possibly comment because
I'm just an English teacher so I'll leave you with a quote form Isaac Bashevis Singer
who said: I didn't become a vegetarian for my health. I did it for the health of the chickens.
Thank you for watching more English language videos coming soon.