With more people taking a mindful approach to their consumption of animal products, it’s important to take a closer look at the benefits, risks, misconceptions and key lessons to learn from...
‘Get to know a diet’ is a weekly series that takes a closer look at some well-known diet trends. This week, we ask a dietitian and a nutritionist about vegetarianism and veganism.
What does it mean to be a vegetarian or vegan? With more people ascribing to both and taking a mindful approach to their consumption of animal products, it’s important to take a closer look at the benefits, risks, and key lessons to learn from vegetarianism and veganism.
Animal-free, to various degrees
In understanding just what it means to be a vegetarian or vegan, it may be helpful to understand each as residing along a continuum. This is because, first and foremost, there’s no single definition of what it means to be vegetarian.
Good ideas.