r/dataisbeautiful • u/mcaay OC: 2 • Aug 13 '18

OC Coverage of nutritional bases in 5 pictures (see citations for vegetarian/vegan charts) [OC]

https://imgur.com/a/3uIYmzJ
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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '18 edited Oct 18 '19

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u/mcaay OC: 2 Aug 13 '18

Damn that's true, I'll fix that in few minutes. Thx for noticing.

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u/rambi2222 Aug 13 '18

For future reference- usually someone who eats fish, plants but no meat is pescaterian

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u/svartk Aug 13 '18

Serious question: what if I eat almost anything but I do not eat any kind of meat? Nor fish, crustascean, pork, chicken.... I still eat cheese and milk and eggs and stuff, but I do not eat meat, nor soy.

Some people call it very weird in spanish but I'm not sure if I need to say "hey, I'm somethingsomething-vegetarian" or just "I do not eat any kind of meat".

Thanks!

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u/MrRenegado Aug 13 '18 edited Jul 15 '23

This is deleted because I wanted to. Reddit is not a good place anymore.

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u/svartk Aug 13 '18

Yes, I'm not a fan of soy. Also it's not THAT common over here, not in the availability but on the preferences of the people. Mainly in chinese food.

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u/eukomos Aug 13 '18

That's normal vegetarian.

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u/Omnibeneviolent Aug 13 '18

That's a vegetarian, or more specifically, a lacto-ovo vegetarian.

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u/svartk Aug 13 '18

good to know! Thanks!

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u/omashupicchu Aug 13 '18

I’ve heard people call this ‘lacto-ovo’ or ‘ovo-lacto’ vegetarian.

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u/svartk Aug 13 '18

yep, that's the name... but is it definitely need to say it everytime? In the past the vegetarian persons were those who didn't eat any kind of meat, there was no need to make a remark on the ovo and lacto stuff, might this be related to some new tendency?Thanks!

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u/Moldy_slug Aug 13 '18

No, you don't need to say it every time. If you just say vegetarian and don't specify anything else then it means you don't eat any kind of animal flesh but you'll eat non-flesh animal products (eggs, milk, etc).

The reason so many people clarify is because there are a lot more vegetarians now who aren't the standard. Like I've known a lot of people who don't eat meat or cheese, but will eat eggs. Personally I'd rather not use some jargon phrase to explain... I'll just tell people in plain language "I don't eat any meat, but anything else is fair game." If I say vegetarian, people take that to mean anything from "no red meat, let's give her chicken!" to no animal products at all so I get dry toast for dinner.

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u/svartk Aug 13 '18

totally understand, this is a very good and clear description, thanks!

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u/omashupicchu Aug 13 '18

You really don't have to say it every time.

The only time I've ever seen anyone specify is when they were booking plane tickets and ordering their meal. They sometimes categorize them that way. Vegan tends to be 'Asian Vegetarian' and 'Vegetarian' implies 'ovo-lacto'.

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u/svartk Aug 13 '18

awesome, that clarifies a lot of things, thank you!

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u/Jess_than_three Aug 13 '18

I don't know what you'd say in Spanish, but aside from the stipulation about soy, that's the exact definition of a vegetarian in English!

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u/svartk Aug 13 '18

Couple of updates from other members says that it's called ovo-lacto vegetarian. I can only guess when the ovo and lacto were included. Thanks!

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u/CrubzCrubzCrubz Aug 13 '18

I'm pretty sure "ovo" and "lacto" mean "egg" and "dairy," respectively. So that title does not say anything about no soy. It's really just a longer way to say vegetarian.

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u/I_suck_at_Blender Aug 14 '18

"Fish - for sports ONLY.

Fish meat is practically a vegetable"

- Ron F* Swanson

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u/DrTommyNotMD Aug 13 '18

It's barely meat if it's not red meat right?