You sit down at lunch and a friend announces he’s become a vegetarian. You know this means he’s going to stop eating meat. But if someone he were to call himself a flexitarian or a raw vegan, would you have any idea what he’s talking about? Here are some widely used definitions from the International Vegetarian Union and passionatevegetarian.com to clear things up.
Flexitarian? Vegetarian? Vegan?
Friday, October 12, 2007 | 3:00 p.m. CDT;
updated 11:41 p.m. CDT, Monday, July 21, 2008
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