What is Joy? Joy is a
woman trying to gracefully navigate middle age (age gracefully) by making
intelligent and intentional choices as it relates to food, career, exercise,
and relationships. Sounds pretty
impressive, huh? In reality, I am trying to fight off weight gain and surround
myself with people who do not get on my nerves.
However, I meant what type of tarian is Joy? There are levels in this veggie game and they
are as follows:
- Raw Vegans combine the concepts of veganism and raw foodism. They do not consume food and products of animal origin, as well as food cooked at a temperature above 48 °C (118 °F).[1] A raw vegan diet includes raw vegetables and fruits, nuts and nut pastes, grain and legume sprouts, seeds, plant oils, sea vegetables, herbs, mushrooms, and fresh juices.
- Vegan: Vegans do not consume any animal products or by-products. So vegans of course do not consume red or white meat, fish or fowl. They also do not consume eggs and dairy. Vegans do not use honey or beeswax, gelatin and any other animal by-product ingredients or products. Vegans typically do not use animal products such as silk, leather and wool, as well.
- Lacto Vegetarian: Lacto-vegetarians do not eat red or white meat, fish, fowl or eggs. However, lacto-vegetarians do consume dairy products such as cheese, milk and yogurt.
- Ovo Vegetarian: Ovo-vegetarians do not eat red or white meat, fish, fowl or dairy products. However, ovo-vegetarians do consume egg products.
- Lacto-ovo vegetarian: Lacto-ovo vegetarians do not consume red meat, white meat, fish or fowl. However, lacto-ovo vegetarians do consume dairy products and egg products. This is the most common type of vegetarian.
- Pollotarian: Much like the pescatarian, this “semi-vegetarian” diet restricts meat consumption to poultry and fowl only. Pollotarians do not consume red meat or fish and seafood
- Pescatarian (Pescetarian): While technically not a type of vegetarian, these individuals do restrict their meat consumption to fish and seafood only. Pescatarians do not consume red meat, white meat or fowl. This is considered a “semi-vegetarian” or “flexitarian” diet.
- Flexitarian – A plant-based diet with the occasional meat item on the menu. These folks do their best to limit meat intake as much as possible and they have an almost entirely plant-based diet. This is not technically considered a “vegetarian” diet, but we commend the effort!
Right now I am trying to decide where I fall in this
spectrum. This week, I have been a Raw
Vegan, an Ovo Vegetarian and a Lacto-ovo Vegetarian. I guess that makes me a Joyatarian. In all honesty, I have to say that the Ovo
Vegetarian and Lacto-Ovo Vegetarian occurred because I forgot I vowed not to
eat dairy or eggs. At least I did not have chicken or fish (smile). Please don’t judge me. At any rate, I think I
am going to listen to my body. This is a
work in progress, so I may not know where I fall in this spectrum for a
while.
Now on to my noteworthy meals today. At lunch, the cafeteria was servicing fish
tacos with a spicy pineapple slaw. I
decided on the taco stuffed with the spicy slaw, salsa and cheese. I also had a
side salad of tomatoes, artichoke hearts and feta. Lunch was pretty darn yummy.
For dinner I decided to go to another raw vegan
restaurant. I ordered the lasagna. That
lasagna was a piece of raw heaven. I did
not miss the meat nor the noodles. I
will order it again, because it was awesome and I want to determine the flavors
so that I can attempt this recipe at home.
I did not get much physical activity in this week, but Rome
wasn’t built in a day. Cheers to our
health.
