LACTO-OVO VEGETARIAN: Eats no meat, poultry, or fish, but includes dairy products and eggs in the diet along with plant-based foods.

LACTO VEGETARIAN: Excludes all animal products except dairy products. Includes all plant-based foods in the diet.

OVO VEGETARIAN: Excludes all animal products except eggs. Includes all plant-based foods in the diet.

VEGAN OR PURE VEGETARIAN: Vegan is pronounced "vee gun." Some people distinguish between vegan and pure vegetarian, considering the pure vegetarian one who eats no animal flesh, no dairy products, or no eggs, and follows a strict plant-based diet for dietary reasons only. While vegans follow a diet consisting of plant-based foods only, they are further committed to a philosophy that respects animal life and the ecology of the planet.

As a result, vegans also do not eat honey because many bees are killed in the process of forced procreation to maintain the beehive and the continued production of honey.

Vegans do not eat refined cane sugar, because it is clarified over animal bone char in the final steps of the process that makes the sugar white. Instead, vegans choose unrefined sweeteners such as evaporated cane juice, maple sugar, maple syrup, date sugar, Sucanat, and agave nectar.

Vegans also avoid gelatin which is made from the bones, skin, and connective tissue of animals.

Because vegans consider the ecology of the planet a priority along with concern for animal rights, they shun the use of leather, wool, silk, goosedown, and any foods or goods that have been processed using animal products. Their concern is that the planet's future resources have been harmed and animals have suffered in order for these products to come to market.

FRUITARIAN: The fruitarian has a simpler diet consisting only of seed-bearing fruits that include whole fresh fruits and some vining foods that are technically considered fruits, but have been used as vegetables. These vegetable/fruits comprise cucumbers, tomatoes, squashes, peppers and olives. Avocados, technically a tree fruit eaten as a vegetable, are also embraced. Fruitarians may also include coconuts, nuts, and seeds and some greens that they carefully harvest in a manner that allows the plant to continue producing leaves.

LIVING FOODS DIET: Those who follow the living foods diet call themselves live fooders or live foodists and eat a broad variety of fresh fruits, vegetables, soaked nuts and seeds, soaked and sprouted grains and legumes, and sea vegetables. They also include cultured foods such as live vegetable krauts, fermented nut and seed cheeses, and other cultured foods that contain friendly bacteria. Green drinks and soups, along with wheatgrass juice are encouraged, while stimulating and salty foods may be consumed sparingly. Food combining is important to maintain good digestion and a vigorous constitution. In addition, live fooders will warm some of their foods in a dehydrator with a temperature regulator. In order to preserve the valuable enzymes that raw foods contain, some foods may be warmed to temperatures no higher than 105 degrees, while others will tolerate a little higher heat up to 115 degrees.

NATURAL HYGIENE DIET: Those who follow the natural hygiene regimen consume a diet of whole, organically grown fresh fruits, vegetables, nuts, and seeds in their raw, natural state, often eating only one food at a meal until sated. They place a strong focus on proper food combining for optimal digestion and employ occasional water fasts. Natural fats such as avocados, nuts and seeds are eaten in small quantities, while extracted vegetable oils are discouraged.Certain strong tasting foods are eschewed, such as: garlic, onions, sea vegetables, salt, fermented foods, and supergreen foods, such as bluegreen algae. Other principles important to the lifestyle include fresh pure air, pure water, moderate sunshine, regular exercise, adequate sleep, and fasting when ill.

RAW FOODIST: Proponents of the raw food diet often refer to themselves as raw fooders or raw foodists. Included in their regimen are all fresh fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds (raw as well as soaked and sprouted), and soaked and sprouted grains and legumes. Many enjoy low-temperature dehydrated crackers, cereals, sprouted raw breads, and fresh fruit and nut-based desserts. Those who follow the raw food diet are more flexible and inclusive of flavor-enhanced foods such as marinated fruits and vegetables. Surprisingly elegant gourmet foods have emerged from the raw food kitchen, yet many prefer simpler foods that require little preparation. Further, the raw foodist never cooks or warms the foods on a stove, but eats them only in their natural, raw state in order to preserve their valuable enzymes.

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