I'm thinking about becoming a vegetarian, but the more I research online about it, the more confused I get. Can you break this down for me?
well to put it in simple terms, it is the practice of abstaining from the consumption of meat (red meat, poultry, seafood, and the flesh of any other animal).
Definitely got that part already. What are the usual reasons a person might go vegetarian?
some people object to eating meat out of respect for sentient life
That's true, more of an activist thing I guess. But I'm just more concerned about my health. Is a vegetarian diet as healthy as people make it sound?
Well there are variations of the diet: the ovo-lacto vegetarian diet includes both eggs and diary produects, an ovo-vegetarian diet includes eggs but not diary products which may effect diet
I guess I'll have to keep researching then. There's a lot about a vegetarian diet that could be complicated and nuanced. I'll need to be sure.
it just depends on preference, packaged and processed foods such as cakes, cookies, candies and marshmallows often contain unfamiliar animal ingredients, so it may be something else to consider when making the jump