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Old 05-18-2007, 12:51 PM   #7
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Originally Posted by jekylljuice View Post
The fundamental difference is that while vegetarianism refers to an abstinence from all meat and meat by-products, veganism refers to an entire abstinence from animal-based food products altogether, which extends to dairy and eggs.
Okay that makes sense. I knew (or assumed) that vegetarians must fall back on eggs and other by-products to get the protein that they would otherwise miss out on from meat. Thanks for the info, jekyill.
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