history: I have always been interested in vegetarianism. Are you a vegetarian.
knowledge: Vegetarianism has its roots in the civilizations of ancient India and ancient Greece.
response: I am not, but it does have it's roos in ancient India and Greece, so it's been around awhile.
history: I have always been interested in vegetarianism. Are you a vegetarian.
I am not, but it does have it's roos in ancient India and Greece, so it's been around awhile.
That's interesting. I wonder if it started for religious reasons or was just a cultural trend?
knowledge: In both instances the diet was closely connected with the idea of nonviolence toward animals (called ''ahimsa'' in India), and was promoted by religious groups and philosophers.
response: I think both in Greece and India it was connected to the idea of non-violence towards animals and then was promoted by religious groups and philosphers.
history: I have always been interested in vegetarianism. Are you a vegetarian.
I am not, but it does have it's roos in ancient India and Greece, so it's been around awhile.
That's interesting. I wonder if it started for religious reasons or was just a cultural trend?
I think both in Greece and India it was connected to the idea of non-violence towards animals and then was promoted by religious groups and philosphers.
Awesome. I thinks a lot of vegetarians must be against violence to animals when they make that kind of choice.
knowledge: Other motivations for vegetarianism are health-related, political, environmental, cultural, aesthetic, economic, or personal preference.
response: There are other motivations for it also, such as health-related, political, economic, and just personal preference.
history: I have always been interested in vegetarianism. Are you a vegetarian.
I am not, but it does have it's roos in ancient India and Greece, so it's been around awhile.
That's interesting. I wonder if it started for religious reasons or was just a cultural trend?
I think both in Greece and India it was connected to the idea of non-violence towards animals and then was promoted by religious groups and philosphers.
Awesome. I thinks a lot of vegetarians must be against violence to animals when they make that kind of choice.
There are other motivations for it also, such as health-related, political, economic, and just personal preference.
2 of my family members have Alph-gal. It's an allergy to mammal meat caused by a tick bite. So I can definitely understand doing it for health reasons.
knowledge: There are variations of the diet as well: an ovo-lacto vegetarian diet includes both eggs and dairy products, an ovo-vegetarian diet includes eggs but not dairy products, and a lacto-vegetarian diet includes dairy products but not eggs.
response: I see, that sounds interesting, would they have ovo-lacto diets? It is vegetarian diet with eggs and dairy.  While a ovo-vegetarian is the same but without the dairy.
history: I have always been interested in vegetarianism. Are you a vegetarian.
I am not, but it does have it's roos in ancient India and Greece, so it's been around awhile.
That's interesting. I wonder if it started for religious reasons or was just a cultural trend?
I think both in Greece and India it was connected to the idea of non-violence towards animals and then was promoted by religious groups and philosphers.
Awesome. I thinks a lot of vegetarians must be against violence to animals when they make that kind of choice.
There are other motivations for it also, such as health-related, political, economic, and just personal preference.
2 of my family members have Alph-gal. It's an allergy to mammal meat caused by a tick bite. So I can definitely understand doing it for health reasons.
I see, that sounds interesting, would they have ovo-lacto diets? It is vegetarian diet with eggs and dairy.  While a ovo-vegetarian is the same but without the dairy.
I don't have that information here right now, I've never heard of either term actually. One is pregnant and I hope a vegetarian dieet si fine for them.
knowledge: If undernutrition occurs during pregnancy, or before two years of age, it may result in permanent problems with physical and mental development.
response: Well, if undernutrition happens then permanent physical or mental development issues can occur.