What Is a Vegetarian?!

【素食101 - 素食有幾多類？】

吃素以後，聽得最多的問題，就是：「素食？你吃不吃魚？」「有些人食素也吃蛋奶，為什麼你不吃？」「我有親人也吃素，不過他是會吃碟中的蔬菜、豆類等（葷菜）。你也會吃嗎？」

解釋了多次，也發覺真的有需要向葷食的朋友好好介紹一下不同種類的素食者，好讓大家日後挑餐廳、食物時有更好的知識基礎！

I got to answer these questions quite often:

"You’re a vegan? So do you eat fish?"
"Some vegetarian eat egg milk, why don't you eat them?"
”My relative is a vegetarian too, but he will pick vegetables and beans from the meat dishes. Would you eat that too?”

After explaining these for so many times, I realise there is really a need to introduce different types of vegetarians to friends who might not be familiar with the “Veggie Concept”. I hope this article would help everyone to have a better knowledge about their “Vegetarian” friends afterwards! (Especially when picking restaurants and what to eat!)

素食小分類

因由各異，素食絕不單一，也有不同的定義，主要分以下幾類：

蛋奶素 (Vegetarian)
不吃來自動物的食物和其相關製品，例如肉和內臟，但吃蛋類和奶類製品，觀察所見大多香港的素食者也是屬於這範圍。

蛋素 (Ovo-Vegetarian)
除了蛋類，不會吃所有動物性食物和任何奶類製品。

奶素 (Lacto-Vegetarian)
不吃動物性食物和蛋類，但會吃奶類製品，包括乳酪、芝士等。

全素 (Vegan)
不吃肉類，連帶一切有動物成分的相關製品也不吃，包括奶類、蛋類、燕窩、蜜糖等。

鍋邊素/方便素 (Flexitarian)
不直接吃肉類，但可在葷菜中挑蔬菜、豆類等非肉類來吃。

其他例如：魚素者(Pescetarianism)，是指戒食紅肉、禽類肉食，但仍進食海鮮（以魚為主）的人；和果食者(fruitarian)，只吃植物的果實。不同的飲食習慣的確五花百門。

Different kind of Vegetarian

Because of the different reasons, vegetarian food is not single, but also has different definitions, mainly divided into the following categories:

Vegetarian:
They do not eat foods from animals and related products, such as meat and internal organs, but eats eggs and dairy products. It is also within the scope of observing most of the vegetarians in Hong Kong.

Ovo-Vegetarian:
They do not eat all animal foods and any dairy products except eggs.

Lacto-Vegetarian:
They do not eat animal foods and eggs, but eats dairy products, including cheese and cheese.

Vegan:
They do not eat meat, and does not eat all related products with animal ingredients, including milk, eggs, bird's nest, honey and so on.

Flexitarian:
does not eat meat directly, but can pick vegetables, beans and other non-meat in the leek.

Others, for example, Pescetarianism refers to people who quit eating red meat and poultry meat but still eat seafood (mainly fish); and Fruitarians, who only eat the fruits of plants.