Are you a vegan?  Vegetarianism is the practice of abstaining from the consumption of meat
No I'm not, I love meat! I respect people who are vegan though! It seems like a new trend.
however it may be adopted for various reasons.
Correct! What are some of the reasons people become vegan?
Vegetarianism
Vegetarianism is the practice of abstaining from the consumption of meat (red meat, poultry, seafood, and the flesh of any other animal), and may also include abstention from by-products of animals processed for food.
Vegetarianism may be adopted for various reasons. Many people object to eating meat out of respect for sentient life. Such ethical motivations have been codified under various religious beliefs, as well as animal rights advocacy. Other motivations for vegetarianism are health-related, political, environmental, cultural,
include occasional fish or other seafood. Though some advocates of the macrobiotic diet promote a vegetarian (or nearly vegan) approach as the ideal.
- Pescetarian diet: someone who follows this diet eats fish and/or shellfish and may or may not consume dairy and eggs. The consumption of meat, such as poultry, mammal meat and the flesh of any other animal is abstained from. In the past, some vegetarian societies used to consider it to simply be a less-strict type of vegetarianism. This is no longer the