I am thinking about starting a vegetarian diet. This means I would not consume the flesh of any animal.
That sounds healthy!  What are the advantages of a vegetarian diet over eating animal protein?
I'm not sure of the specifics, but health is only one reason for adopting a vegetarian lifestyle. Other motivations are political, cultural, or economic. 
What would be an example of some of these reason?  Is it cheaper to eat a vegetarian diet?
Yes and no. While many people save money from not buying meat, supplementing the vitamins and protein meat gives you can be expensive.
That is true.  Supplements are crazy expensive.  What political reasons are the for this kind of diet?  Is it because people don't want to harm animals?
People argue that animals have the same rights as humans. There is an activist movement, eco feminism, that believes oppression of animals and women are linked. 
Really?  I had never heard that before!  Do you know the reasoning for their thinking that it is linked?  Seems like a stretch to me.
, which states that the ways in which the privileged dominates the oppressed should include the way humans dominate nature. A major theme within ecofeminism is the belief that there is a strong connection between the domination of women and the domination of nature, and that both must be eradicated in order to end oppression.
Vegetarian ecofeminism extends beyond ecofeminism because it believes that the way in which humans exploit and kill nonhuman animals should be distinctly recognized, and that the oppression of humans is linked to the oppression of nonhuman animals. The concept
Vegetarian diet.
Hinduism does not require a vegetarian diet, but many Hindus avoid eating meat because they believe that it minimizes hurting other life forms. Vegetarianism is considered "satvic", that is purifying the body and mind lifestyle in some Hindu texts.
Lacto-vegetarianism is favored, which includes milk-based foods and all other non-animal derived foods, but it excludes meat and eggs. There are three main reasons for this: the principle of nonviolence (ahimsa) applied to animals, the intention