... includes dairy products and eggs in the diet along with plant-based foods. A Lacto Vegetarian is someone who eats no meat or eggs but does eat dairy products. Then there are the strictest of the non-meat eaters, they are called vegans. A vegan would be someone who refrains from eating all animal flesh, ... perks of turning away from meat let's simply take a look at how many animals die each year due to factory farming. In 2001 alone over 9.8 billion animals were killed for food in the United States. This includes 41.6 million cows, 118 pigs, 8.9 billion "broiler" chickens, 450 million "l...

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