Plant-based Diet

Plant-based diet is a general term that refers to an eating pattern dominated by fresh or minimally processed plant foods and decreased consumption of meat, eggs and dairy products. There is no formal definition for the term.

• Herbivore: an animal that is adapted to eat plants and not meat.
• Veganism: refers to a plant-based diet, with absolutely no food from animal sources (strict vegetarian diet); or completely eliminating the use of animal products for ethical reasons. Consuming other species that are neither plant nor animal, such as fungi, protists, and bacteria, is generally accepted.
• Fruitarianism: a form of veganism, in which meals consist primarily of fruit.
• Raw veganism: a form of veganism, in which food is uncooked or only dehydrated.
• Vegetarianism: a plant-based diet that may include eggs, milk, and cheese.
• Macrobiotic diet: a plant-based diet with occasional seafood.
• Semi-vegetarianism: a plant-based diet with occasional meat products.
• Nutritarian: a person who eats a diet with as many micronutrients per calorie as possible - primarily from green vegetables, colorful vegetables, and fresh fruits and avoiding processed foods like oils, salt, sugar, and flours.