Beef & Pork Fish & Poultry Dairy (milk, yogurt, cheese) Eggs
“American Diet”  
Semi-Vegetarian (Lacto-Ovo Vegetarian or Flexitarian) ***  ***  
Pollo-Vegetarian Chicken  
Pesco-Vegetarian or Pescatarian Fish  
Lacto-Vegetarian
Ovo-Vegetarian  
Vegan

*** Someone who is cutting back on his or her intake of meat, in general.

Reading through the literature or research papers, you may be confused by the different types of vegetarian diets available to you.  Vegetarian diets range from the super restrictive vegan style of vegetarianism to the more liberal flexitarian diet, which incorporates limited amounts of meat.  We hope the table above provides you with a better understanding of the different options available.