Details about meat-reducing diets

Meat-reducing diets encompass various dietary patterns aimed at reducing the consumption of meat, often for health, environmental, or ethical reasons. Here are some common types:

1. **Vegetarianism**: Vegetarians abstain from consuming meat, poultry, and seafood. Some variations include:

   - Lacto-vegetarian: Includes dairy products but excludes eggs.

   - Ovo-vegetarian: Includes eggs but excludes dairy products.

   - Lacto-ovo vegetarian: Includes both dairy products and eggs.

   - Pescatarian: Consumes seafood but avoids meat and poultry.

2. **Flexitarianism**: Also known as semi-vegetarianism, flexitarians primarily follow a vegetarian diet but occasionally eat meat or fish.

3. **Plant-based diet**: Focuses on consuming plant-derived foods such as fruits, vegetables, grains, nuts, and seeds, while minimizing or eliminating animal products.

4. **Veganism**: Vegans avoid all animal products, including meat, dairy, eggs, and sometimes honey and gelatin, for ethical, environmental, and health reasons.

5. **Reducetarianism**: Involves consciously reducing meat consumption without completely eliminating it from the diet. This approach allows individuals to tailor their meat consumption according to personal preferences and goals.

6. **Whole-foods, plant-based diet**: Emphasizes whole, minimally processed plant foods and limits or excludes animal products and processed foods.

People adopt meat-reducing diets for various reasons, including health benefits such as reducing the risk of chronic diseases like heart disease and cancer, environmental concerns related to livestock production's impact on land use, water use, and greenhouse gas emissions, and ethical considerations regarding animal welfare and rights.