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Old 04-24-2015, 06:45 AM
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What I'm worried about is them possibly developing new, unclear definitions of the phrase "plant based diet". A vegan diet is a plant based diet and a vegetarian diet is plant based. Now meat eaters can claim to be eating a plant based diet? I feel like this phrase "plant based diet" has been stretched to cover everything and, consequently, it has become almost meaningless.
A routine understanding of the English language should tell us that "plant based" and "plant only" are not the same.

It would seem to me that any diet in which over 50% of the calories are derived from plants would be categorized as a plant based diet. Are not vegetarians who eat dairy products eating a "plant based diet"?

As far as I can tell, a vegan diet is another name for a plant only diet.
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