what is a vegetarian? It seems like a simple question, but the answer is complicated because many people who fellow very different diets all declare themselves vegetarians. Some, know as vegans, eat no animal products at all: no meat , no fish , no eggs , no products made from milk such as butter and cheese, and no honey. Some vegans, know as fruitarians, go even further: they avoid killind plants, eating only fruit, seeds, beans and nuts. other vegetarians are less extreme, eating no product that require killing animals. They decline to eat meat or fish but do eat milk product and eggs. Finally, there are vegetarians who eat some kinds of meat and fish. some eat fish but no meat; some eat fish and chicken but no red meat as beef. Because such people eat fish or chicken, strict vegetarians do not consider them to be vegetarians at all.