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Wouldyou like to ensure that any vegetarians who come to a barbecue have aswonderful time as the rest of your guests? Well you can by making sure thatyou prepare the right kinds of foods for them.

Althoughvegetarians can eat whatever they want most choose not to. But they shouldntfeel as if they are a second-class citizen because of this. When preparing thefood for a barbecue to which such people have been invited it is important tofind out what sort of vegetarian they are. This will then help you to plan yourbarbecue much better.

Inorder to help you with planning the menu for your next barbecue to whichvegetarians have been invited we take a brief look below at what types thereare.

Type1 Pescatarian (Pescetarian)

Thesetypes of vegetarians are the ones that will choose not to eat any king of meator animal flesh other than fish. Although the term isnt used very often thereare many people who are choosing to adopt this type of vegetarian diet. Normallythey do so because of health issues or before they decide to move on tobecoming a fully-fledged vegetarian.

Type2 Semi Vegetarian (Flexitarian)

Thisis the kind of person who chooses to mainly follow a vegetarian diet, but willoccasionally choose to eat meat as well.

Type3 Vegetarian

Mostpeople when they hear the term vegetarian will of course think of someone whodoesnt eat animal flesh of any kind including fish. However these people docontinue to eat eggs and dairy products. In fact what these people arereferred to, as is being a lacto ovo vegetarian. There may however be somepeople at your barbecue who are lacto vegetarians, meaning that they willcontinue to include dairy products in their diet but not eggs. Whereas those knownonly as a ovo vegetarian will of course continue to eat eggs but will excludedairy products from their diet.

Type4 Vegan

Thisis the strictest of all diets that vegetarians will follow. These are the kindof people who will not eat any kind of meat or fish and will not consume eggsor dairy products. Furthermore they wont eat any processed foods because theyare likely to contain ingredients derived from animals.

Type5 Raw Vegan

Suchpeople will only eat foods that have been unprocessed meaning that they haventbeen heated above 115 degrees Fahrenheit. The people who follow this particulardiet believe that when food has been cooked above this temperature it loses alarge amount of the nutrients contained within it and so is harmful to theirbodies.

Type6 Macrobiotic

Thisis considered by some to be the healthiest of all vegetarian diets one canfollow. It requires the eating of unprocessed vegan foods such as fruits,vegetables and whole grains. However unlike some of the other vegetarian dietsmentioned above it does allow the follower to eat fish occasionally. They dohowever avoid the consumption of sugars and refined oils. Also when followingthis diet there is a lot of emphasis placed on the eating of Asian vegetablessuch as sea vegetables (seaweed) and daikon.