lacto-ovo vegetarian

See also: lacto-ovo-vegetarian and lactoovovegetarian

English

Noun

lacto-ovo vegetarian (plural lacto-ovo vegetarians)

1. Alternative form of lacto-ovo-vegetarian.
   • 1996, Mark Messina, Virginia Messina, The Dietitian’s Guide to Vegetarian Diets: Issues and Applications, Aspen, →ISBN, page 107:

     Some research,^76–78 but not all,^79–82 suggests that lacto-ovo vegetarians have greater bone density than meat eaters. In women aged 50 to 87, lacto-ovo vegetarians were found to lose about 50% to 60% less bone mass in comparison with omnivores,^78.83 although a recent study did not confirm these findings.⁸¹

   • 2010, Manjeshwar Shrinath Baliga, Jason Jerome D’Souza, Raghavendra Haniadka, Rajesh Arora, “Indian Vegetarian Diet and Cancer Prevention”, in Ronald Ross Watson, Victor R. Preedy, editors, Bioactive Foods and Extracts: Cancer Treatment and Prevention, Boca Raton, Fla.: CRC Press, →ISBN, page 68:

     Today, in India, vegetarians form a nonhomogenous group consisting of semivegetarians (plant food, dairy products, eggs, and fish), lacto-ovo vegetarians (plant food, dairy products, and eggs), and vegans (plant food only).

   • 2016, Helen Buckland, Jacqui Keepin, WJEC GCSE Food and Nutrition, Hodder Education, →ISBN:

     Lacto vegetarians. These eat the same as lacto-ovo vegetarians, but they do not eat eggs.