Many streams and nutrition systems present today's vegetarian culture, although the basic principles are common in all cases. The basic idea of vegetarianism development is in the secret of special body and spirit training. According to Buddhism teaching that formed the vegetarianism itself it is an inadmissible to stand with animal eating. The present motivation list is significantly enlarged since the time of theory development. Everyone finds his/her own succour in vegetarian nutrition systems (psychological, religious, spiritual, social, health improvement, nutrition, environmental, aesthetic, etc). The big variety of modern vegetarianism forms, systems and diets proves high popularity of vegetarian tendency.
Some of the most widespread vegetarianism variants are lacot vegetarianism, ovo-lacto vegetarianism, ovo vegetarianism, vegan eating (veganism), raw food vegetarianism, macrobiotic vegetarianism, pesco vegetarianism, fruitarism, etc.
Lacto vegetarians prefer most vegetarian products but at the same time allow themselves all dairy products. This form of vegetarianism is popular in Mediterranean area. Ovo-lacto vegetarians consume almost all products except meat and rather often fish. But the table of ovo-vegetarians is often served with eggs and dairy products (milk, butter, cheese, etc). This vegetarianism variant is extremely popular in Western world. Ovo vegetarians can eat eggs, fruits and vegetables but exclude meat and dairy products from the nutrition ration.
Today vegetarianism is represented by comparatively new tendency of vegan eating. This vegetarian variant feels especially strict criticism because of some kinds of extremity. Any animal products are not available for vegan nutrition system (no meat, eggs, cheese, milk, butter and even honey). Vegan eating is just the part of new philosophical system that struggles against consumption of animal products, leather goods, any cosmetic based on natural fat and etc.
One variant of vegan eating is consumption of macrobiotic products that are ?not forbidden? for macrobiotic vegetarians (whole grains and beans). Despite these strict rules some macrobiotic vegetarians allow themselves having some fish (but exactly no meat, eggs and dairy products). The main purposes of macrobiotic vegetarians are gaining the balance between nutrition perceived as ying and yang (positive and negative).
One unusual variant of veganism is raw food diet. The followers of this diet consume only raw products, sometimes warmed slightly. They believe that only in this way it is possible to preserve all nutritive materials gifted by nature. Some of raw ?foodists? prefer previous soaking of products in water. Many of raw diet fans are fruitarians. Fruitarians? food allowance includes fruits, nuts, and seeds. Some of these vegetarians eat only fruits that fell from the tree following some holistic philosophy principles.
Although vegan eating not always recommended by doctors and dietitians the popularity of this stream speeds up. The result is great number of new vegan fast food restaurants.