There are different types of vegans. If I remember correctly, there are 3 main types:
Lacto Ovo vegetarian, Lacto vegetarian, and Vegan.
1. A lacto ovo vegetarian eats mostly plant foods, but also eats eggs and dairy products including yogurt, milk, cheese and ice cream. It is an easy diet to keep up with in the real world of fast food, etc.
2. Lacto vegetarians eat no meat or eggs, but do consume dairy products. Now there are ovo vegetarians, who eat eggs but don’t consume dairy products.
3. Vegans stay away from all animal proteins and animal by-products. This is the most extreme form of vegetarian diet, as vegans get all of their nutrition from grains, vegetables, fruits, legumes, nuts and seeds. It is the hardest form to cook & everything. Bread is made with eggs. Even vegetarian burgers are made with egg. Many non-dairy products are thickened with casein which is extracted from milk.
Other non main groups are pesco vegetarians don’t eat poultry, beef or pork but they do eat fish. Pollo vegetarians avoid red meat and fish but eat chicken. There is also macrobiotics, inspired by ancient Chinese principle of yin and yang which is mainly locally produced, seasonal foods. The basic macrobiotic diet has fish – but without the fish and the diet is vegan.
There are even ones with fruit-& vegetarians that won't eat anything take kills anything even plants. If harvesting a veggie/fruit kills the plant, they won't eat it. I don't remember what is is called. There may be more but that's all I remember.
I do think that people need to do whatever is right for them & there families. Vegan or not. It may be cruel & rather gross but it is a way of life to eat other once living animals/plants. Other animals even do it. There are so many different people out there so many types of vegan diets are needed.
That was copied & pasted from the other post. I wrote that the first time, you can check out the other post.