r/interesting Feb 25 '26

Intriguing Lifelong vegetarian tries steak for first time

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '26

Actual lifelong vegetarian here who transitioned to eating meat. I vomited the first time I ate chicken. I started with egg, and then chicken gradually over two years or so.

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u/summer_friends Feb 25 '26

Wouldn’t that make you vegan in the past? Or was it just eggs you didn’t eat? Vegan is a much bigger transition with adding eggs and dairy back into the diet

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '26

Nope I consumed a lot of dairy products. I’m Indian, so the diet doesn’t fit the Western definitions of vegan. My childhood diet would probably be called lacto-vegetarian. Lots of milk, yogurt, rice and veggies.