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Examples
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She assured me that there had been no studies to show that a long term lacto / ovo vegetarian diet could cause nutritional deficiencies.
Brain Blogger 2009
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She assured me that there had been no studies to show that a long term lacto / ovo vegetarian diet could cause nutritional deficiencies.
Brain Blogger 2009
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I too 'work at' being a vegetarian - I am what is known as a lacto-ovum vegetarian - meaning I eat dairy and eggs.
Posthuman Blues Mac 2006
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And people making foods such as lacto-fermented vegetables, cheeses, or breads would be required to register and pay the fee, which could drive beginning and small producers out of business during difficult economic times.
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In a world where vegetarians are already a marginalized, and fringe groups are further sub-categorized into vegans, pescatarians, raw foodies, lacto-ovo vegetarian, etc, I have invented a new category and introduced it into the urban dictionary.
Gopi Kallayil: The Practical Vegetarian Gopi Kallayil 2010
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In a world where vegetarians are already a marginalized, and fringe groups are further sub-categorized into vegans, pescatarians, raw foodies, lacto-ovo vegetarian, etc, I have invented a new category and introduced it into the urban dictionary.
Gopi Kallayil: The Practical Vegetarian Gopi Kallayil 2010
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If you succeed in eliminating egg products, but don't give up milk products, you'd be a lacto-vegan.
Reduce Or Eliminate Eggs With These Egg Substitutes | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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As a life-long ovo-lacto vegetarian (no meat, eggs+milk products ok) who's now trying to give up all egg products, this will prove very helpful.
Reduce Or Eliminate Eggs With These Egg Substitutes | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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In a world where vegetarians are already a marginalized, and fringe groups are further sub-categorized into vegans, pescatarians, raw foodies, lacto-ovo vegetarian, etc, I have invented a new category and introduced it into the urban dictionary.
Gopi Kallayil: The Practical Vegetarian Gopi Kallayil 2010
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He is by preference nonviolent, eats little meat and is considering vegetarianism again (he was an ovo/lacto vegetarian for twelve years).
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