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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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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.

    Tyranny, coming to a farm near you 2009

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • He is by preference nonviolent, eats little meat and is considering vegetarianism again (he was an ovo/lacto vegetarian for twelve years).

    Printing: On Women, Love, Sex and Art 2010

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