How can a vegetarian start eating eggs?

Unlike the birds' eggs that you see hatching into chicks, the eggs that you eat do not contain a developing embryo. In fact, these eggs almost never contain even the potential for life. As such, eggs are typically considered safe on most vegetarian diets. read more

Whatever nutritional benefits eggs provide can easily be found in other vegetarian (or even vegan) foods. Once upon a time, some people believed that eggs were “the perfect food,” but then some research raised concerns about cholesterol. read more

Many vegetarians include eggs in their diet, while still abstaining from eating chicken, cows, pigs, fish and all animals. According to terminology, you're an "ovo-vegetarian," that is, a vegetarian who eats eggs. read more