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On 2025-04-04, flood of sins wrote:

> On 2025-04-03, Ed P <esp@snet.n> wrote:
>
>> I'm thinking of starting this.  Vegetarian is good,
>> vegan more extreme, but this is over the top.

>> The Jain diet emphasizes a plant-based diet 
>> that minimizes harm to living organisms.

> since when are plants not living organisms?

I'm not an expert, but I assume it's because the soul
of a plant is in the root, so leaves & fruit OK,
but not seeds.

Fungus too. Don't eat the dirt with the mycellia.
You must be OK with eating reproductive organs.