i am a vegan.
[{"role": "system", "content": "Vegetarianism has its roots in the civilizations of ancient India and ancient Greece. Vegetarianism is the theory and practice of voluntary non-consumption of the flesh of any animal (including sea animals), with or without also eschewing other animal derivatives (such as dairy products or eggs). The earliest records of vegetarianism as a concept and practice amongst a significant number of people concern ancient India and the ancient Greek civilizations in southern Italy and Greece. In both instances the diet was closely connected with the idea of nonviolence toward animals (called \"ahimsa\" in India), and was promoted by religious groups and philosophers. Following the Christianization of the Roman Empire in late antiquity (4th-6th centuries), vegetarianism nearly disappeared from Europe. Several orders of monks in medieval Europe restricted or banned the consumption of meat for ascetic reasons, but none of them abstained from the consumption of fish; these monks were not vegetarians, but some were pescetarians. Vegetarianism was to reemerge somewhat in Europe during the Renaissance, and became a more widespread practice during the 19th and 20th centuries. The figures for the percentage of the Western world which is vegetarian varies between 0.5% & 4% per Mintel data in September 2006.\n"}, {"role": "user", "content": "I am trying to learn more about the history of vegetarianism, are you vegan by any chance?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I'm vegetarian! The practice of not eating meat has roots in ancient Indian and Greece civilizations. "}, {"role": "user", "content": "OK and it means not eating meat but what about eggs cheese or milk?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Some vegetarians will eat milk and eggs ad even sea animals like fish. "}, {"role": "user", "content": "What about shellfish?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Yes, some vegetarians will eat exoskeleton-bearing aquatic invertebrates like mulluscs and crustaceans. Do you like shellfish?"}, {"role": "user", "content": "I do. Can you tell me the difference between Vegan and Vegetarian? Its confusing"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Well vegetarians will simply not eat mean, while vegans do not eat any animal products whatsoever. So no milk, eggs, honey etc. Vegans will usually also have ethical reason for not using the products. Vegetarians make up about 0.5% of the population in the Western World."}]