Ahmed Shareef

The Latin word vacto means milk and ovo means egg. Vacto-ovo vegetarians eat both and do not eat any meat at all. I’m on vacto-ovo diet for next 3 days. After a long time, I’m going to experience the tastes of various vegetarian dishes and feel the difference. Even if I don’t weigh anywhere close to a chunk of British beef, trying a diet is nothing odd I guess.

I started the programme this morning with an omelette, fresh milk, bread, cornflakes and jam for the breakfast. I had almost nothing to lose in my breakfast.

We have few vegetarians in our resort and we have been serving those guests the way they prefer as the type varies quite often. For example, pascatarians do eat fish and everything else is just like the normal vegetarians, while strict vegetarians never touch any meat. This time, I’m going to try what they have been adapted to, even if I can’t come to think like a real vegetarian with such a short-term diet.

After 3 days of vacto-ovo, I’m switching to pascatarian as I like fish and it’s good for health. Moreover, Maldivians are used to it as vegetarians do to vegetables. In Maldives we don’t have enough land for farming. That is the main reason that a Maldivian was never a vegetarian, and it’s not better at all to become one unless you gain something better than what you sacrifice.