A semi-vegetarian or flexitarian[1][2] diet is one that is plant-based with the occasional inclusion of meat products.[3][4][5][6][7] In 2003, the American Dialect Society voted flexitarian as the year's most useful word and defined it as "a vegetarian who occasionally eats meat".[8] In 2012, the term was listed for the first time in the mainstream Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary.[9]
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Vegetarianism is the practice of abstaining from the consumption of meat. Common reasons for adopting a flexitarian diet may be health, environment (see environmental vegetarianism) or reduction of resource consumption (see economic vegetarianism), which are also arguments in favor of adopting a fully vegetarian diet. While flexitarians may view the flexitarian diet as occasional indulgences,[10] purist vegetarians may strongly resent the term and view it as cheating or as a moral lapse.[11] Another difference is that people might adopt a vegetarian diet purely for religious reasons, as compared to health or environmental reasons. Other than flextiarian diets that may include any type of meat, semi-vegetarianism includes:
- Pollotarians: They eat chicken or other poultry, but not meat from mammals, often for environmental, health or food justice reasons.[12][13]
- Pescetarians: They eat fish or other seafood, but not poultry or red meat from mammals. The Macrobiotic diet is plant-based, and may or may not include the occasional addition of fish or other seafood.[14]
- Pollo-pescetarians: They eat fish and poultry, but not red meat from mammals.
References[edit]
- ^ http://vegetarian.about.com/od/vegetarianvegan101/tp/TypesofVeg.htm
- ^ http://www.vegetariannook.com/what-is-a-flexitarian.html
- ^ Langley-Evans, Simon (2009). Nutrition: A Lifespan Approach. Wiley. p. 172. "There are many forms of vegetarian diet from the semi-vegetarian (consumes meat infrequently)..."
- ^ Nemours Foundation/TeensHealth [1] Excerpt: "Some people consider themselves semi-vegetarians and eat fish and maybe a small amount of poultry as part of a diet."
- ^ "Semi-Vegetarian - Vegetarianism". Medicine Online. "semi-vegetarian: mostly follows a vegetarian diet but eats meat, poultry and fish occasionally"
- ^ Havala Hobbs, Suzanne. Living Vegetarian for Dummies. For Dummies. p. 14. "A semi-vegetarian is someone who's cutting back on his intake of meat in general"
- ^ Koletzko, Berthold (2008). Pediatric Nutrition in Practice. Karger. p. 130. "The wide spectrum of vegetarian diets ranges from avoidance of red meat only ('semi-vegetarianism')..."
- ^ "2003 Words of the Year". American Dialect Society. 2007-01-13. Retrieved 2007-12-03.
- ^ Italie, Leanne. "F-bomb makes it into mainstream dictionary". The Washington Times. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
- ^ "Are you a 'flexitarian?'". nbcnews.
- ^ "Flexitarianism: isn't it just vegetarianism with cheating?". Guardian.
- ^ Preedy, Victor R.; Burrow, Gerard N.; Watson, Ronald (2009-02-09). Comprehensive Handbook of Iodine: Nutritional, Biochemical, Pathological and Therapeutic Aspects. Academic Press. p. 523. ISBN 978-0-12-374135-6. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
- ^ Hayes, Dayle; Laudan, Rachel (2008-09). Food and Nutrition / Editorial Advisers, Dayle Hayes, Rachel Laudan. Marshall Cavendish. p. 1058. ISBN 978-0-7614-7827-0. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
- ^ Kushi, Michio; Blauer, Stephen (2004-03-08). The macrobiotic way: the complete macrobiotic lifestyle book. Penguin. p. 83. ISBN 978-1-58333-180-4. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
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