Semi-vegetarianism
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Semi-vegetarianism means eating seafood or poultry, or both, but no red meat. People who eat red meat on rare occasion are flexitarians. Real or semi-vegetarians, though, usually resent flexitarian, looking down on this term and calling it cheating.[1]
A pescetarian is a person who eats fish, shrimp and seafood. They do not eat poultry.
A pollotarian is a person who eats chicken. They do not eat red meat, seafood or fish.
Pollo-pescetarians eat seafood, shrimp and poultry but no red meat.
People who have semi-vegetarian diets are usually doing so for health reasons, including avoiding heart disease, diabetes and strokes.[2]
Semi-vegetarianism Media
The amount of globally needed agricultural land would be reduced by almost half if no beef or mutton were eaten.
References
- ā Flexitarianism. The Guardian. Retrieved January 6, 2014.
- ā Key, Timothy J.. Mortality in vegetarians and nonvegetarians: Detailed findings from a collaborative analysis of 5 prospective studies. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 70 (3) (1999). p. 516Sā524S. doi:10.1093/ajcn/70.3.516s.