I don't eat any meat whatsoever, so I consider myself to be a vegetarian. I gave up meat easily and haven't wanted it or craved it since. However, I do eat fish. Does this mean I'm not a 'real' vegetarian? A couple of people have said that since I eat fish but no meat, I am a pescetarian. What are your views on this subject? And can any of you relate to this? Thanks. x
They're right. You are a pescetarian. By dictionary definition you would not be a vegetarian as they do not eat an animal's flesh. Pescatarian comes from piscis in Latin to mean fish.
No,you're a pescetarian its annoying when people call themselves vegetarian yet they eat fish you're lieing to yourself fish is still an animal has feelings why do you feel its alright to not eat other animals but still eat fish?
First, you need to understand why this person decided to only eat fish. It is probably because of health reasons. Fish is very healthy.Other meats are horrible for you. I'm a vegetarian, but I'm not going to deny the nutritional value of fish. People should be able to eat the way they want.
I'm not arguing that. My point is that people can eat however they want. No one forces you to eat meat; therefore, if this person wants to eat fish, then let her. This is what is wrong with some vegetarians. They want everyone to believe in what they believe and not allow people to decide for themselves. That is pretty scary IMO.
I'm a pescetarian. Just learned that word this year. I know it's a compromise, ethically. It's easier for me to get my protein, and I live in Boston so, selfishly, I can't bear to give up eating the great seafood around here. From a Buddhist perspective, it's not exactly right, but I think that seafood has a simpler nervous system than land animals, making it more likely, intuitively, that they don't feel pain when killed. Boiling lobsters makes me nervous and a little guilty, but I still eat them. Oh, well, I'm not pure and I'm OK with that.
Hm...there are lot of views. People are vegetarians from many reasons: health, animal rights, religion... I´m vegetarian because of animals...so that´s why I don´t like when somebody call himself as a vegetarian and eat the fish. Of course I don´t preach about this topic. I see it same like Vindictive...I just don´t like when somebody confuse the terms. But what is everyone else eating, it´s his own way and decision. And I´m the last who could talk about it, cause I´m 25 and don´t eat meat only 9 years
If you have not had meat in 9 years, congratulations!, and you are certainly entitled to share your views with us. This is why I now call myself a "pescetarian", rather than a vegetarian. It means I am a vegetarian plus fish. Until recently, I didn't know there was a word for it.
"Vegetarians" that eat fish annoy me. They are "Fish and chip'o'crites". Grrr. My uni cafe seem to think veggies eat fish. And so, the 'vegetarian' option on some days is a tune bake or something. NO. Please, if you are going to label yourself, do it properly.
Mmmm. I went pesco for my honeymoon, because while I'm a vegetarian I didn't want to miss out on Cajun food. I switched for reasons other than animals, though, so it may be a little different. In my area, too, it's very hard to find, let alone afford healthy vegetarian protein sources. If one happens to be pregnant or nursing, the local options are just not sufficient. I've heard many local vegans complaining that if they raise their children in their beliefs, then the children get malnutrition. And don't think that Welfare doesn't notice this too. I know a woman who had to call her son's family in because all of her grandbabies' teeth were falling out as fast as they were growing. An entire brood, toothless by age three? Mommy wouldn't give them anything but the local version of soy dairy, and the kids had gross calcium deficiencies. The sources of nutrition for maternal vegetarians just do not exist out here. When I start considering babies, I'll be pesco again until the last one is done nursing, for their health.
That's funny to me, since I breast fed my son on a vegan diet in Oklahoma, and many of my products came from an Ozarks-based company. Protein was nut butters and beans, with tofu when I could get it. I loved the freezer! Calcium was dark leafy greens and hummus (sesame seeds/ tahini--came in a can), but I did use a supplement for calcium as well. I use fortified OJ now. Don't assume you need all the groovy products on Food Fight's web site. Whole, natural food will work.
I think it depends on your blood type. My boyfriend is type-o-negative and passes out if he doesn't eat meat. I didn't believe it at first, but I saw him pass out if he goes a week without eating it. He tried being a veg, but ended up in the hospital. I, on the other hand, have been a veg for 6 years and am VERY healthy. If you have a certain blood type and get pregnant, then you have to eat certain foods and sometimes this may mean you need to eat meat. One way of eating is not right, nor wrong. I think you need to know what you are putting into your body.
Is eating fish unnatural? Can you expand on this more? I always pictured man as a gatherer who sometimes ate fish when he could catch them. mainly berries, vegetables, whatever grew in the area. Is eating fish unhealthy for your body somehow? I always was under the impression that fish was particularly healthy, as long as their isn't mercury or such in it. Which is becoming more and more of an issue nowadays... Or is it more along the concept that a fish is a fellow being and thus shouldn't be eaten? Is that the vegetarian opinion?
