What kind of vegitarian am i?!
What kind of vegitarian am i?
this is what i think i am:
environmental semi-lacto flexitarian
i love the environment and i dont like all the space that animals are using and i think that we could be feeding more people without using animals if we used that space to plant and harvest crops. (hence the environmental)
i dont eat meat.
i dont eat eggs.
i dont eat mayo.
i dont eat/drink dairy products, but i do eat honey, but only becuase it makes my throat feel better than it usually does (hence the semi -lacto)
i dont eat fish, but the only time i make an exception is when eating sushi (hence the flexitarian part)
so am i right when putting a label on my eating habits?
Answers:
Flamekat, we vegans don't eat honey. It's from the bees like milk is from cows. Please dont spread wrong info!
And to the original poster: You DO eat fish, doesnt matter how often, then you are not a vegetarian. Vegetarians dont eat animals.
If labeling is important to you and you want to call yourself a vegetarian, quit eating fish. :) And since you already dont eat dairy and eggs, you just need to quit honey to be a vegan. You're close-
edit: for Lauren J:
About honey: bees dont collect nectar for fun, it's their food source.
From wiki:"In the hive the bees use their "honey stomachs" to ingest and regurgitate the nectar a number of times until it is partially digested. It is then stored in the honeycomb."
Here's a good and simple article that explains why honey isnt vegan: http://www.vegetus.org/honey/honey.htm... Read "The Enslavement of Bees" since veganism is more than just a diet.
As you can see avoiding honey is a lot different from avoiding to eat vegan food made by a meat eater. (that was a strange comparison! Do you really think bees willingly give their food to humans?) Please dont tell vegans what we can or cant eat. Vegans usually read more about this stuff than an average omnivore.
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vegan
You are a picky eater.
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Haha. I guess that sums it up.
We are all different and food does not define who you are. When you label yourself, you limit yourself. Just be and enjoy life the way that you see fit.
Hmmm... I wouldn't say lacto since you don't eat dairy and lots of people who identify as vegan choose to consume honey. As for sushi. Hmmm....try veggie sushi! Anyway, I had an ex-boyfriend who said it well. He said we wasn't vegan, but supported the vegan cause. I always thought it was a bit of a cop out so he could get away with buying suede shoes and eating his mother's fish leftovers, but it seems like a good label for you. I don't think it's necessarily wrong for you to label your eating habits since in many situations it would be easier for you to say you're vegan in order to accurately convey what would be suitable for you to eat. Or maybe you could go with "freegan?" ;-)
EDIT:
Gal D: If you read my post thoroughly, you'd realize I said that "lots of people who identify as vegan" eat honey. Not "vegans." Everyone has their own choices to make about what they find acceptable to eat, and I know loads of people who call themselves vegan, yet eat honey. I'm not spreading the wrong information, because this is true. Check out this article. It makes some interesting points. I'm not saying if it's right or wrong or whatever. But what are we supposed to call them? Melitarians?
EDIT: To anyone confused by the term "melitarian", "meli" and "mel" are the Greek and Latin words for honey, respectively.. So as "piscis" lends itself to "pescetarian", "mel" lends itself to "melitarian." Get it? :-)
I'm not sure I understand the neccesity of putting a label on your eating habits. If you are eating sushi, than you can knock that vegetarian label right off. Change the I don't eat fish to I DO eat fish. Knock off the labels and ask yourself why you do the things you do. Labels have nothing to do with anything. It is obvious you are going down the correct path with your beliefs I just don't rightly understand the need for a classification for anything. Maybe you can explain it to me?
:)
You are a pescetarian who avoids dairy and eggs. If you eat fish, no matter how often are not then you aren't really vegetarian. It would be misleading if you told others you were vegetarian, but you are responsible for the death of the fish that you occasionally devour.
your neutral
You are NOT a vegetarian at all. You are in no way a vegetarian, because you eat sushi. Animal flesh is animal flesh.Don't worry, I'm not here to bash you.
I'm not a vegetarian either. I tried becoming a vegetarian many times, but I am arthritic, and have food sensitivities to sulfites and nightshade vegetables and some citris fruits and was constantly sick and in pain. I do so well when I eat salmon and turkey!! And I cannot and will not live my life on medications as they make me sick due to sulfites and the doctors just don't really know what to do with me--they always had puzzled looks on their faces and I often ended up feeling worse than when I first went in!! I also have a toddler with JRA (polyarticular arthritis) who does so well on turkey, and fish and shares many of the sensitivities as I do, so my diet is very much based on both of our health issues.
I would be very sick on tomatoes in ANY form (even just a slice of tomato or a bit of ketchup), mushrooms, potatoes (and many others) and anything with lemon juice (vegannaise) or salad dressings, vinegar, wine or beer. I cannot handle much soy, wheat, pasta or milk products either.
For a while all I had was broccoli, spinach, corn, squash, greens, beans of all sorts, nuts, different natural rices, fruits, and eggs. I enjoyed it, but started feeling hungry all the time. All I could think about was food. My toddler was no longer gaining weight, was tired and lacked an appetite as well. Now I am able to concentrate on other things and with the selenium in turkey and omega 3 in salmon we do a lot better physically.
If you are a true vegetarian then you eat beans, legumes, fruits, vegetables and grains. Milk, eggs, and honey are okay unless you are a vegan.
I'm a flexitarian as I will eat anything that likes me and won't make me sick or put me in pain. I don't eat meat everyday, but I do eat some type of flesh every now and again so I don't think I have a right to call myself a vegetarian. I don't have a problem with being a flexitarian anymore though it was hard at first to realize that salmon and turkey were "medicine" for me and my daughter. Weird, but true. I hope to do all I can to keep my daughter healthy--she already went through a year and a half of chemotherapy from age 1 1/2 -3 after a full year of constant swelling and pain and it was really tough.
I think your question would be more accurately phrased if it asked, "What kind of eater do you think I am?" Just do the best you can and don't worry so much about labeling yourself. Oh yeah, don't forget to supplement your diet with a B-12 vitamin.
umm.... i could say ur a vegan.... but u eat sushi.... so technically ur not even vegitarian..... so....... ya..... and if u didnt eat sushi u could be a vegan..... and honey is made by a bee.... it doesnt have a face...
y would you be a vegitarian??
God put animals on this earth so that people could eat them.
It says so sevral times in the Bible
You are not a vegeterian!
Okey doke. Where how to break this down. I would just call you a normal person. You eat fish, so if you wanted to HAVE that label for some odd reason, you could go with pescitarian. I'm not sure if you eat poultry, so if so.... than you're nada. You like the environment, so does... everyone else!!!
Honey isn't dairy....
Don't put a label on it, you're just like everyone else. I read this bumper sticker one time, it aid "You're unique, just like every other person!"
Yo can label youself any way you like, but that doesnt make you correct. There are vegan mayonnaises so I was thinking you are vegan until I read that you eat sushi.... which means you arent even a vegetarian. To my thinking honey IS a vegan product ... it is made by bees, it doesnt come FROM them... like milk comes from a cow. Pie doesnt come from a pastry chef its made by her... same thing with bees and honey. If you say you are vegan and refuse to eat honey because its from a bee (which it isnt), , then you should also refuse to eat anything that is cooked, by a person who isnt also themselves vegan.
you arn't lacto vegetarian because you don't eat dairy. If you didn't eat sushi or honey you'd be vegan. But right now you aren't a vegetarian.
BTW if everyone stopped eating animals, we wouldn't need to expand crops into current grazing areas. This is because livestock consume 56% of the world's crops. That 56% would go to humans, so we would have over double the amount of crops for humans as we had to begin with. While humans would be consuming more vegetables than previously the total biomass of livestock is much greater than the total biomass of the 6.5 billion humans on this planet.
And cows emit more methane (a potent greenhouse gas) than any other source, so livestock has a significant contribution to global warming
So by being a 'flexitarian' you are helping the environment. Good for you. Just give up the fish and you could go even further.