Pesco-lacto-ovo vegetarian?!

The term you used would upset vegetarians a better term to use a lacto-ovo-pescetarian.

And as for saving animals it depends a cow would last much longer than what a prawn would.

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No, not on any level. It is not vegetarianism of any sort because something still has to die for you to eat your diet. Whilst fish-flesh is not called "Meat" it is still the result of the death of another living creature. The level of pain and distress is the same for a fish as it would be for any animal yanked out of its natural habitat, not able to breath and confused.

Sorry, but if you actually care about being a vegetarian, you'll have to go all the way with it and stop calling your lifestyle choice of "a bit fussy about food really" vegetarianism.

You are not a vegetarian and whilst I admire your attempt to save animals that can walk, spare a thought for those who can't. Fish stocks are diminishing all over the world and you are a part of that process.

H.

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Well im vegan so personally i would only class a vegetarian as someone who eats no fish or meat products

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Nope, sorry. You're not a vegetarian at all, and you're simply deceiving yourself if you think otherwise. When's the last time you went into a vegetarian restaurant and they served fish?

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Only a youngster without much knowledge and a big ego would go around saying that "old time" and "strict" vegetarians are on their way out. They are not going "out", well maybe in your popularity contest. Many seem to be blinded by their own importance, even though they are taking a baby step down the path of consciousness and some compassion.

Flexitarians is the new buzz word of 2007. They are the ones who have started down the road to be "old time" vegetarians but have wimped out to go all the way. He claims that theirs is a healthy diet. Heck you could be an omnivore and still have a healthy diet. I know vegetarians who eat healthy diets, and I know vegetarians who do not eat a healthy diet. I think "healthy" is such a irrelevant term nowadays.But the term vegetarian means absolutely vegetables (hence veg is the main Latin root word!). So a vegetarian eats only vegetables.

Now fish is not a vegetable, but the other white meat (flesh is the proper term, but not many like to say the F word around meat eaters). And again with the eggs and dairy being added to the diet with the adjectives lacto and ovo are from people who have wimped out along the way. It isn't hard to survive (healthily or not healthily) without animals for food. It is just hard in this society where things are warped to pacify people's illusion of a conscience, and to justify their actions with unstated truths of healthiness.

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Just for clarification, Moosewood restaurant in Ithaca, NY is considered a vegetarian joint and they serve fish and their cookbooks contain recipes including fish but also vegan and vegetarian.

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Sorry.. pesco-vegetarian IS an oximoron..

you are a pescetarian, but it is not in the same category as Vegetarian.. It is not a TYPE of vegetarian any more than a brunette is a "Type" of blonde.. When I was young I ate all meat accept pork.. (due to Leviticus chapter 11) Did that make ME a vegetarian?? No, because I did not fit the definition of a vegetarian (person who eats no meat.) Meat is the flesh of a dead animal.. so fish is also meat..

just call yourelf a pescetarian.. but please leave the "Vegetarian" off of it. You simply don't fit the definition.. People who eat fish and call themselves vegetarians are misinformed and spreading misinformation and confusion.

and don't worry about the lacto-ovo.. most people would assume that if you will eat fish you will eat dairy and eggs...

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You are not considered any type of vegetarian in America. If you eat ANY animal flesh you are considered an omnivore. What they think in other parts of the world is irrelevant as this is the American forum of YA.

The FlexiVirgin who is misleading you and others here is considered a troll by everyone except a little group of users who are just here to cause trouble.

Flexi is a great diet, but it's not vegetarian by American standards and it is Americans who invented the word to begin with.

Check out the vegetarian society website for the official definition.

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of course it does!!

You will save lots of animals by not eating them.

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You bet --the greater majority of the world's vegetarian cultures ... Japan, India, Okinawan, China, etc., eat small amounts of meat (usually fish, , seafood, or poultry) in their diet.

The healthiest diet is the Okinawan diet which contains fish/seafood. Most of the world don't even use the terms pesco-lacto-ovo ... that's a western contrivance.

Here in the western world there is a new term being used .... Flexitarian Vegetarian or Flexitarian Vegan. You can Google "Flexitarian Diets" and find a lot of articles and websites. You would be a flexitarian vegetarian.

The "old time" or "strict" vegetarians are dying out althought there will always be a few. Congratulations on your choice for a healthy diet.

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