Are Fish Oil, Flax Seed, and Evening Primrose good vitamins to add to a Vegetarian Diet?!
Thanks for your input.
Answers: I am so excited that I decided to turn Veggie. I love it! But, I was wondering about adding some vitamins in my diet. Anyone know if I should add the above vitamins into my diet, and of course with a multi-vitamin?
Thanks for your input.
Fish oil = fish. Fish = animal. Eating animal = not vegetarian.
The others are good. Just beware of certain ingredients (note: there are many animal ingredients that most people aren't aware of, and are commonly in certain foods, supplements, etc...)... the main one being gelatin, which is commonly used to make pill capsules. However, some don't contain gelatin, and for some things, such as flax, you can get versions without capsules at all (ie: actual ground flax seed).
EDIT to the person below: Yes, and the difference between vegetarian and vegan is that vegetarians don't eat animals, and vegans don't eat animals or animal products (dairy, eggs, honey, etc...). Fish are animals, not animal products. If your diet requires the killing of animals (as fish oil does), then you're not a vegetarian.
Vegetarian = doesn't eat meat, but does eat dairy, eggs, etc.
Vegan = doesn't eat anything from an animal
EDIT AGAIN: Medea, with all due respect, you're very misinformed about vegetarianism. First of all, the OP didn't say she was choosing to be vegetarian for health. And even if that's the case... if you eat anything requiring the killing of an animal (which fish oil DOES - it's taken from the tissue of dead fish). This is where vegetarians and vegans differ... vegetarians will eat animal products that don't require the killing of the animal (milk, egg, etc...), but vegans won't eat any animal product whatsoever. The difference is NOT that vegetarians eat some meat but not all meat, or will eat some meat products. If someone eats meat (or fish oil, gelatin, etc...), then that's their choice... but by definition they cease to be true vegetarians.
Likewise, those fish need to be harvested/caught and killed in order to extract the fish oil. Therefore, fish oil is NOT vegetarian, as it requires the harvesting/catching/killing than vegetarianism is against.
Flax seed and evening primrose, yes. Borage is another source that resembles evening primrose (gamma linolenic acid).
Fish oil is not vegetarian, so unless you are vegetarian for purely health reasons, that would be a no.
I've heard that all of those are amazing for skin...=0)
fish oil comes from fish, which are animals, and are not vegetarian.
the other ones are probably good to add. i am not sure what they do, but it can't hurt.
Wow, there is a difference between Vegan (who won't have meat substance whatsoever) and Vegetarian; I think some people forget about.
Fish oil is very good for your eyesight. My ex husband had to take it for his retinitis pigmentosa. Gelatin is very important for hair and nails and although these things are from animals, it certainly will not affect you being a vegetarian or your healthy lifestyle choices.
***Apparently, I have offended the user above me. I am so sorry.
It is true that fish oil is very good for your eye sight. It is also true the gelatin is very good for you, which is why you can find gelatin in some hair products.
Choosing a vegetarian diet for your health does not mean that you think that killing an animal for food is wrong especially when that food happens to be the main food staple for a lot of different people around the world.
Being a vegetarian just means that you don't eat meat and you might have political views against cruelty to animals or you might just decide to make healthy choices.
Maybe, I should have put it this way instead. If you are choosing a lifestyle which does not prohibit the harvesting or catching and eating of any fish, please supplement your diet with fish oil. It is good for you.