Am I a vegetarian if the only meat I eat is chicken?!


Question: Am I a vegetarian if the only meat I eat is chicken!?
I'm just wondering because I wanna go full veg!. but my parents said I still have to eat chicken!. I will feel really bad but there making me!.!.!.
Am I not considered a vegetarian if I eat chicken!?Www@FoodAQ@Com


Answers:
Yes!. I vegetarian that includes chicken in their diet is called a pollotarian or pollo-vegetarian!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Tell your parents to do their research and give you a reason for eating chicken!. Eating chicken will not make you a vegetarian!. There are pesticides in the food chickens are fed, which means you are eating them, also chickens are intected with all kinds of growth hormones which you are also eating!. They are kept in cages so small that their feet grow into the cage wires and they cant move, their beaks are seared off!.!.!.there are so many negatives to eating chicken!. Morning Star Farms has a great like of '"fake" chicken (buffalo wings, nuggets, chicken patties, burgers, sausage) that tastes like meat but contain no meat!. They are also much healthier for you than mean and contain all of the same vitamins and minerals!. also, try drinking soy milk, if you can't do the plain use it in cereal and drink the chocolate, it is fortified with extra vitamins and minerals for vegetarians!. Vegetarians are actually healthier and get more beneficial vitamins and minerals that meat-eaters ever will! Good luck, I hope your parents let you go vegetarian!Www@FoodAQ@Com

Might be a cue to do some homework about veggie nutrition and eating: try vegsoc!.org and veganhealth!.org for lots of info about veggie nutrition!. Your parents might be wanting you to eat chicken out of health concerns, but with a properly planned veggie diet, these just isn't warranted!. Make yourself informed and educated, and with patience, kindness and respect, you should be able to win them over!.

Offer to help out with cooking and shopping too if preparing meals is an issue!. They might be your parents, but it is your body!. Wanting to eat vegetarian, and eat in a more healthy way that goes with your ethics is something any parent should be proud of their child for!.

Good luck!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Sorry but yes your considered fully veggie if you dont eat any meat,fish,gelatine or the food colorings hich contain animal!. Why not try Quorn,Cauldron or other meat sustitutes or become a fishatairian and not eat any meat inclung chickn but you can eat fish!. Try finding facts which show that being veggie at a young age isnt harmful in anyway!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

No, vegetarians don't eat dead animals!.

Maybe you should try doing some nutritional research into vegetarianism so that you can show your parents that there's no reason to make you eat chicken!. Read "The New Becoming Vegetarian" by Brenda Davis and Vesanto Melina and share with them what you've learned!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Vegetarians never eat animals!.

Chickens, fish, shrimp and clams are all animals!.

Here is a small list of ideas of what we do eat!.
http://michaelbluejay!.com/veg/eat!.html

Your parents can't make you eat anything!. If you'd rather eat chicken than be grounded that is your choice!.

Bread, pasta, cereal, rice, beans, peas, lentils, nuts, seeds, fruits and veggies can easily offer everything that you need except B12!.
http://www!.veganhealth!.org/sh
http://www!.pcrm!.org/health/veginfo

All vegetarians should take a B12 supplement regularly since most people eat meat, dairy AND fortified cereals yet still have a B12 status that is lower than recommended!.
http://www!.veganhealth!.org/articles/b12

It may help you if you see proof that vegetarians have the same potential as anyone else!.
http://sports!.espn!.go!.com/espn/page2/sto!.!.!.
http://www!.veganbodybuilding!.com/phpBB2/!.!.!.
http://www!.veganbodybuilding!.com/phpBB2/!.!.!.
http://www!.macdanzig!.net/bio!.php
http://www!.scottjurek!.com/career!.php

If you need meat or dairy during any stage of your life or to live any certain lifestyle, why does the American Dietetic Association say otherwise!?
http://www!.eatright!.org/cps/rde/xchg/ada!.!.!.
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chicken is a lot healthier than red meat, specialee if its cooked in a healthy way like grilled an the skin is taken off!. but no, u wont be officially a vegetarian, vegetarians dont eat animals ? try buying more beans and tofu, learn to make burritos, or soups that have beans in them, drink soymilk and fry tofu to put on ur stir frys or put on ur salads cold!. soy can replace milk and meat because it has so much protein an calcium ? there are also meat substitues that u cen find in the freezer isle of health food store, veggie burgers, hotdogs unchicken nuggets, they are made with soy n veggies, though u shudnt et them more than twice a week or so cause they cen be salty or junk foodyWww@FoodAQ@Com

no!. once you stop eating chicken you'll be vegetarian!.
(vegetarian= no beef, pork, chicken, turkey, shirmp (sea food), & fish!.
anything that was an animal is not vegetarian! :) )

+ slaughterhouse ingredients like :: gelatin, taurine, rennet
nor wear leather!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

NO, my little bro is a vegetarian and in order to be a vegetarian you cant eat meat in any way or form!.but i only eat fish and chicken and ive become way healthier since ive stopped eating red meat like you!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

OMG you're so totally like me!. i only eat chicken!. i want to go vegan so bad! but my parents wont let me!. its big step to change your eating habits!. but i will soon gradually!. for now, if you eat chicken youre not a vegetarianWww@FoodAQ@Com

A vegetarian does not eat any meat, poultry, game, fish, shellfish or crustacea, or slaughter by-products!.

You are not a vegetarian if you eat chicken!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

NO!

You are just a person who happens to not eat any other meat except chicken!.
You cannot call yourself a vegetarian if you eat chicken!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

no you aren't a vegetarian
you aren't a pollo vegetarian either!.!.!. that doesn't exist!.!. ok

tell your parents to shut up and that you need chicken!.!. Www@FoodAQ@Com

No sorry, your eating a living animal that breath air so you are a meat eater, sorry!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Vegetarians don't eat any meat, vegans eat nothing from animals (like eggs, milk)Www@FoodAQ@Com

Not at all!.
Chickens are animals too!.

But at least chickens are the only animal you are murdering!. Www@FoodAQ@Com

of course not!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.you may have altered your diet but you are not a vegetarian your still eating as animal and there is no exceptionsWww@FoodAQ@Com

No, you're not a vegetarian!. But maybe you should reason with your parents, tell them that this is your choice!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

vegetarians dont eat chicken!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Nope!. You could say that you don't eat red meat, but last time I checked, chicken wasn't a vegetable!.!.!.!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

NOPE! You're still eating an animal!. Www@FoodAQ@Com

No, you are an omnivore!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

no our not a vegetarian of you eat chicken!.!.!.or any other meat for that matterWww@FoodAQ@Com

No your not!.Www@FoodAQ@Com





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