Is fish vegetarian? My mom says it is.?!


Question: Is fish vegetarian!? My mom says it is!.!?
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Oddly, I've actually heard this claim based on a bit of misinformation!. I'm not sure where it started, but the vegetarian in question said that fish were alright because "fish only have one major nerve, so they don't feel pain and it's okay to eat them"!.

Obviously this is utter bollocks to anyone with even a rudimentary knowledge of biology or comparative anatomy!. Fish are vertebrates with the requisite complex nervous system that is indeed VERY capable of registering pain (which is, at its core, an overstimulation of regular sensory neurons)!.

I'm not sure if that's got anything to do with your mother's claim, but it's something i've heard kicked around a bit in vegetarian circles!. Otherwise it looks like the other posters are correct, someone who is otherwise a vegetarian but also eats fish is known as a pescatarian!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Depends on how you look at it!. My opinion is your not!.

Semi-vegetarian: Someone who’s cutting back on his or her intake of meat, in general!. A pollo vegetarian avoids red meat and fish but eats chicken!. A pesco pollo vegetarian avoids red meat but eats chicken and fish!.

These terms stretch the true definition of a vegetarian, and only the term semi-vegetarian is actually used with much frequency!.
Lacto ovo vegetarian: A lacto ovo vegetarian diet excludes meat, fish, and poultry but includes dairy products and eggs!. Most vegetarians in the U!.S!., Canada, and Western Europe fall into this category!. Lacto ovo vegetarians eat such foods as cheese, ice cream, yogurt, milk, and eggs, as well as foods made with these ingredients!.

Lacto vegetarian: A lacto vegetarian diet excludes meat, fish, and poultry, as well as eggs and any foods containing eggs!. A lacto vegetarian would, however, eat dairy products such as milk, yogurt, and cheese!.

Vegan: Technically, the term vegan refers to more than just the diet alone!. A vegan is a vegetarian who avoids eating or using all animal products, including meat, fish, poultry, eggs, dairy products, any foods containing by-products of these ingredients, wool, silk, leather, and any nonfood items made with animal byproducts!. Some vegans avoid honey!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

forget the definitions
you need to know WHY you are vegetarian
Is it because your mom says so!? then do whatever she says!.
Or are you a vegetarian for health concerns!? then aska doctor whether you should eat fish
But if you are a vegetarian because (and you should be) you think it is the morally right and ethically unselfish thing to do, then it is quite OBVIOUS that fish is not vegetarian
The people who claim to be veg but eat fish are misguided
They don't know why they're veg, they're trying to have the best of both worlds
They're just fooling themselves
see, you don't eat something or not because you call yourself something and then check up if something fits into that definition
you should know the motives that direct your choices and then make an individual choice for each different thing, and based on these choices classify yourself into a suitable definition
and to Ashley who talks about vegetarians thinking they're better than pescetarians, mate, we aren't in a competition hereWww@FoodAQ@Com

No, as a vegetarian, trust me, it's not!.
Fish are still animals!.
Some people only eat fish, and/or chicken, and consider themselves vegetarians, but, I'm sorry, they're not, they're pescatarians!.
The ones who say it is are just the ones who are trying to be in the trend of vegetarianism, but refuse to actually commit to it!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

yes you can eat fish vegetarians are non meat eaters!.
fish are very healthy for you things like mackerel has omega 3 which is Essential for your body!.
fish is a natural food source like an apple, its not breaded like pigs then fattened up for slaughter!. unless of course you get your fish from a fish farm try to use local fish!. from the fish van or market!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Vegetarians do not eat fish!. Only if they are misinformed and think fish is okay do fish eaters call themselves vegetarian!.

Fish is an animal and vegetarians do not eat animals!.

A pescetarian is someone who eats only the flesh of fish!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Is fish meat!?

You're mom is wrong, I don't know how she got confused over the fact that fish are animals, but if you don't eat any other meat excpet fish you would be a pescatarian!.

Not a vegetarian (no meat)!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Mom's try, but they are not always right!.

No, vegetarians do not eat fish!. You can see links to what the main veggie groups in the world say about this if you look at my profile!.

Its unlikely they are ALL wrong and your mum is right, isn't it !?Www@FoodAQ@Com

No, because being a vegetarian you dont eat the flesh of an animal!. and the fish is meat!. but if your a semi-vegetarian then it can be considered vegetarian!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Vegetarians do NOT eat fish!. Fish is meat!.

Pesetarians eat fish, and no other meat!.

If you eat fish, you are not a vegetarian!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

No, but it depends on what you decide not to eat!. Some people still eat fish and call themselves a vegetarian!. If you don't eat meat,but still fish then you're a pescatarian!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

No sweetie your mom is mistaken!. A vegetarian diet excludes all meat, including fish and poultry, and all slaughter by-products!. :)Www@FoodAQ@Com

No, fish is not vegetarian!. A fish is not a vegetable!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

real vegetarians dont eat fish!.
they eats beans eggs && take protien suppliments

they still consider it to be meat b/c its an animalsWww@FoodAQ@Com

no!. if you eat fish you're a pescatarian not a vegetarian!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

No!. Fish are animals!. Vegetarians do not eat fish!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Technically, fish is an animal and is anti-vegetarianWww@FoodAQ@Com

A fish is an animal!.

So!.!.no!.

I wouldn't say that is VEGETarian!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

NOooo fish are animals!Www@FoodAQ@Com

If it used to breathe, it's meat!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

noWww@FoodAQ@Com

she liedWww@FoodAQ@Com

Ive been a vegetarian 28 year!.!.!.I dont do it, to be cool and to be accepted by rebellious teenie boppers eager to place bigoted lables on people (as if vegetarianism is some kind of really cool radical cliche to fit into )!. I do it because its a healthy way to live!. I own a Seafood store!. I eat fish !.!.maybe 3 times a year !.!.maybe not in the year at all!.!.it depends on what I feel like eating!. I am a vegetarian!. Dont let these simply minded dweebs try to tell you what you are!. Most of them are hypocrits living on junk food and just dropping meat!. They have no idea what a balanced veg diet is !.!.half of them cant boil water and eat white rice and processed foods tons of sugar!.!.so there ya go !.Eat fish !.!.youre still a veg !.!.It so stupid to try to ostrasize people into your little mundane labled boxes //pescitarian !.!.lacto ovo!.!.!.!.whatever get a life!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Some says it's not as most of the fish you eat is caught by men with nets!. Some fish is actually bred in hatcheries for either eggs or meat!. I've seen many fish farms in my life, and I used to do my own fishing!.

So, if fish is ok to eat for a veg head, so are deer when you hunt them yourself!. It's still muscle you eat and you throw away bones!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Yes, i am a vegetarian and i eat fish!. I also eat chicken!. Don't listen to the haters!. They act all righteous like they are somehow better than vegetarians who eat fish!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

i am a vegetarian and i eat fish, fish is fish not animal xWww@FoodAQ@Com

Depends

Some eat fish, some choose not do; its your choice!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

yesWww@FoodAQ@Com





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