Advantages and Disadvantages of being a Pescetarian?!

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There is nothing positive about eating somebody else. You cannot find any reason that would make it ok to take somebody else's life so your life is just a tiny iota better in your own mind. Fish aren't even healthy for you because if you actually looked at the water you would know that is where we dump our chemicals and wastes and that is where runoff from the farms and our enslaved animals, construction and industry goes. Plus all the various boats and ships polluting the water and all the oil spills and chemical spills when these boats leak or when our oil wells leak or whatever. Basically we are forcing marine life to live in our toxic wastes and then be forced to be used as our food and other products as well. I cannot see anything positive in that. Fish is poisoned and I know from a very very very young age that eating poison is wrong however I wish I understood what I understood now about the toxic foods we put in our body.

If you don't want biased answers than ask the Fish whose lives you are taking, I am sure they just can't wait to be caught in a net to die so they can be eaten by you.

vegan because animals are not property

When I first became a vegetarian, I was technically a Pescetarian for the first few months. It sounds like you are doing what you can,especially since you are doing it for health reasons.

Personally, I consider Pescetarians to be a type of vegetarian. Here is a link to a list of types of vegetarian diets that I wrote:
http://www.recipes-for-vegetarians.com/typesofvegetarian.html (copy & paste)

However, if your main concerns are being healthy and reducing your risk of high-blood pressure, I think it sounds like a good idea. Talk to a nutritionist or dietitian for more details about how to make a healthy transition.

Hope this is helpful!

Linda from Recipes-for-Vegetarians.com

Fish give omega-3's which are great for you. Other types of seafood are good sources of B-12.

on the flip side fish can contain heavy metals. And eating a lot isn't good.

I started off as a pescatarian when I was about 11, and my parents told me that was all they would allow me to do. I went full vegetarian about a year later and couldn't have been happier to get fish out of my diet. It's not that I didn't like the taste, it's that I believe eating fish is as cruel as eating other animals, like chickens, rabbits, cows, etc. However, whatever you can do - whether it's giving up pork and beef, chicken and turkey, - that does help animals! Every vegetarian meal you eat is much better than a meat-based meal.

I'm 18 years old now - and vegan. And despite my family's original crazy concerns for me, they're now vegan too, because they realized how easy and healthy it can be.

You can check out a good vegan "fish" recipe here, if you're ever interested in cooking :D
http://www.ehow.com/how_2307739_make-veg…

I don't agree with eating fish, but at least you aren't eating other animals. I hope you won't eat fish such as tuna, which are eaten to the brink of extinction. I love scuba diving and it makes me really sad.
Anyways.....

As far as the diet goes health-wise, if you eat a diet heavy in fish, you could be putting yourself at because of the mercury levels. By "heavy" I mean twice a day. If you ate fish a few times a week, I think you would minimize your risk greatly. Additionally, fish are not cholesterol-free, in fact some fish have a high cholesterol content. I've attached a link--I was a little surprised myself. I personally love sushi, by the way, but I eat vegan/vegetarian sushi. It's totally amazing.

If you are truly looking for a healthy diet (especially for heart health), you should consider a vegan diet. Just a thought! ;)

http://apjcn.nhri.org.tw/server/info/boo…

I see nothing hypocritical about pescetarianism, especially for health reasons. (It's when someone says that it is wrong to kill animals for food but still eats fish, chicken, whatever that I think they are a hypocrite.) The pescetarian diet is a very healthy one. (You also are saying "pescetarian" instead of "vegetarian," so I am sending you a million gold stars! When you do that, you are helping pescetarians and vegetarians everywhere!)

A pescetarian diet is probably the healthiest on earth, so long as you aren't eating a lot of risky fish (or deep-fried fish... or piranhas that are still alive).

The main downsides of a pesctarian diet for you would probably be a perceived lack of variety and more limited options. It's easy to see what you aren't eating at first. You will have a somewhat harder time finding food to eat, especially at fast food restaurants (which you shouldn't be going to often anyway). You will probably need to start cooking your own food sometimes, because your entire family isn't going to want to go pescetarian.

As you mentioned, there are serious environmental issues at stake. You can reduce this somewhat by being picky about your sources (don't choose things that are already overfished, avoid shrimp and other animals that result in a lot of bycatch, etc).

If you eat a large portion of fish only a few times a week, it's unlikely that you would need to worry about mercury or any of that. If there is a natural foods market near you, go talk to the fishmonger there, explain your health and environmental concerns, and see if he or she can give you some pointers.