pescetarians are also sometimes called vegaquarians! in all honesty, i have zero problem if someone wants to eat fish and/or seafood but no other forms of meat, and i completely understand someone reading vegetarian cookbooks and going to vego restaurants, etc. but if you eat fish you are not a vegetarian, and people who lable themselves as vegetarians when they eat fish are contributing to all the confusion and misinformation amongst the public that irritates the true vegetarians so often. the same goes for people calling themselves vegan and still wearing leather or eating honey or buying products testing on animals. i dont believe anyone has the right to say 'you must eat this' but there are some basic principles of being a vegetarian or vegan and if you dont follow them, then just say you 'dont eat red meat' or 'i dont eat a lot of animal products'.
I'd consider myself a Pescetarian working towards full fledged Vegan. The only fish I eat is organic wild caught Alaskan salmon, and I have it maybe once every 2 months. It's a treat for me, and I'm about ready to give it up and commit to being Vegan. I feel it's an extremely personal choice though. Only YOU know what's right for your body.
pescetarians are also sometimes called vegaquarians! in all honesty, i have zero problem if someone wants to eat fish and/or seafood but no other forms of meat, and i completely understand someone reading vegetarian cookbooks and going to vego restaurants, etc. but if you eat fish you are not a vegetarian, and people who lable themselves as vegetarians when they eat fish are contributing to all the confusion and misinformation amongst the public that irritates the true vegetarians so often. the same goes for people calling themselves vegan and still wearing leather or eating honey or buying products testing on animals. i dont believe anyone has the right to say 'you must eat this' but there are some basic principles of being a vegetarian or vegan and if you dont follow them, then just say you 'dont eat red meat' or 'i dont eat a lot of animal products'.
Agreed 100%. I went on a rant with my friends at lunch today about how fish are ANIMALS and no different than a chicken...cow...pig etc.
My intention is always to be vegan, and sometimes I do a great job at it. Other times I find myself eating fish because I crave it. When that happens, I eat it, and then sit back and take a good look at what I'm eating and try to figure out why I'm craving fish.
And to complicate matters even more, I like to fly fish and happily eat what I catch. Yeah, it's crazy, I know.
My plan is to go back to being vegan as of right now and ditch all meat, eggs, dairy- even the fish! But when my dear ol' dad takes me fly fishing next summer, all bets are off.
I'd just like to chime in that Pescatarian is not a made up word. It's a valid definition of one who eats the flesh of seafood, but of no other animal. The term is a form of carnivorism and not a form of vegetarianism, although it does tend to get defined more as 'a vegetarian that eats seafood' versus 'a carnivore that only eats seafood'.
I agree, Flexitarian (and even pescatarian to a degree) is a pretty silly label for "I don't eat much meat' but on the bright side, it is bringing attention to the importance of not eating meat for various reasons (health, environment, ethics) and that is still a good thing.
Edited to say: Omnivore, Omnivore! Scratch all of the above carniverous scratchings and insert omnivore. Was thinking too hard!
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Actually, I had to tease, because my husband likes the term carnviore (sounds more manly, I think). When I talk about making a no-meat dinner or low-meat dinner, he'll tease me and remind me that he's a carnivore and needs his meat.
I tease him back, that as much he may like to think he's a carnivore, he eats far too many carbs to warrant the description. I remind him that he's an omnivore like a rodent or a pig. And he teases back that he is NOT a rodent or a pig - if he's an omnvore, he's an omnivore like a bear - and then I tease back "I don't think teddybears count."
Thanks everyone for all your input! It's a very interesting subject to me and I hope you all enjoyed my question about the term pescatarian. Please feel free to continue the discuss the subject, I love reading what everyone has to say! Thanks
Kaplods, there was a restaurant in town that used to be primarily vegetarian, but they had a small menu of burgers and steaks. That page was called Carniverous Offerings and ever since then, that's always been a joke phrase for us.
Kaplods, there was a restaurant in town that used to be primarily vegetarian, but they had a small menu of burgers and steaks. That page was called Carniverous Offerings and ever since then, that's always been a joke phrase for us.
Hmm..Sounds like a primitive religious ritual... dancing, chanting... a hand-carved obsidian knife, maybe some indigenous nudity...
(Indigenous nudity, is another joke phrase for us, in reference to a tribal documentary show we often watched - and in the first few minutes would always warn that "indigenous nudity," would be shown).
I'd actually prefer if people used the term pescatarian to describe their way of eating. There is too much confusion about vegetarianism and veganism.
Many people call themselves vegetarians but do eat fish, and it confuses people. As a vegan, I've often been asked if I eat fish. I've even been told in a restaurant, when asked about vegan options, that they had a fish dish.
So, absolutely call yourself pescatarian. I'm glad you found a way of eating that works for you.
yes I agree. And I thank you for being willing to call yourself pescatarian because maybe I'm too sensitive but it bothers me when people call themselves vegetarian even though they eat fish lol
The only fish I eat is organic wild caught Alaskan salmon, and I have it maybe once every 2 months. It's a treat for me, and I'm about ready to give it up and commit to being Vegan. I feel it's an extremely personal choice though. Only YOU know what's right for your body. 
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