What is Semi-vegetarianism?
'''Semi-vegetarianism''' means eating [[seafood]] or [[poultry]], or both, but no [[red meat]]. People who eat red meat on rare occasion are ''flexitarians''. Real or semi-[[vegetarianism|vegetarian]]s, though, usually resent ''flexitarian'', looking down on this term and calling it cheating.<ref>{{cite web|title=Flexitarianism|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/jan/21/flexitarianism-vegetarianism-with-cheating|accessdate=January 6, 2014}}</ref> A [[pescetarianism|pescetarian]] is a person who eats fish, shrimp and seafood. They do not eat poultry. A ''pollotarian'' is a person who eats [[chicken]]. They do not eat red meat, [[seafood]] or [[fish]]. ''Pollo-pescetarians'' eat seafood, shrimp and poultry but no red meat. People who have semi-vegetarian diets are usually doing so for health reasons, including avoiding [[heart disease]], [[diabetes mellitus|diabetes]] and [[stroke]]s.<ref>{{cite journal| pmid=10479225 |doi=10.1093/ajcn/70.3.516s |title=Mortality in vegetarians and nonvegetarians: Detailed findings from a collaborative analysis of 5 prospective studies |year=1999 |last1=Key |first1=Timothy J. |last2=Fraser |first2=Gary E. |last3=Thorogood |first3=Margaret |last4=Appleby |first4=Paul N. |last5=Beral |first5=Valerie |last6=Reeves |first6=Gillian |last7=Burr |first7=Michael L. |last8=Chang-Claude |first8=Jenny |last9=Frentzel-Beyme |first9=Rainer |last10=Kuzma |first10=Jan W. |last11=Mann |first11=Jim |last12=McPherson |first12=Klim |journal=The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition |volume=70 |issue=3 |pages=516S–524S }}</ref> ==References== <references/> {{Meat}} {{food-stub}} [[Category:Diets]]