Semi-vegetarianism

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Semi-vegetarianism is a term used to describe the practice of excluding some meat (particularly red meat) from the diet while still consuming limited amounts of poultry, fish, and/or seafood.^[1]^[2] In many references, a semi-vegetarian is also a flexitarian or "almost vegetarian". The term semi-vegetarian is sometimes also referred to as a diet that excludes "red meat". Semi-vegetarian diets are not vegetarian diets, which exclude ingestion of all animal flesh.^[3]^[4]

1 Criticism
2 Types
3 See also
4 References

Criticism

Semi-vegetarianism is often criticised by people who assert that one cannot be "semi-vegetarian" or vegetarian only occasionally. According to such criticisms, a vegetarian is someone who consistently keeps to a diet that excludes all animal products or is, at the least, lacto-ovo. Semi-vegetarianism and the related term "flexitarianism" have been dubbed "problematic" and "diametrically opposed to vegetarianism".^[5]

Types

Flexitarianism - Mostly avoiding all meat, but eating it under some situations.
Pollotarianism - Mammalian meat, fish, and seafood is excluded, but chicken or other poultry is not.
Pescetarianism - Mammalian meat and poultry is excluded, but fish and seafood are not.

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References

^ University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics website, [1] Excerpt: "Semi-vegetarian: Diet consists of plant foods and may include chicken or fish, dairy products, and eggs. It does not include red meat."
^ Nemours Foundation/TeensHealth[2] Excerpt: "Some people consider themselves semi-vegetarians and eat fish and maybe a small amount of poultry as part of a diet "
^ "Vegetarian". Compact Oxford English Dictionary. http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/vegetarian?. Retrieved 2008-06-15. "a person who does not eat meat for moral, religious, or health reasons. ['meat' is defined as 'the flesh of an animal as food']"
^ "Definition of 'vegetarian'". Vegetarian Society. http://www.vegsoc.org/info/definitions.html. Retrieved 2008-06-15.
^ Iacobbo, Vegetarians and Vegans in America Today, 2006, pp. 164-5