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Member Comments
by gnomeygnome on June 17, 2008 at 6:33 PM
"Instead of meat, they consume mostly fish for their protein-"
Last time I checked, fish was meat.... ?
by Pyriel on July 2, 2008 at 6:59 AM
no not in the sense you think. there are vegetarians who only eat fish. i think it just depends on who you ask.
by palvarez26 on November 18, 2008 at 6:15 PM
She meant meat as in red meat.
by rozgarden on January 10, 2009 at 9:20 AM
This is a very good diet. I lost 50lbs on it and maintained the weight loss for 2 years.
by Pescetarian on January 16, 2009 at 8:46 AM
Fish is a meat, but she means instead of red meat or poultry.
by allanaclare on January 16, 2009 at 11:28 AM
Fish is the flesh of a dead creature, and therefore meat. I do not underatand how anyone can claim to be a vegetarian and eat fish without raising serious doubts about both their intelleigence and their integrity. Perhaps someone can explain this for me.
by nfarkas on January 16, 2009 at 12:55 PM
a vegetarian who also eats sea-animals is really a Pescetarian.
vegetarians don't eat any animals by definition, but may eat their bi-products (such as dairy).
vegans don't eat any animals nor their bi-products.
If any of these groups (discounting vegans) also eat animal bi-products such as dairy or eggs, then they can add ovo (eggs) and lacto (dairy) to their dietary name (ie: ovo-lacto-pescetarian).
there's a simple definition breakdown.
by Darren1974 on January 17, 2009 at 2:57 AM
come on people, stop being pedantic over the "fish - is it meat" argument!!!
by phutch08 on January 17, 2009 at 12:26 PM
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/vegetarian-diet/HQ01596
by SassiDasWusel on January 18, 2009 at 12:30 AM
I really love this "diet", but I do not see it as a diet. This is a lifestyle, copied from mainly italia. Italia isn't only pizza and great ice cream.
Some meal I really like is pizza with tomatos and olives, without cheese and meat and all this stuff. Believe me, this is just great!