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- shutaro, on 09/30/2008, -5/+75I'm an Omnomnomitarian... It allows me a greater degree of flexibility, regarding my dietary choices.
- DeathJux, on 10/02/2008, -7/+49Part-time vegetarian? Otherwise known as a person with a healthy, well-rounded diet?
Yeah. - mediumofmeaning, on 09/08/2009, -2/+25did you know bacon bits are vegan? seriously.
- granolajoe, on 09/30/2008, -9/+30I'm not a part-time vegetarian or even a part-time meat eater. I don't like meat. At all. Ok, not unless I'm in Mexico, where it's inevitable for me to eat meat, since my family can't fathom cooking any meal without meat.
Anyway, I don't buy meat to bring home at all. I eat 90% vegetarian meals and always request them when eating at a restaurant. Occasionally though, I will eat a turkey sandwich, and I will still allow shrimp and fish into my diet. Eventually, I'd like to cut out seafood entirely, but it's been a difficult process :)
The day that they stop offering meat (if ever) in restaurants and stores is the day I'll be a full vegetarian. I don't need meat at all, nor do I crave it. But as long as it's available, it's too tempting not to eat it occasionally. - ohnoerino, on 10/01/2008, -10/+28I've been a full time vegetarian for 14 years, it's not hard.
- kazz67, on 10/01/2008, -6/+23Earthlings - http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1003875157 ...
I double dare you to watch this all the way through and continue to keep meat in your diet.
I became a veggie for environmental reasons a couple of years ago, then I saw this film about a year ago and have never even been tempted to eat meat since! - mudpuddle, on 10/02/2008, -3/+20 Be a vegetarian or not, I couldn't care less. I'm not evangelical about my dietary preferences. But please, if you don't eat meat *most of the time*, do not call yourself a vegetarian. When you call yourself a vegetarian and then people see you eating chicken-broth soup or salmon, it increases my chances of getting meat in my dishes when I ask for the vegetarian option.
- zenithmbr, on 10/02/2008, -1/+17from dictionary.com:
vegetarian: a person who does not eat or does not believe in eating meat, fish, fowl, or, in some cases, any food derived from animals, as eggs or cheese, but subsists on vegetables, fruits, nuts, grain, etc.
If you eat meat sometimes then you are not a person who does not eat/believe in eating meat, therefore you are not a vegetarian. I'm tired of explaining this to my friends/family. "Oh you're vegetarian? Do you eat fish? So and so's a vegetarian and she eat's fish and sometimes poultry..." No! If she eats fish and/or poultry then by definition she is not a vegetarian. Vegetarians eat no animal flesh! - megapeg, on 10/02/2008, -1/+16It's a reasonable concept, but I'm not sure that it warrants a stupid name or really even qualifies as a "movement".
I think Michael Pollan had it right in "The Omnivore's Dilemma":
Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants. - granolajoe, on 10/02/2008, -2/+16Gee, I don't know. I get hungry. And I see food. It happens to be meat. I eat it. Perhaps "tempting" wasn't my best choice of words.
- inhaler, on 10/02/2008, -6/+20I'm a vegan. My attitude is, if you're trying to be a vegetarian, at least partway or part time, I can't knock you for doing the right thing.
- strictnein, on 10/02/2008, -1/+14I thought "no f'en way", but then I read the label:
http://www.generalmills.com/stream_image.aspx?rid= ... - hamalicious, on 10/02/2008, -2/+12Okay I have to admit I was about to post the reply "Tasty tasty murder" as I have on numerous occasions killed an animal for food; but on a whim I decided to actually watch the video. Although I'm not throwing out the contents of my freezer just yet, I must admit this video is alarming.
- araza13, on 10/02/2008, -1/+11I have no problems with Vegetarians et al....
But people that claim to be Vegetarian "but i eat some fish and chicken" ***** me.....and some are friends and family.
I tell them White meat is still meat.
*runs off to the butcher for scotch fillet steak* - gfxlonghorn, on 10/02/2008, -1/+10Flexitarian... if you want to be smug like a vegetarian, but don't want to HAVE to actually be one. (I am a vegetarian, so lick my broccoli covered taint if your care to bitch.)
Since when did eating healthy constitute being put into a "eating group." - inhaler, on 10/02/2008, -1/+10I actually weight about 170. I lift 4 days a week. These muscles are fueled by soy. Fear me.
- Llanowar, on 10/02/2008, -0/+8No.
You can not be a part time vegetarian.
Sure, you can cut down on meat, but you still eat meat.
You're only a veggie if you don't eat meat.
People love to make up stuff to make them feel good about themselves. - crashbang, on 10/01/2008, -3/+11So people should eat less meat? Ingenious!
- muchachoburacho, on 10/02/2008, -5/+13If you don't crave it, then how is it tempting?
- inactive, on 09/30/2008, -11/+18Those part time vegetarians kill me. They wont eat a steak but will put bacon bits all over a salad.
- bieber, on 10/02/2008, -2/+9Those would be for biting through things like apple skin. Ever tried taking down an animal or tearing apart a carcass with those canine teeth of yours? Hint: it doesn't work very well.
If you were pale as a vegetarian, you were just failing at maintaining a healthy diet. I've recently gone vegetarian, and I'm constantly intensely training to fight (I'm working out six days a week, 2-5 hours a day), and I've continued to add muscle mass just the same as I was with meat in my diet. More importantly, because I'm getting so much of my protein from whole grains, which are loaded with complex carbohydrates instead of meat, which has none, I've seen a really noticeable increase in my energy levels, and now I'm doing harder workouts with shorter rest periods. I would suggest that if working out was "thoroughly difficult" for you, you either just really needed to adjust your diet, or it was simply an attitude problem. If you expect vegetarianism to turn you into a shriveled up shell of a man, it will probably do just that, because you're not going to be trying to get the most out of it. - redfan, on 10/02/2008, -5/+12So if we're biologically meant to eat meat, why do we require tools to kill the animals, and then to cook the meat? I mean, where are our claws? Why are our teeth so fragile compared to those of other meat-eating animals? Why are our stomachs so sensitive to the bacteria found in raw animal meat?
- shadus, on 10/02/2008, -2/+9It's not hard if you know something about your dietary needs.
It's not nearly so easy for someone who eats fast food 10+ times a week and knows virtually nothing about what they're putting into their body except for the price.
Virtually any diet can be healthy if you have decent knowledge. An mix of both meat and veggies is easier if you don't have much knowledge. - bluetytanium, on 10/02/2008, -2/+9You're supposed to have some protein when you are a vegetarian.
Didn't you figure that out? - TheTallest, on 10/02/2008, -3/+10A flexitraian? That's retarded, its called being an omnivore and is part of a healthy balanced diet.
Which no matter what the evangelical vegetarians tell you is the healthiest diet you can be on is a mixture of both meat and vegetables. Moderation is the key. - draculthemad, on 10/02/2008, -0/+6I think the word you are looking for is 'omnivore'
- rubicante, on 10/02/2008, -0/+6Yea me too. Didn't know I'd be a spokesperson but ended up that way. No you don't need to consider "dietary needs" any more than you do eating meat or eating in another country.
Just wanted to comment that yea, I am "part time" because I eat at my grandma's a lot. She tries but she's old and forgets a lot, and I don't want to disappoint her. A lot of situations are like that. - bieber, on 10/02/2008, -0/+6Yeah, see, some of us aim for _healthy_ weights, instead of freakishly overloading our skeletons with gobs of muscles that we're never gonna use anyways. I work out six days a week (not lifting, but plenty enough body-weight exercises that I'm anything but weak), and at 5'11" I'm keeping myself down to a 155 fight weight. I tell you what, though: throw on the gloves and I'll take a shot at your over-muscled self. My bet is you can't bend your arms far enough to hit me anyway, if you're as big as you mean to imply...
- xcornbreadx, on 10/02/2008, -4/+9Isn't anyone who eats both vegetables and meat a part-time vegetarian?
- inactive, on 10/02/2008, -3/+8That's funny, because I bring your wife eat a hot dog when you're at work.
ZING - wenis, on 10/02/2008, -1/+6why do people feel the need to label their eating habits? I understand vegetarian and being a meat eater...a ***** flexitarian? really?! this is the stupidest thing I have ever heard of, that and pescatarian.
- preauxx, on 10/02/2008, -10/+15going veggie is one of the most effective, easiest and quickest things you can do to significantly and instantly reduce your carbon footprint.
been vegetarian for 6 years now, and have only in the last year become a flexitarian when I choose to cook. (tofu and its variants just get boring) - inactive, on 10/02/2008, -1/+6Damn, I fail at grammar.
- RockSlice, on 10/02/2008, -0/+5skeletorcares: that would make the "Contains no meat or animal fat" line a lie.
Most likely the natural flavors come from wood, which is where a lot of the bacon flavor comes from anyway. - peestandingup, on 10/02/2008, -0/+5And I bet Tweekster is hung like a field mouse. Just saying.
- MisteryMeat, on 10/02/2008, -0/+5I think (if he's like me) he means that when he's eating out he goes for what sounds best and that usually has meat in it. At home I keep so much vegetarian food that tastes great that I have no desire to eat meat. At a restaurant the vegetarian choices are limited and either tastes like crap or is so loaded with fat & calories that you might as well get a burger.
- inactive, on 10/02/2008, -0/+4Q: Can you be a part time vegetarian?
A: No. That's called an omnivore. - shadus, on 10/02/2008, -9/+13There is nothing wrong with eating meat.
There is nothing wrong with eating veggies.
There is nothing wrong with eating both.
There is a lot wrong with going "vegetarian" and not knowing anything about meeting your dietary requirements. It takes a higher degree of knowledge to be a successful healthy vegan than it takes to be a successful healthy omnivore. Our bodies are geared for getting a mix of both veggies and meat and its the easiest way to have a healthy diet. One without the other tends without having researched the matter a bit tends to lead to either vitamin deficiencies, incomplete protein intake, or mineral deficiency.
Regardless of your eating habits you should have some idea of what your body requires both calorically and nutritionally. A lot of people promote the vegan life style to heavy people, which is largely silly, it's not that they're eating meat that is making them fat, its that they're not eating healthy portions or the right food. If they changed to a vegan diet and maintained the same level of knowledge about what they're eating they would be highly deficient in a multitude of ways in very short order.
As always, knowledge is power. If you know more you can eat pretty much anything you want and be healthy, but it takes the effort of learning... which most people are completely unwilling to do. - inhaler, on 10/02/2008, -0/+4Tweek, go to bodybuilding.com. They have an entire article about the differences / similarities of soy and whey protein.
http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/drobson71.htm
Btw, "estrogen sources?" You realize that plant estrogen has zero effect on human somatic cells? Good work being a shill for the dairy industry. - wenis, on 10/02/2008, -0/+4you say it like having a bit of knowledge is a bad thing. what is wrong with having someone do a little tiny bit of research into what they are eating. I hate this idea that becoming a vegetarian is some grand mountain to climb and you have to be constantly aware of what there is to eat around you. Surprise it's the 21st century and tons of restaurants include veggie oriented dishes. It's not like your learning about thermodynamics or something. it's a diet and it's a fairly simple one at that.
- ousthouse, on 10/02/2008, -0/+4I'm on the seafood diet...
I see food, I eat it!!!!!!
/youruncle'sjoke - inactive, on 10/01/2008, -3/+7I am more of a Pie Eater myself. My profile would tell you that.
- inactive, on 10/02/2008, -3/+7I wish there were more flexitarians. Better for the environment. But they aren't part time vegetarians. No such thing.
- TheMoniker, on 10/02/2008, -0/+4If, by, "evangelical vegetarians" you mean, "major dietetic associations*." Nearly all of the major dietetic associations in the world* hold that, while you can have a perfectly healthy diet with meat in it, it is equally as healthy to eat a vegetarian diet. If you have a vegetarian or a meat eater tell you otherwise, ask if they are a major researcher about to publish results that will change everything we know about diets. If they answer, 'no,' let them know that they're mistaken.
*See, for example, the ADA & CDA joint statement: http://www.dietitians.ca/news/downloads/vegetarian ...
I suppose that I'll get dug down for presenting the actual science and a position statement of the major researchers, instead of just yelling (you choose):
1) DEATH TO ALL MEETEETERZ! UR ALL NATZI PSYCHO KILLERZEZ!!1!
or,
2) 4 EVERY AMINAL U DONT EAT I'LL EET 3 LULULULULULZ!!1! - simonn, on 10/02/2008, -0/+4Rarely does anyone get a balanced diet and less they do a bit of research, vegetarian or otherwise. Looking around me at work there are a lot of big meat eating bellies that clearly have been filled with too many pies.
- Literaturfan, on 10/02/2008, -0/+4Flexitarians: I dont't like that they associate always evaluations to your way of eating. Is a meat-eater a better person than a Vegetarian? May we judge a people in respect to his nutrition. I'm not a Vegetarian, but I eat very rarely meat. Once a week. But I don't want to be considered "Flexitarian"
- zambuka, on 10/02/2008, -0/+4This really cracks me up.
They now have a word to describe a new fad which for all intents and purposes is simply following the recommendations of the old food pyramid and eat less meat and more veges.
"but a growing number of experts and even some famous foodies are fans. They say that cutting back on meat, rather than abstaining completely"
That quote in particular is amusing because it is what a lot of not-so-famous dietary experts have been saying for at least the last 2 decades, and probably longer. It's just that when one of these non-famous people says it, for some inexplicable reason, people go all uppity about how they have no intent to remove meat from their diet, even when all that was suggested was that you cut back. But now all of a sudden because some famous glutton says it and invents a new word for an old wisdom it becomes a good idea. - GregIsLegend, on 10/02/2008, -2/+6Seriously? I've been doing this for years. I try to order produce over meat as often as I can, but if I'm invited to a steak house by some friends, i'm not just going to have a salad.
- qwertyxuiop, on 10/02/2008, -1/+5You were doing it wrong
I was a Vegan for 7 years
the entire time i was in perfect health and in extremely good shape, including several years of working construction and forestry.
I feel alot less healthy now that i eat meat (I think i actually qualify as one of these flexitarians) -
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