I consider myself vegetarian, however I will eat an organic egg once in a while and I will eat salmon and some

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fish and seafood. I do not eat any type of warm blooded animal meat and I will eat organic cheese once in a great while if I can't get the veggie cheese I buy. I only buy organic 1% milk to cook with because Soy milk does not heat well in certain recipes.Plus it is very seldom that I use milk. Now what I want to know is, What am I considered to be with my diet?? I have not eaten meat for 9 years but my Mothers side of the family w/ the exception of my Mom were strict vegetarians that did not even touch dairy, fish or any animal bi-products.

No , I just read on a website the labels of what people consider themselves and I didn't match any. I just wanted to hear your thoughts.

Answer 1

I don't think you are any "type" of dietarian, rather, you are someone who takes care with what you ingest and it sounds healthy to me.

Answer 2

Well I think most ppl would still consider you a vegetarian, just maybe a "pescetarian". I don't think you should feel the need to live by labels though. Do whatever you feel is right for YOU and don't bother with all the labels. I am a lacto-ovo vegetarian, and I've been a vegan.... but I've always just been a "vegetarian" to the outside world. And btw, "organic" really doesn't have anything to do with vegetarianism. Actually, organic eggs are most likely fertilized, whereas the regular kind aren't. And organic cheese doesn't mean that there is no rennet in it (which is made from a cow's stomach). Organic is great, but in terms of vegetarianism I think it's important to consider other things first. But again, it's up to you to decide what you feel comfortable with. Some vegetarians or vegans will bash anyone who tries to dabble with the lifestyle, but I like to encourage everyone who is trying their best to consume less meat products!

PS - to the person ragging on about eggs.... if the eggs aren't fertilized, how exactly is it any different than milk? Just like humans, female chickens produce eggs whether they are fertilized or not. Yeah, it's disgusting to think about, but you are not eating a chicken, just like you are not eating a cow if you drink milk. Stop being so hostile! You will never convince anyone to quit eating meat if you act like that.

Answer 3

I am a lacto-ovo vegetarian. I do eat dairy products, though if I ever see a fertilized egg near food, that's gonna be out.

I know some do consider themselves vegetarians when they eat fish, but I consider fish meat.

There are many different types of vegetarians, if you need a label. Is this a personal, cultural or religious choice? I have to agree with another answerer - it's your comfort level. And I agree with another - it sounds like your mother's family were vegans.

Answer 4

Being vegetarian means you just don't eat meat, but eggs, milk, and other dairy is fine. I recently found that eating fish is called being pescatarian, but you can still call yourself vegetarian if you want. Just make your diet fit you, not the label. I call myself a vegetarian and once in a while I will eat some fish, but only wild-caught, and again, rarely. I also eat eggs, dairy, and other animal by-products. Just no beef, pork, chicken, turkey, etc. Hope I helped!

Answer 5

I'm not quite sure what you should call yourself, but I give you kudos for your beliefs. I, too, try to stay away from red meats and chicken, although I do have a hankering for pepperoni pizza once in awhile, and do eat cheese for protein and fats, but no milk except to cook with, and I hate the taste of soy milk. I've never come across a name for people who are strict like you. You aren't vegetarian, because you eat fish, but you aren't a "meat-eater" either. Let's just say you are an "evolved" omnivore.

Answer 6

I'd say you're a pseudo-vegetarian... only because of the fish. Most people consider no red meat (and sometimes poultry) to be vegetarian, but the actual definition means no meat at all, including fish.

Answer 7

You have infact NOT been a vegetarian for 9 years, fish, of any kind is indeed meat. Before it was rotting in your colon it was a living breathing creature. So don't consider yourself a vegetarin consider yourself someone who doesnt eat chicken, beef, pork, turkey, or duck. Sorry to be so harsh but that's the truth.Although, you could become vegetarian by cutting out the fish in your diet.

Gabriel,15

Answer 8

What's the difference between eating a cold blooded or a warm blooded animal? The fact that you eat any meat eliminates you from being a vegetarian.

Stop worrying about trying to put a label on yourself.

Basically you can just tell ppl that you primarily eat a healthy, organic, white-meat, vegitable based diet.

Answer 9

You are not a vegetarian. If you were, you would not eat any seafood, as it is meat. Chicken is also meat. Eggs are meat as well, not eating meat and eating eggs would be the equivalent of saying "I'm not a cannibal, but I do eat babies" (sorry if that offends anyone, but get over it) "Vegetarians" that eat seafood or poultry are sellouts and failures at being vegetarian, after all, the point of being a vegetarian is to eat NO meat, and those are definitely meat no way around that. You might as well go ahead and eat any type of meat that you want because you aren't a vegetarian. You are an "I-don't-eat-meat-unless-it would inconvenience me-not-to-not-ian". (I tried to hyphen the whole thing but words get cut off on this site for some reason if they are too long.)
At best you are a half-assed vegetarian.

Answer 10

Vegetarians, as a whole, do not eat red meat. Some also choose to exclude poultry (pollo-veg) and/or seafood (pesco-veg). Because chicken and fish are indeed meat, it's debatable whether most would call it vegetarianism, but they are accepted forms.

Many veg's, in additon to actual flesh, eliminate non-meat animal products like gelatin and caesin. It varies a lot, though.

Drop all meat, but eat eggs and dairy, you're "lacto-ovo-vegetarian"
Drop all dairy products, and eat eggs, you're "ovo-vegetarian"
Drop eggs in all forms, but consume dairy, you're "lacto-vegetarian"

No eggs OR dairy, plus, no non-meat animal products, including honey, and you're, by definition, "vegan".

Go even further, and eat only plants and plant products (nothing grown with bacteria), and you're "macrobiotic" *please note, some macrobiotics DO eat meat. There's more to the philosophy than being non-meat-eaters. So, it's not technically a form of vegetarianism*

Vow not to cook your food, or do anything but pick and eat, and you're "raw-vegan", "raw-macrobiotic", or just "raw".

SO, to answer your question, there are, in fact, EIGHT forms af vegetarianism. (macro's don't count) pollo, pesco, pollo-pesco, ovo, lacto, lacto-ovo, vegan, and raw.

Source(s):

veg, myself (l-o-veg, in case you're curious)

Answer 11

You are not a vegetarian if you eat seafood. Fish IS meat (flesh from animal).

A pescetarian is a person whose only meat source is fish.

There are many wrong answers here. Vegetarians do not eat chicken and there is no such thing as a pollo-vegetarian or pseudo-vegetarian. In other words, vegetarians eat nothing that used to be alive.