I have a question about vegetarians?

Question

my friend is a vegetarian (she is only 10). even tho she is a vegetarian, she still eats shrimp and fish. isn't sea food considered meat? (not counting seaweed or whatever)

Answer 1

A person can call herself whatever she wants, but that does not mean that she is right. A vegetarian abstains from all meat, including the meat of sea creatures. Your friend could be more properly termed a "Pescatarian," because she includes fish in her diet.

Contrary to some of the previous posts, no actual "vegetarian" eats fish, chicken, or any other former-animal. The only major "types" of vegetarians are regular vegetarians, who usually include egg and/or dairy products in their diets, and strict vegetarians (AKA "Vegans"), who abstain from eating/wearing/or otherwise using any animal products whatsoever.

Answer 2

By the proper definition, your friend is not a vegetarian.. as vegetarians don't eat any meat at all. I'm a lacto-ovo vegetarian, which means I don't eat ANY meat, but I do eat milk and eggs (and other dairy products without animal products, such as vegetarian cheese and some yoghurts - many ordinary cheeses and yoghurts contain stuff like rennet & gelatine, which if you do a search on you'll find aren't exactly vegetarian! So I don't eat marshmallows or jellybeans either...).

You may also come across lacto-vegetarians, who eat milk but don't eat eggs or meat, etc... and someone who doesn't eat any parts of animals OR products that come from animals (no milk, eggs, don't even think they eat honey...) is referred to as a vegan.

I'm not sure if there's a proper word for people who just eat white meats, but it seems to be pretty common these days - so yes, seafood IS considered meat so your friend isn't a proper vegetarian, but I suppose she can call herself whatever she likes... and it's probably a lot easier and faster to say 'vegetarian' than to explain that she does eat this and doesn't eat that.. etc

Answer 3

I think that you can figure out who is right and who isn't by simply looking at the thumbs up & thumbs down given to the answers, some of which are amazingly stupid.

For the record, as several others have said, vegetarians do not consume the flesh of any creature from the animal kingdom, or any of by-products that result from the death of said animals. Contrary to what one person said, sea creatures *are* in the animal kingdom and contrary to what another said, they *do* feel pain. Actually, most sea creatures have quite complex nervous systems. People obviously make stuff up to justify their actions without ever bothering to find out the truth.

So, a true vegetarian by definition of the word, does not consume shrimp or fish. Aside from the killing of these animals being horrid, there is something called by-catch that also needs to be considered. By-catch frequently includes dolphins, sea turtles, whales, seals & sea lions, sharks, gulls, birds, and other entities that one may not traditionally eat. By-catch are species that are 'accidentally' caught by the fishing gear. Whether that's as the boat reels in the line or the net or whether it's from the lines and gear they discard, all of these deaths are from 'fishing', 'shrimping', 'crabbing', or similar hunting techniques. So when you eat a shrimp; a dolphin, a sardine, a rockfish, a sea turtle, and other marine animals have also been sacrificed for that shrimp.

Answer 4

Why do so many people who don't know the answer always show themselves up with this regular question ?

There is no such thing as part/hardocore/demi or any other such nonsense. You are either veggie, or not. its simple.

she's not a vegetarian, you need to tell her.

As she's only 10 we'll forgive her this once, she's making a great effort. But please tell her that veggies don't eat fish or chicken.

Here's the definition:
A vegetarian is someone living on a diet of grains, pulses, nuts, seeds, vegetables and fruits with or without the use of dairy products and eggs (preferably free-range).
A vegetarian does not eat any meat, poultry, game, fish, shellfish or crustacea, or slaughter by-products such as gelatine or animal fats.

Its really sad thats it the same people time and again who still say "i'm veggie and eat fish"....will they never learn....i guess fish being brain food is another meat myth.....look at all the thurmbs down you fish eaters....will you ever learn....

Answer 5

A true vegetarian does not eat *any* meat, regardless of where it came from. It's all or nothing. Wishy-washy answers like "Wellllll, I just eat the white meat from a chicken" are just plain stupid. As you can see from the responses in this forum, there are a lot of vegetarian wannabes here who, for some reason, feel guilty about the meat that they do eat, so they try to change the rules as they go to fit what is convenient for them. They try to have it both ways, but that's just not possible.

Answer 6

i'm non-veg because of the fact my mum and dad have been non-veg. yet now when I examine a fact of LORD BUDHHA , I easily have basically approximately stopped eating non-veg. LORD BUDHA mentioned--- U have taken hundreds of thousands of rebirths in the international. incredibly some situations those lambs or pigs or rooster have been ur father, mom uncles or toddlers. Why to devour flesh of ur mum and dad etc.? Swami Ramdev explains -- while u get indignant , u initiate sweating, initiate trembling etc, while u are afraid , u initiate sweating , trembling etc. Why ? because of the fact there r secretions of harmones etc. interior physique. So u may be attentive to how many undesirable secretions take place while an animal is killed . eating this manner of flesh is extremely undesirable for psychological well-being. Now u see incredibly some swine/cow/rooster -flu etc are spreading by animals. apart from Nature has no longer made us to devour non-veg. because of the fact a non-veg eating animal has very long gut to digest it yet v have small one. V have not got teeths like tiger. All non-veg eater animals drink water by tongue yet v drink like cow.

Answer 7

Yes, animals like fish and shrimp are still fleshes, and still disgusting, and vegetarians don't eat them.

Answer 8

Yes it is meat. It's good that she's reducing her meat, but she isn't a vegetarian.

She is a pescetarian - a person who eats no other meat than seafood.

Answer 9

Yes, seafood is meat. Your friend is not a vegeterian.

She is probably calling herself a vegeterian because she is young and doesn't understand the definition of being a vegeterian.

Answer 10

anyone who eats any animal (sea, land, insect, or otherwise) is not a vegatarian. A vegatarian does not eat meat but will still eat eggs and dairy products that come from animals. Your friend is NOT a vegatarian! This is simply a trendy thing to say for some reason. (a vegan eats no animal product or bi-products what so ever).