What are the risks and benefits of being a lacto-ovo pescatarian?

Question

What are the risks and benefits of being a vegetarian who eats milk, eggs, and fish? Which nutrients are removed from this diet (without vitamin supplements) and what other health risks are involved? Does it increase health? How?

I'm not saying that those who eat fish are vegetarians. I'm well aware that they aren't vegetarians. I only used that as an explanation for those who don't know what a pescatarian is.

I also know what a lacto-ovo pescatarian is, so I'm not sure why you defined it for me, but i guess it makes things clearer for the public.

For those of you who keep battling this, I never said anything about MY diet. Not once did I mention that I follow any certain diet. So please stop the personal attacks. I understand how you feel about vegetarianism, but ranting about it will only clog up space.

Answer 1

One risk is that real vegetarians (like me) are going to flame you for claiming to be vegetarian when you aren't one! We especially hate the abuse of the -arian suffix when you should be using the -vore suffix and describe yourself as a pescavore!

Quite frankly you haven't given up *any* nutrients and could easily remove the fish from your diet and *still* not worry about missing out on any beneficial compounds!

Lovely gave an excellent (and polite) answer about why you should not eat sea *animals*!

Edit:

I guess I'll jump back in to this one. I think you've missed the point that WE get insulted every time someone mentions fish being part of a vegetarian diet! You did this in your header question by using the wrong term for Pescavores. You re-enforced it with the first sub-question with this bit "a vegetarian who eats milk, eggs, and fish". You've proven my answer correct even though you haven't really gotten flamed yet (just a tad singed). Lillyian makes valid points!! I had a *major* business deal get screwed because they thought vegetarians eat fish. Why do people make this mistake? Precisely because folks like you keep yapping about fish being part of a vegetarian diet!! Lillyian is NOT wasting space (and neither am I) she's is CORRECTING the mis-information that YOU provided in the first two lines of your question. From now on please use the CORRECT term of PESCAVORE! PLEASE!!!!!

Aside to Lillyian: A public apology to you. I'm the source of your thumb-down. I didn't realize I did it but I *know* I meant to give you and up!!

Answer 2

Ovo Pescatarian

Answer 3

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What are the risks and benefits of being a lacto-ovo pescatarian?
What are the risks and benefits of being a vegetarian who eats milk, eggs, and fish? Which nutrients are removed from this diet (without vitamin supplements) and what other health risks are involved? Does it increase health? How?

Answer 4

So, in other words, it's okay for vegetarians to attack lacto-ovo vegetarians and we don't say nothing? It sounds to me discrimination and narrow-minded. Just reading the answers the way they are, the source is in front of my face like you are seeing it now.

Answer 5

Hmmm... you may get more helpful answers if you ask this in the "general nutrition" section. We here in the vegetarian section don't know a whole lot about meat eaters and their diets of eating animals.

We know the ultra bad for you stuff like eating cows and pigs, but we don't really know much about eating other animals/meat such as fish. As far as I know, eating fish is relatively healthy, low in cholesterol etc. compared to other meats, If you are gong to be an omnivore, eating fish and chickens would be the healthy way to go.

If you would like to give vegetarianism a try sometime, tofu makes great Chinese dishes and is really healthy.

EDIT-
"What are the risks and benefits of being a VEGETARIAN who eats milk, eggs, and FISH?"
~you

Yes, you are saying that vegetarians eat fish. So yes, people did feel the need to define these things for you.

Please do not refer to fish-eaters as vegetarians, especially to people who do not know what a pescovore is. You of course *can* say you/people are what ever you want, but it makes life difficult for actual vegetarians who can't order pasta at a restaurant without having to explain that fish is not a vegetable. Fish-eaters are omnivores. They eat animals. They eat vegetables. They have just decided to not eat specific animals. Vegetarianism is a dedicated lifestyle, not a diet. Hopefully this clarifies things for you and the public.

Oh yes, and "vegetarian" is used to describe one eats only vegetation. Therefore (by the same logic- used by people who desperately need a different name for *picky omnivore*) "pescatarian" would describe one who eats only fish.

Therefore, logically, they would be
ovo-lacot-vego-pescatarian.
Wouldn't it be easier to say "I don't eat red meat or chicken"?

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Answer 7

Pescetarians often believe that moderate consumption of fish or fish oils, which are high in Omega-3 fatty acids, is necessary for optimum health, although vegetarian alternatives, such as flax seed oil, are available

When most people think of vegetarians, they think of lacto-ovo-vegetarians. People who do not eat beef, pork, poultry, fish, shellfish or animal flesh of any kind, but do eat eggs and dairy products are lacto-ovo vegetarians (“lacto” comes from the Latin for milk, and “ovo” for egg). This is the most common type of vegetarian in North America.
Lacto-vegetarian is used to describe a vegetarian who does not eat eggs, but does eat dairy products. Many Hindu vegetarians are lacto-vegetarians who avoid eggs for religious reasons while continuing to eat dairy.

Ovo-vegetarian refers to people who do not eat meat or dairy products but do eat eggs. Some people are ovo-vegetarians because they are lactose-intolerant.

Lacto-ovo vegetarianism is sometimes recommended as a dietary therapy for a variety of conditions, including heart disease, cancer, diabetes, stroke, high cholesterol, obesity, osteoporosis, hypertension, gout, gallstones, kidney stones, ulcers, colitis, hemorrhoids, premenstrual syndrome, anxiety, and depression. A 2001 study showed that vegetarian diets often contain more copper than nonvegetarian diets. Copper is an important nutrient often lacking in today's typical diets. Lacto-ovo vegetarianism is an economical and easily implemented preventive practice. It does, however, require self-education regarding an adequate diet in those who adopt it.

Answer 8

No vegetarian eats fish. A pescetarian is not a form of vegetarianism. The only health risk I can think of is what's in the fish from the dirty ocean, the cholesterol from eggs and the fat from milk.

Answer 9

Biomagnification. Look it up.