flexitarian vegan???

Question

what the heck?
please tell me.
i'm new at all this...

Answer 1

I would suggest Googling "Flexitarian Diets" or simply "Flexitarian" and checking out some of the websites. Here's one http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=52501 that I thought was particularly comprehensive and answered your question.

It is, without a doubt, a growing reality in modern cultures as the "old" ideas of vegetarian and vegan decline in conversations and in actual numbers. Flexitarians are more "wholistic" and actually I've found in my extensive travels that "flexitarian" vegetarianism and veganism makes sense to those ancient cultures --- who actually, for the most part are "flexitarians", but wouldn't use that word.

IMO you find "genuine" vegetarians and vegans in ancient cultures since they integrate diet with a spiritual foundation and practice.

In modern cultures you have "veg*ns of convenience", such as Mike H, who sells hay to meat processors for $$$$ while professing a vegetarian lifestyle, or vebally bullies young kids who can only find work at a McDonald's.


The origin of the word allegedly was: "Flexitarians are flexible in what they eat. According to an Internet search, the earliest citation of the term was a quote from Helga Morath, who used the term flexitarian fare in the Austin American-Statesman, October 17, 1992, to describe the eclectic menu of health/vegetarian food served up in her recently opened Acorn Café at 26th and Guadalupe streets in Austin, Texas." http://cbass.com/flexitarian.htm

It's quite interesting that some define "reality" by what is found in a dictionary. That really is a kiind of "irrational" approach to life. In a word it's "ignorance". Actually it's a sign of a stupid person.

Or, lacking a sense of what you are about, you depend on "respected vegetarian society" to define your reality. Of course what is "respected" is always one that agrees with the ignorant persons' point of view. They are incapable or critical thinking .. i.e. weighing all information from various sources, and usually wind up socially isolated, humorless, bitter and socially inept.

Answer 2

just a troll who has way too much time on his hands.

there is no such thing as a flexitarian vegan.. let alone a flexitarian vegetarian. I'm not sure if you know this already but "flexitarians" are not vegetarian.
he's just trolling in this section to give out false information for his own amusement. perhaps he's 9 years old that laughs at his own stupid jokes.

Answer 3

It's a contradiction in terms and the name of a troll. There are people who come into this section for the sole purpose of asking idiotic questions we've answered numerous times and/or posting irritating answers to legitimate questions.

"Flexitarian" was invented to describe people who are trying to reduce their consumption of animal products but have not gone (and may never go) completely veg. Whether they reduce how much meat they eat (e.g., smaller portions of meat, meat as a condiment, etc.) and/or the types of meat they eat (i.e., the only animal food they eat is fish), they cannot call themselves vegetarian since they aren't. If they must have a label--instead of saying, "Oh, I'm cutting back on my meat consumption"--I'd rather they use flexitarian than inaccurately describe themselves as vegetarian.

Answer 4

properly, Ms. Tracie, sounds such as you have a good purchase of "squatters" here. Like your interest, Ms. I persist with "chicken". regardless of the shown fact that, I did have pork as quickly as this year, and that replaced into at a charity ribfest I subsidized for inner-city youngsters. could not not consume ribs with them. Seafood is my well-liked and countless the time, i'm waiting to reap my own from my "front backyard". i'm uncertain what's the "healthiest" meat to incorporate in a flexitarian weight-alleviation plan, i think of the purpose is "moderation" and stability and to make advantageous that the main element of the burden-alleviation plan is often plant-life.

Answer 5

To me, there is no such thing as a flexatarian. You're either vegetarian or you're not. Why would you even want to be called one if you're not? And if you start off like that, any meat-eather is a flexatarian, because he's "vegetarian" between two meals. Let's be realistic here.

Vegetarianism is more than just eat meat or not. It's a way of life, it's a believe system. You either believe it's wrong to kill animals to eat them, or you don't. You don't just believe it as long as noone's offering you a piece of their dead body, roasted and in a nice sauce.

Hey, I'm a flexitarian fructarian, I just ate a clementine!


Go vegan! :-)

Answer 6

Flexitarian basically means "semi" Basically you eat meat or eggs or milk products once in a while. Myself, am a flexitarian vegitarian. I eat meat or fish one or two times a week.

Answer 7

You'll read a bunch of sarcastic answers for this one, most likely. But anyway, here's my attempt at a concise definition:

A flexetarian is a person who, in an organized manner (that is, following a system of some sort) limits the amount of animal foods they consume without completely eliminating them.

Freegans (well, one segment of freegans) are examples of flexetarians: they don't want to contribute to the industry, but if they can get animal foods for free, they'll consume them.

Another example is the vegetarian who still lives at home and whose parents won't allow them to be vegetarian for whatever reason. At home, they'll eat meat, but when they're on their own, they won't touch it.

Some people find themselves in tough situations and bend the rules a bit: for example, they're sick and grandma cooks them chicken soup from scratch. They'll eat a little bit so they don't hurt grandma's feelings.

Some people find themselves in situations where they can't get what they need (nutritionally speaking) unless they consume animal foods. Rather than face health problems, they might include meat until they get back into an environment that allows them to exclude it.

Answer 8

"Flexitarian vegan" is a totally ridiculous label made up for the purpose of being annoying.

Answer 9

There is no such thing. The name is used here by one of our regular trolls. Just read thier profile to get more incite into thier absurdity.

Its likely to be "nasty nuts" but could equally be any number of them

Once the dictionaries include the term "flexitarian vegan" the rest of us will move to a new word and abandon "vegetarian". Until then, we'll continue fighting it. Words exist to aide communication, why peolpe choose to corrupt them I'll never know.

Am I a flexitarian Muslim because I happen to pass a mosque on the way to work ?

Its all nonsense because a label that defines 95% of the worlds population is not a label for any real reason, there are already words used to describe normal meat-eaters.

The website quoted above, http://vegetarian.about.com/ , written my Ms Hackett is rejected by most vegetarians. Ms Hackett refuses to answer criticism from the veggie world. There are plenty of websites that say the world is flat, just because a website says something does not mean its true or accepted in the real world.

Show me any recognised and respected vegetarian society that will not laugh at the world "flexitarian".

By Katy's definition everyone who is not eating meat right at this moment is a flexitarian vegetarian - utter silliness.

Answer 10

Flexitarians are semi-vegetarians. For the most part they eat vegetarian foods and occasionally eat meat products.

Answer 11

It's someone who eats like most other americans, and who feels compelled to point out that this sometimes includes vegetables.