Semi-vegetarianism facts for kids
Semi-vegetarianism means eating seafood or poultry, or both, but no red meat. People who eat red meat on rare occasion are flexitarians. Real or semi-vegetarians, though, usually resent flexitarian, looking down on this term and calling it cheating.
A pescetarian is a person who eats fish, shrimp and seafood. They do not eat poultry.
A pollotarian is a person who eats chicken. They do not eat red meat, seafood or fish.
Pollo-pescetarians eat seafood, shrimp and poultry but no red meat.
People who have semi-vegetarian diets are usually doing so for health reasons, including avoiding heart disease, diabetes and strokes.
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