What is a flexitarian?

by Brenda M.
(Baltimore, MD)

I've heard the term flexitarian used when referring to vegetarians. What is it? Are they really vegetarians?

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What is a flexitarian?

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Oct 31, 2009
 Answer to What is a Flexitarian
by: NJR

Thanks for the question Brenda. The simple answer is that a flexitarian is someone who mostly eats a vegetarian diet but who will occasionally eat meat.

Many flexitarians are trying to change their diet to all vegetarian but for one reason or another still find it helpful to eat non-plant based foods now and again.

This is somewhat different from other vegetarian classifications such as ovo-lacto vegetarians who will continue to eat eggs and dairy products and pescetarians who eat fish and other seafood.

Flexitarians are often called casual vegetarians and simply find it easier in some circumstances to eat meat.

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