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While I was checking my email, I came across an article titled, "Can you eat meat and still be a vegetarian?" Well, of course not, I thought. But apparently, you can still eat meat and get a title. According to the article, there are these people called "flexatarians" who mostly eat fruits and veggies, but who also eat meat on rare occasions.
Now, my question is: shouldn't they just be called "healthy eaters"? As a vegetarian, it makes me a little nuts when people call themselves a vegetarian but then eat fish or chicken. These people are not vegetarians, they are just people who like to eat healthy. Vegetarians are people who don't eat meat. Allow me to illustrate.
When I was 13, I stopped eating meat and was a vegetarian. At 22, in order to prepare for the third world I acclimated my stomach to meat by eating meat (fish or chicken) once or twice a week for three months. At that point I was no longer a vegetarian. When I got to the third world and realized I could get away with a no-meat diet, I stopped eating meat and became a vegetarian again.
So, why do these pseudo-tarians say they're something they're not? I think this article has given me an answer: some people just want a cool title that makes them feel healthier (read: superior) to everyone else. And that's cool, whatever helps a person sleep at night is ok with me. But I wish that they'd stop messing around with my lifestyle. Maybe with this "flexatarian" nonsense they finally will.
PS: girl-Kelly, read my comments on the last blog.
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