Nutrition experts recommend following a varied diet so that the body has all kinds of nutrients. This recommendation is based on a fact: we are omnivorous animals and, therefore, we can and must eat all kinds of food to stay healthy. However, some people deviate from this criterion and decide to follow another type of diet. There are those who renounce the consumption of meat and convert to vegetarianism. One of the possible variants of vegetarianism it is pescetarianism.
In this way, whoever practices this food modality is a pescetarian. The rationale for this food option is simple: eat vegetables, legumes and fruits and, at the same time, all kinds of fish and shellfish.
General profile of the pescetarian
Usually people with this type of diet have a great interest in health. In some cases they give up meat to lose weight. As a general criterion, they substitute meat for fish temporarily in order to adapt their body towards a totally vegetarian or even vegan diet. With this transition, the body continues to receive protein and health does not suffer. Some pescetarians include eggs and dairy products in their diet.
The main reason why there are people who become pescetarians is ethical, since they consider that the consumption of animal meat implies a form of violence towards animals. This approach is considered contradictory by some, since fish, mollusks and shellfish are also animals. Despite this glaring inconsistency, Pescetarians understand that they are semi-vegetarians.
Supporters of the pescetarian diet consider that this diet has multiple advantages
They claim that the omega-3 fatty acids found in some fish are very healthy for several reasons: they lower cholesterol and strengthen the heart and brain. On the other hand, its followers maintain that this diet is more complete than the strictly vegetarian or vegan diet. In addition, this diet is broad and includes all kinds of flavors and nutrients.
Food is in fashion
Interest in healthy food has become a global phenomenon. Along these lines, until recently unknown foods have become popular, such as agave syrup, coconut sugar, quinoa, bimi, kefir or Chilean maqui berries. At the same time, all kinds of diets have appeared: the blood group, the cabbage soup, the magnetic, the zen or the so-called miracle diets.
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