Semi-vegetarianism

Semi-vegetarianism is a term used to describe the practice of excluding meat from the diet while still consuming limited amounts of poultry and fish/seafood. In many references, a semi-vegetarian is also a flexitarian. The term semi-vegetarian is sometimes also referred to as a diet that excludes "red meat".

There are several reasons why one might follow a semi-vegetarian diet:


 * Health reasons: To help reduce saturated fat or cholesterol in the diet.
 * Taste/smell reasons: Some people find the smell, taste, or even sight of meat objectionable.
 * Philosphical reasons: Other people also believe in minimizing the amount of higher-order animal foods.  Meat is at the top of the animal evolutionary scale:
 * Meat- mammals (cow, pig, deer, etc)
 * Poultry- birds (chicken, turkey, duck, etc)
 * Fish (tuna, salmon, tilapia, etc)
 * Seafood, other than fish (clams, oysters, crab, lobster, scallops, etc)