Are Flexitarians the New Vegetarians?

A flexitarian is person has consumes a semi-vegetarian diet where he can occasionally consume meat.

It is considered a situation where you have veggies for 6 days of the week and then comes a day of your week off where you can consume meat of your choice on that day.

It repeats as a cycle and thus flexitarians are vegetarians with exemptions.

 

 

 

 

Some of the pros of being a flexitarian are:

• You are not meat deprived, you get to take taste meat every once in a while.
• You will earn all the proteins and nutrients present especially in meat.
• It helps you in building muscle pretty quick.
• You are flexible with your diet
• Save money. You can save up money when you just eat veggies for most of your life.
• Consider it as a lifestyle rather than a diet.

 

Some of the cons of being a flexitarian are:

• You are not considered a vegetarian.
• You will not receive as much protein as you do when you eat meat.
• You will have meat cravings more than usual at the initial stage.
• You will lack in iron and vitamin B12

 

 

So, being a flexitarian helps you balance your diet well and also provide you with a lot more pro’s than cons.

Bruce Friedrich says, “If people influenced by health consequently cut back on fish and meat consumption – that helps animals. If two people cut their meat in half it helps as much as one person going completely vegetarian.”

Try a flexitarian diet for a month and let us know your experience!! 🙂