Pescatarians Please

A fish is an innocent animal too isn't it ?

Fish are animals too and if your reason for eating them is that "they are good for us" then I suggest you look into how fish are farmed for human consumption. They are often in tiny tanks packed tight swimming in feces and wild caught fish kill lots of other marine life since nets catch whatever, not just one kind of fish and those fish are killed for no reason. Fish die a horrible death by suffocation. You can get dha from sea veg or supplements made from it (it's where fish get it) and omegas from veggies, nuts and seeds, no reason to need to eat fish.

activeadriana wrote: »

I'm so mad it cut off my message. You can't add any emojis to these threads!

Ok, as I was saying.. It's my understanding that eating fish is better than eating any other type of meat. I spoke with a dietician last week and she said "Everyone should be eating two servings of fatty fish a week". Off the Eatright Ontario website it says "For good health, we should eat least two Food Guide servings of fish per week". http://www.eatrightontario.ca/en/Articles/Cooking/Food-Preparation/All-about-fish.aspx (2nd paragraph) and literally every doctor and dietician I've spoken to about eating a healthy diet (in general) has always concluded by recommending fish as part of a healthy diet. If we can get the same nutrients fish offers from other foods, why don't they say that? Why do they recommend fish but not other meat?

I'd consider being a vegetarian if I could get the same nutrition fish offers from other foods, but from what I've gathered, I can't.

I definitely need advice. Which is healthier, vegetarian or pescetarian? If you could tell me which foods offer the same benefits as fish, too, I'd appreciate it.

Thanks!

Fish does have nutrients. But those nutrients can be found elsewhere too.

If you like fish and want to eat it, that's a whole other thing. I think you got the responses you did because it seemed as if you were ambivalent about eating fish, preferred not to eat meat at all, but thought you had to eat fish for specific health benefits.

When you say you can't get the nutrition from other foods, what nutrients are you referring to specifically? The recommendation of what type of food to substitute will depend on what benefit you're trying to get. I can speak for myself: I take an algae-based omega-3 supplement to ensure I'm getting a type of fat that is found in fish (as well as some other foods). I take an iodine supplement to ensure I'm getting enough iodine (I also eat seaweed -- other people who don't eat fish meet their needs through iodized salt or dairy).

There are millions of healthy people who never eat fish, millions of healthy people who only sometimes eat fish, and millions of healthy people who never eat any kind of meat. You could be completely healthy without ever eating fish, you could be completely healthy while eating fish. It's up to you what you want to choose. Your tastebuds can be part of that decision, your ethics can be part of it too.

There is no one "healthier" diet when it comes to vegetarian or pescetarian. There are healthy vegetarian diets and healthy pescetarian diets (there are also unhealthy vegetarian diets and unhealthy pescetarian diets). You can meet your nutritional needs either way.

janejellyroll wrote: »

activeadriana wrote: »

I'm so mad it cut off my message. You can't add any emojis to these threads!

Ok, as I was saying.. It's my understanding that eating fish is better than eating any other type of meat. I spoke with a dietician last week and she said "Everyone should be eating two servings of fatty fish a week". Off the Eatright Ontario website it says "For good health, we should eat least two Food Guide servings of fish per week". http://www.eatrightontario.ca/en/Articles/Cooking/Food-Preparation/All-about-fish.aspx (2nd paragraph) and literally every doctor and dietician I've spoken to about eating a healthy diet (in general) has always concluded by recommending fish as part of a healthy diet. If we can get the same nutrients fish offers from other foods, why don't they say that? Why do they recommend fish but not other meat?

I'd consider being a vegetarian if I could get the same nutrition fish offers from other foods, but from what I've gathered, I can't.

I definitely need advice. Which is healthier, vegetarian or pescetarian? If you could tell me which foods offer the same benefits as fish, too, I'd appreciate it.

Thanks!

Fish does have nutrients. But those nutrients can be found elsewhere too.

If you like fish and want to eat it, that's a whole other thing. I think you got the responses you did because it seemed as if you were ambivalent about eating fish, preferred not to eat meat at all, but thought you had to eat fish for specific health benefits.

When you say you can't get the nutrition from other foods, what nutrients are you referring to specifically? The recommendation of what type of food to substitute will depend on what benefit you're trying to get. I can speak for myself: I take an algae-based omega-3 supplement to ensure I'm getting a type of fat that is found in fish (as well as some other foods). I take an iodine supplement to ensure I'm getting enough iodine (I also eat seaweed -- other people who don't eat fish meet their needs through iodized salt or dairy).

There are millions of healthy people who never eat fish, millions of healthy people who only sometimes eat fish, and millions of healthy people who never eat any kind of meat. You could be completely healthy without ever eating fish, you could be completely healthy while eating fish. It's up to you what you want to choose. Your tastebuds can be part of that decision, your ethics can be part of it too.

There is no one "healthier" diet when it comes to vegetarian or pescetarian. There are healthy vegetarian diets and healthy pescetarian diets (there are also unhealthy vegetarian diets and unhealthy pescetarian diets). You can meet your nutritional needs either way.

I agree with all of this, especially the bolded.

activeadriana wrote: »

littlechiaseed wrote: »

You can get dha from sea veg or supplements made from it (it's where fish get it) and omegas from veggies, nuts and seeds, no reason to need to eat fish.

What is sea veg? What are the supplements called? The only one I know of is fish oil, and my doctor didn't recommend it for me.

And I've never heard of there being omega in veggies, just in eggs. Do all veggies have it? Thanks.

Seaweed, spirulina. I eat seaweed snacks a few times a week. I put spirulina in my smoothies. I take a vegan dha supplement a few times a week. There are many on Amazon or at a healthfoods store it's just labeled vegan dha.

Omegas come from nuts, seeds, avocados etc here's a video that goes over other sources and why you don't need to eat fish. https://youtu.be/gdGLYBhfMT0

littlechiaseed wrote: »

Fish are animals too and if your reason for eating them is that "they are good for us" then I suggest you look into how fish are farmed for human consumption. They are often in tiny tanks packed tight swimming in feces and wild caught fish kill lots of other marine life since nets catch whatever, not just one kind of fish and those fish are killed for no reason. Fish die a horrible death by suffocation. You can get dha from sea veg or supplements made from it (it's where fish get it) and omegas from veggies, nuts and seeds, no reason to need to eat fish.

Fish are farmed for human consumption << This took me some time to get my head around. Once I did my own research and worked out where I could get the same nutrients from, I no longer ate fish.