http://ask.metafilter.com/tags/pescaterian Questions tagged with 'pescaterian' at Ask MetaFilter. Sat, 05 Nov 2005 13:47:02 -0800 Sat, 05 Nov 2005 13:47:02 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://ask.metafilter.com/26705/Should%2DI%2Dstop%2Dbeing%2Dvegetarian Should I stop being vegetarian (Well, pescaterian, really)? Arguments for or against welcome. About 7 years ago, I went vegetarian (lacto-ovo vegetarian) for moral grounds; I didn't want to take more life than I had to. After a few years of that, my diet gradually shifted from a relatively healthy diet of tofu and stuff to a diet of mostly cheese, bread, and fake soy-based meat products. This was relatively painful to my intestines (which I now believe to be the start of my IBS), and I decided to add fish to my diet, as fish didn't seem relatively sentient (I use the word sentient here incorrectly, because I'm not sure what the correct word would be. I mean that while fish feel pain and such, they don't seem to have quite as developed a sense of suffering as, say, a dog. This is perhaps just a skewed perspective, and I just empathize more with a dog because it is a mammal, and I can better notice its distress)<br> <br> Anyway, I've been on a pescatarian diet (veggie+fish) for several years, and I'm starting to lose my resolve, mostly because my diet is becoming extremely restricted as I try to learn how to fight off the symptoms of IBS. I'm considering adding poultry to my diet. Should I?<br> <br> Looking for: Arguments for or against vegetarianism. Discussions of relative damage to environment/relative suffering inflicted/etc of different diets, etc. Discussion of health benefits/health problems caused by different diets. People treat chickens and turkeys not so well, eh? tag:ask.metafilter.com,2005:site.26705 Sat, 05 Nov 2005 13:47:02 -0800 chicken fish pescaterian vegetarian anonymoose