Semi-vegetarianism: the meat yes but not too much!

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Semi-vegetarianism: the meat yes but not too much!




by Christophe » 16/02/15, 15:37

More than 10 years after its "invention" I have just discovered the word flexitarianism: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flexitarisme

Flexitarianism is becoming a real underlying trend. More and more consumers want to be actors of long-term benefits on their life and on the planet, without forgetting of course the animals.

Flexitarian = person who occasionally eats meat and gives pride of place to foods of plant origin. "


http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flexitarisme

I believe that I have been flexitarian for a long time!
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by Janic » 17/02/15, 09:12

Christophe hello
We are all, to varying degrees, “flexitarians” in all of our behaviors and social choices, that is to say with behaviors that conflict between principle and practice.
For example, a flexitarian can eat vegetarian or vegan at home, but eat dishes that include meat on special occasions like eating out, dining with family or friends3,4. wikipedia
The forums VG make their fat out of this flexitarianism which, according to individuals, can be considered as the necessary passage between two lifestyles (a bit like the smoker using patches to quit smoking in the long term) because the abrupt changes are hardly recommended.
Compared to this definition of Wikipedia, it is like saying to be faithful in the household but to accept your penknife shots in the loyalty contract in certain circumstances (insofar as loyalty is considered as a criterion justified in itself! )
The question is therefore more of the socio-psychological domain than dietetics.

A flexitarian is therefore, by definition, an omnivore.Wikipedia always
This omnivorous expression is also debated here because there is a confusion (which arranges various currents of thought) between being physiologically adapted to a food mode (in this case) and the adopted food behavior. To take the same example as before on tobacco, smoking would make humans a natural smoker! We know that this is inaccurate and yet this is indeed common behavior.
Hence the completely absurd formulation below:
« Indeed, its digestive system is designed to be able to consume animal proteins as well as vegetable even if the basis of its diet consists mainly of vegetable products: roots, leaves, fruits, seeds ... (vegetables, fruits, cereals ...) However, its own tastes, famines, fashions, conveniences social, scientific knowledge or beliefs can influence their choices, especially with regard to protein sources. »
It is proven that the human digestive system is not adapted to animal consumption (Cuvier) and therefore the recourse to the consumption of these products is not done without a significant physiological energy consumption to eliminate toxic elements.
The use of these substitutes therefore effectively corresponds to particular social conditions due to the lack of food resources (in cold periods in particular) but which ended up being part of a regular behavior throughout the year and no longer seasonal.
Flexitarian practitioners necessary therefore dietary constraints, more flexible than those of vegetarians, for various reasons such as health problems 5, the desire for a fairer treatment of animals, or environmental concerns6, or to combine all these reasons.
Again, the use of this particular formulation (the weight of words!) Of "constraint" underlines the origin of the author who is not himself and speaks as an outside and abstract observer of the subject. Indeed if a VG were to be forced to this food mode, it would not persevere long (like all the diets perceived as such!), No more than a sportsman should be forced for his practice (which however requires discipline and a regularity necessary to obtain an expected result.)
It is therefore not a question of rejecting this notion of flexi, as a useful passage between two modes, the whole is to know your own values ​​and life choices.
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by dede2002 » 18/02/15, 10:05

Hello,

I think a lot of people "practice flexitarianism" without constraints, but before we used to make a big dish with a small piece of meat, now it's more of a small dish with a big piece of meat.

Perhaps the origin of flexitarianism comes more from traditional agriculture than from the conception of the stomach. Because animals provide fertilizer, and meat provides fat in addition to protein.
Here fat is considered "harmful", but when there is no oil in the store it becomes a precious commodity ...?
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by dede2002 » 18/02/15, 12:35

dede2002 wrote:Hello,

I think a lot of people "practice flexitarianism" without constraint ...


For many people, for example those who eat meat 1x a year, there is a financial constraint ...

Regarding the fat of the meat, far south the pork is more expensive than the beef in the market. And the more fat it is the more expensive!

Here, the most expensive pieces are those that have no fat.

Why? I think the taste and the aroma are in the fat, and the fat in industrial farming stinks !!
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