Many, inexplicably, are still convinced that vegetarians don’t eat meat, but that they indulge in fish. Obviously it is a completely wrong belief. Vegetarians limit themselves to eating fruits, vegetables, vegetables and some products of animal origin such as honey, royal jelly, dairy products and eggs. Vegetarians or vegans who also eat fish are called pescetarians. Their diet therefore includes fish, molluscs and crustaceans, but not meat.
The reasons of the pescetarians
The diatribe with vegetarians and vegans has been going on for a long time. The choice of pescetarians, as well as for health reasons, would also pass from the fact that the death of fish and molluscs would be less bloody than what happens for example to chickens or mammals. Beef farming would also be worse. The issue is thorny for various reasons. The first is that very often the fish are also farmed intensively. Just think of some salmon producers for example. Defining the death of fish and molluscs as less bloody is at least risky. Most of them die of asphyxiation. Often crustaceans and molluscs are even cooked alive. This is why pescetarians generally prefer to eat fish caught by local fishermen and producers.
It is often a step, when it becomes complicated, perhaps for health reasons, to strictly follow a vegan or vegetarian diet. It can often be difficult for the less experienced to get the right amount of protein or vitamins of group B, like the precious vitamin B12, the lack of which can have very important consequences.
The benefits of the diet
Having banned the polemics relating to the ethical part of the question, it is certain that fish is a food that helps us feel better. The first feature is that fish provides excellent quality proteins that are also much more digestible than those contained in mammalian meat. The fat in fish is also considered a good fat. Oily fish and salmon contain the precious Omega 3, which helps the heart and brain to stay in shape. The fish, in addition to the vitamins A, B and D also contain various minerals, such as calcium, phosphorus and iodine.
The benefits of pescetarian diet are shared by many experts. According to Professor Valter Longo, the inventor of the Fasting Mimicking diet, and the decalogue of longevity, the pescetarian diet is the best possible, as he explains in this interview.
