Food industry insiders predict that
flexitarian eating — consuming meat, but focusing more on plant - based foods — will be a top trend in 2017.
Through its flexitarian campaign launched this month, Compass Group North America is collaborating with its 8,500 dining locations to provide more varied and appealing vegetarian and vegan meals, along with marketing materials to encourage customers to give
flexitarian eating a try.
Not exact matches
CEO Ron Shaich
eats vegan for a good portion of the week, president Blaine Hurst
eats a more Paleo - style diet, and director of wellness and food policy Sara Burnett is a
flexitarian — someone who mostly
eats mostly vegetarian and meat only sporadically.
A Christian conservation charity has told Premier «
flexitarian» diets - where consumers
eat meat only... More
It turns out that near vegetarians, or «
flexitarians» — people who
eat meat a couple of times a week are just as healthy as vegetarians.
We're both huge sushi fans, which may sound odd for cooks who focus on vegetarian cooking, but we consider ourselves
flexitarian: our diet is flexible enough to
eat meat on occasion, though we mostly
eat vegetarian at home (see this post about why we
eat what we
eat).
A Spanish study has found that a «pro-vegetarian» or
flexitarian diet — cutting down on the amount of meat you
eat, by joining Meat Free Monday, for example — can cut your chance of becoming obese in half.
The
flexitarian trend carves a very accessible and unrestricted middle ground between simply meat - eaters and non-meat eaters, while acknowledging a conscious effort to
eat less meat.»
However, from what I understand, there are some, especially
flexitarians, who don't agree with that train of thought and still
eat it.
Essentially, a
flexitarian is a vegetarian who sometimes
eats meat and / or fish.
The report, The future of
eating is
flexitarian: companies leading the way, was launched yesterday and bigs up those doing more to offer customers the healthy, nutritious and environmentally food they want.
Their healthy protein content makes them a good option even if youre not one of the growing number of people going «
flexitarian, «or opting to
eat less meat.
The largest study in history of those
eating plant - based diets recently compared the nutrient profiles of about 30,000 non-vegetarians to 20,000 vegetarians, and about 5,000 vegans,
flexitarians, and no meat except fish - eaters, allowing us to finally put to rest the perennial question, «Do vegetarians get enough protein?»
I
eat all foods and call myself a
flexitarian.
Flexitarians (people who
ate meat more on a weekly basis rather than daily) did better at a BMI of 27.3, but were still overweight.
However, I did stop
eating processed foods and sodas and I have become a «
flexitarian.»
A
flexitarian is a «flexible vegetarian,» who in this study is defined as someone who
eats meat once or twice a month, but is basically vegetarian.
A «
flexitarian» is a «flexible vegetarian,» meaning someone who
eats meat sparingly.
I wonder what the «
flexitarians» were
eating.
What's the potential for getting lean and achieving a health BMI for
flexitarians (who
eat mainly Whole Foods plant based and only
eat meat occasionally but no dairy, eggs, milk, processed oil etc) who exercise moderately in comparison to vegans with diet and little exercise?
For a vegetarian and / or a
flexitarian it might be easier to
eat not necessary junk food but foods that can make fat deposit?
I have explained that I
eat a «
flexitarian» diet and this is a great example.
The term
flexitarian refers to someone who is flexible with how they
eat — not a total vegetarian but not
eating much meat either.