Study: Flexitarians on the Rise

Nov 19th, 2011 | By admin | Category: Featured, Vegetarian

While the number of those professing to be strict vegetarians or vegans in the US is fairly small, so called “flexitarians” have been on the rise. This is according to a new study that recently appeared in Food Technology magazine.

These “occasional” vegetarians, who are also called flexitarians, can be categorized into two groups, semi-vegetarians and meat reducers.

While semi-vegetarians follow a vegetarian diet part of the time, but still eat some meat and dairy products, meat reducers are not trying to follow a vegetarian diet, but are just trying to reduce the amount of meat they eat.

Source/Read More: Zeenews.com

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