I'm just wondering if anyone has seen the Seaspiracy documentary on Netflix and what your thoughts are on it.
not sure if there is such a thing as a pescatarian movement.
But I don't think its a fair generalization to say that flexatarians up their consumption of animal products.
the label flexatrain can fit many different types of people. I think as a description for a diet it starts with the idea of eating less meat and more plants. I think it also includes the idea of eating healthier foods and less processed foods.
this is the definition of a flexatarian: a person who has a primarily vegetarian diet but occasionally eats meat or fish.
or this
The Flexitarian Diet is a style of eating that encourages mostly plant-based foods while allowing meat and other animal products in moderation. It's more flexible than fully vegetarian or vegan diets.
I put in the italics.
I also might go out on a limb and say that any diet that eschews meat eating is better for a person's health and the environment.
However.... you can find many "health experts" that include in their recommendations things like 2 servings of fish a week. If a person who is becoming flexatarian stops eating other things but does increase his fish intake, then you have a point. I feel its more likely that they keep their seafood intake low. Almost all the recommendations are not to exceed two servings of fish a week due to mercury and other toxins, if for no the reason.
Tell me more about traffickingThis criticism usually comes after a documentary. The question of why the filmmakers didn't cover ALL the reasons why the oceans are dying. The answer is that the problem is too big for one documentary.
I have watched documentaries on plastic pollution, oil spills, whaling, cruise ships, invasive species from aquariums, Sea Shepherd, Greenpeace, trawling, bycatch, heavy metal pollution, overfishing, global warming, trafficking, subsistence fishing, etc. You could watch hundreds of hours of documentaries about the affects of humans on the oceans, and still only have scratched the surface.
Yes there were books. and newspaper articles. but mostly people in churches and street corners speaking against it.Imagine if someone made a movie (Ok, book) in the 1700s highlighting human slavery and trying to end it.
And the response was like "don't listen to them because
Tell me more about trafficking
I liked it. It covered the environmental side and the cruelty side.I'm just wondering if anyone has seen the Seaspiracy documentary on Netflix and what your thoughts are on it.