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What Do Pescatarians Eat? - Kylon Powell

Writer Rachel Davis

A pescatarian is basically a person who does not eat meat but can consume fish. Pescatarian have a very similar diet to vegetarians but some things are different. A pescatarian eats fruits, veggies, grain, nuts and many other things but doesn’t like to eat meat and poultry. Sometimes they also avoid dairy products. 

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Sea food

A pescatarian mainly eats all the sea food because it contains lots of proteins. They can eat a variety of sea fish and sea animals. They eat lobsters, shrimps, prawns, tuna, salmon, codfish and crayfish. They also feed on freshwater and saltwater fish like shellfish octopus. They also eat squid, oysters, mussels and freshwater clams. Some pescatarians don’t like to eat octopus but the majority can eat octopus. A pescatarian typically consumes two or more seafood meals per week. 

Organic food

Pescatarians have many things common to vegetarians and majority of them consume milk and dairy products like cheese and yoghurt. They also eat pizza but not with the meat as they mostly consume plain cheese pizza. Pescatarian also eat noodles and pasta with fresh veggies. They consume pulses, beans and nuts. 

Pescatarians also eat bread and butter because they consider it a healthy breakfast and also prevent heart diseases and maintain their cholesterol level. Pescatarians also consume peanut butter and nuts like almonds, walnuts, hazelnuts, pistachios and many others.

Fruits and vegetables

Pescatarians eat all the fruits and vegetables like apples, peaches etc. Pescatarians eat vegetables like cucumber, spinach, lettuce and all others. Pescatarians may eat veggie burgers, veggie noodles, veggie soup, veggie rice etc. Also, Pescatarians do eat whole grains, eggs and corn.

What pescatarians don’t eat?

Pescatarians don’t eat chicken, beef, pork, turkey bacon, lamb or any wild game. They don’t like to eat any food made up of meat or poultry.