Plant-based diets, vegetarianism and going vegan are among some of the most popular dietary trends right now. There’s certainly the ethical aspect, but the health benefits of foregoing meat, dairy and other animal products has been widely recognized. That being said, going vegan or vegetarian, or adopting a plant-based diet, can feel rather restrictive. Enter the flexitarian diet.
A portmanteau of the words “flexible” and “vegetarian,” the flexitarian diet is also sometimes known as the semi-vegetarian diet and basically describes a vegetarian-ish way of eating that follows the basic principles and benefits of a plant-based diet, along with the inclusion of some animal proteins to a lesser extent. This method was popularized by dietitian and author Dawn Jackson Blatner in her book “The Flexitarian Diet.”
There is, however, no exact,…
