{"id":188496,"date":"2022-02-01T16:40:14","date_gmt":"2022-02-01T16:40:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=188496"},"modified":"2022-02-08T12:13:22","modified_gmt":"2022-02-08T12:13:22","slug":"the-flexitarian-cyclist-how-does-it-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2022\/02\/01\/the-flexitarian-cyclist-how-does-it-work\/","title":{"rendered":"The Flexitarian Cyclist: How Does It Work?"},"content":{"rendered":"

If most diets seem too strict then going flexitarian might be the perfect solution for you. In short, it\u2019s a vegetarian diet that gives you the freedom to include fish and meat on occasion. Let\u2019s take a look at how it works, what kind of food you\u2019re encouraged to eat and what to limit.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Flexitarian is the combination of flexible and vegetarian, which means it is a way to eat less meat without excluding it altogether. The diet became popular in 2009 after the release of The Flexitarian Diet: The Mostly Vegetarian Way to Lose Weight, Be Healthier, Prevent Disease and Add Years to Your Life <\/em>by registered dietitian Dawn Jackson Blatner. It\u2019s appealing to a lot of people because it offers a lot of the benefits that plant-based diets<\/a> do but gives more freedom. In fact, the flexitarian diet ranked #2 in the U.S. News diet rankings for 2022.<\/p>\n

How much meat can flexitarians enjoy?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The Flexitarian Diet as described by Jackson Blatner in her book encourages plant-based eating.<\/a> But it still leaves you with plenty of opportunities to eat meat depending on which of the three offered approaches you take.<\/p>\n