I'm a "flexitarian"!

And good to know I have a name for my dietary identity, although for I still prefer my own "lapsing vegetarian" - more of a description than a label.

A so-called flexitarian (who thinks of these things, and why?) is a vegetarian who occasionally eats fish or chicken (but not beef or pork - I'm baffled why there has always been a hierarchy of dietarily correct animal proteins). Here's a good story that describes the popularization of vegetarianism and rise of "flexitarianism," and suggests that diet, like everything in American culture vacillates between extremes (low-temp vegan vs. Atkins), eventually settling on a sound middle. And that looks a whole lot like what the FDA and our doctors have been telling us for years.