Pollotarianism is the practice of adhering to a diet that incorporates poultry as the only source of meat in an otherwise vegetarian diet.Lagua, Rosalinda T; Claudio, Virginia S. (2012). Nutrition and Diet Therapy Reference Dictionary. Chapman & Hall. p. 356. Chakrabarty, Kaveri; Chakrabarty, A. S. (2019). Textbook of Nutrition in Health and Disease. Springer. p. 296.

History While pollo specifically means chicken in both Spanish and Italian (with pollame meaning poultry in general in Italian), pollotarians are known to also incorporate different forms of poultry, like duck and turkey, in their diet.Miller, Korin. (2019). . Women's Health. Retrieved October 8, 2020. Pollotarians may also eat dairy products, eggs and honey.Hogan, Mary Ann; Wane, Daryle. (2002). Nutrition and Diet Therapy: Reviews & Rationales. Prentice Hall. p. 8.

The term "pollo-vegetarian" was first used in nutritional textbooks in the 1980s to describe a semi-vegetarian diet that incorporates poultry.Albala, Ken. (2015). The SAGE Encyclopedia of Food Issues, Volume 1. SAGE Publications. p. 1429. Green, Marilyn L; Harry, Joann. (1981). Nutrition in Contemporary Nursing Practice. Wiley. p. 205. Guthrie, Helen Andrews. (1989). Introductory Nutrition. Times Mirror/Mosby College Publishing. p. 602. Historian Rod Preece describes pollotarians as "those who refrain from mammals, but are willing to eat the flesh of birds, notably chickens."Preece, Rod. (2008). Sins of the Flesh: A History of Ethical Vegetarian Thought. UBC Press. p. 14. Comparison

Examples

Politician Chauncey Depew was a pollotarian. In a 1925 interview aged 90, Depew stated that "For thirty years the only meat I've eaten has been poultry". Matt Damon lost weight for the movie Courage Under Fire by sticking to a chicken-only diet. Adam Driver ate only one full rotisserie chicken and six eggs a day along with running to maintain his fitness during his days in Juilliard School. Indian actor and star Shah Rukh Khan as well as Emraan Hashmi are well-known for their pollotarianism.

See also

Duck as food Turkey as food Chicken as food Pescatarianism

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