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Originally Posted by Evening
I've been a vego for about a decade. It is just a normal part of life for me now. I still get paid out about it occasionally, people really need to come up with new material... And I still get told 'people HAVE to eat meat'. As we are not obligate carnivores, like cats, we do not HAVE to eat meat at all. We just need to make up for what we would get with meat through other food. Food with not-haem iron needs vitamin C to absorb better, and it is better to avoid calcium when eating a food high in iron as the calcium actually reduces the iron intake. Simple things like that keep things in order.
I've also had 3 blood tests over the years, including a really thorough test 2 weeks ago, and EVERYTHING in the results was perfectly fine. So no I'm not low in iron or anemic.
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I have been told too that meat is essential. Clearly, this is not true, as most vegetarians/vegans are healthy if they get enough nutrients from other foods (your blood test results are proof!)What I have encountered with most of my family though, appears to be a general uneasiness regarding my being a vegetarian. I wonder if it makes them feel awkward around me, when they are eating meat and I'm not. Honestly, I can eat with people who are eating meat and feel fine. Or maybe they just think it's "weird", not normal. I'm not sure. All I know is, it definitely isn't accepted by a lot of people in society.