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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've been a vegetarian for about ten years, mostly for ethical reasons. I've lately begun having dreams about meat and for years I've felt tired and weak and my hair and nails are awful. I attributed it to having young kids and working full-time, but now that the kids are 8 and 10, that's no longer an excuse that makes sense. I'm seriously considering reintroducing meat and seeing how I feel. I have had my iron levels checked and they are low, but not anemic low.

Has anyone gone back to meat?  How did you feel?  How did you reintroduce it?  How did you deal with the guilt and/or change in identity?[/quote]

Go to a hematologist and really have them check your iron saturation and how the values relate to one another. I thought my iron was "low", it turned out I had pernicious anemia and needed bags of iron. Your blood is made up of iron, protein, B12, and folic acid. Also, they will check all these components - plasma, red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets in relation to one another down to the size of the cells. It's not just a matter of the primary care dr looking at values on paper and saying you are okay because the number looks good.[/quote]

Thanks for this - good ideas.[/quote]

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