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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’d like to be a vegetarian because the idea of eating flesh grosses me out. Unfortunately, I  just can’t, my body needs meat. The longest I went was one year and I ended up severely anemic. Yeah, the iron in spinach and almond’s doesn’t do it for me. Even fish alone doesn’t cut it. I find myself healthiest when I eat a wide variety of foods.

I wonder if you satisfied vegetarians have a different blood type or something. I’m type O+, the oldest cavemen type. What are you all?[/quote]

O+, no issues with iron at all.

Take a supplement,  but yes there is iron in non heme foods. [/quote]

Yes, I tried a variety of supplements, but they made me so sick. So, I guess it’s not blood type, it’s something else…I cannot get by without an occasional steak. 
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Don't worry about your blood type, etc. Just notice what makes you feel well, and what doesn't. If your body needs steak, then eat it. There is a lot that science does not yet know about the human body. That's why you are your best resource.

I am a vegetarian precisely because I feel sick when I eat meat, and feel better when I don't. If it were the other way around, I'd eat more meat.
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+1 I work in animal welfare so in addition to being a vegetarian, I know a TON of people where the default is vegan. People also feel the need to explain to me all the time why they eat cheese, or meat, or whatever - I think they feel guilty about it in front of me even though I promise I would not give them a hard time. Anyway,  I've heard a lot of stories about people who just felt sick while not eating meat.

At the end of the day, you just have this one body - and you have to feed that body what it needs.

I find it so easy to be veg - except even I eat fish once or twice a month. Started when I lived someplace where it was really hard to get meat-free meals - and just kept going.

But if you don't find it that easy to completely cut out meat - because you miss meat that much, or you really feel sick eating a veg diet - then you make the choices that work for you. It doesn't matter what you call yourself, or who's going to judge you for eating animals or who's going to judge you for not eating animals. Someone will always be unhappy with your choices, and let it be someone other than you![/quote]

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