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NikkaR
09-19-2009, 02:34 PM
Please note that this doesn't happen to all of us. I'm 5'8.5" and a very healthy 135lbs, TYVM. Nor have I ever been anemic.

Very true. On the other side of it, I have a friend who eats beef and bacon all the time who had anemia last year. (Not sure how this is possible, but it happened.)

95% of my diet is still "vegetarian", but I find that just several servings of fish and eggs every week make a huge difference in how I much energy I have, and how hard I can work out. (I also crave fatty foods much less when I'm eating more protein.) The points is, every body is different. So no one should necessarily feel bad about or deprive herself an extra serving of protein occasionally, animal or otherwise, if she feels like her body needs it.

krys
09-19-2009, 04:20 PM
If I give into it I've just destroyed 5 full years of vegetarianism....

in short - ignore the labels and listen to your body ... go organic and grass fed if you give in. believe it or not (oh boy am i gonna start a riot) your body will actually be able to digest this better than fake soy meat substitutes.

i have run the gamut when it comes to food and 'diets' vege, vegan, raw, paleo blah blah this lady is now my official guru: http://www.detoxtheworld.com/ her blog is amazing as are her books.

as suggested, maybe also get your bloods done to check your levels of vits/mins. also check you digestive strength... often we aren't what we eat, but rather what we digest!

may your craving find peace, somehow, somwhere ;-) x

Paris
09-19-2009, 04:46 PM
I'm not advocating that in this circumstance. I've been vegetarian for a very long time... I think it's been nearly 17 years. Even under the circumstances where I have accidentally ate food products containing ingredients like lard I was sick for a minimum of 3 days... sometimes more.

You can shorten your down time by keeping digestive enzymes supplements around, also probiotics take the edge off. I'm not vegetarian, but have found that digesting meat is more difficult the older I get...eek, TMI sorry.:-\

miabella
09-19-2009, 05:03 PM
i find digesting grassfed meat much easier since abandoning any corn-fed (the stuff in fast food burgers).

if the animal is fed corn, the corn is the problem, not the animal.

Paris
09-19-2009, 05:12 PM
Maybe we need to start a vegetarian recipe list on here... since that's where this thread seems to be going.

Oh, and I just picked up a copy of Living Raw Food (http://www.amazon.com/Living-Raw-Food-Glow-Recipes/dp/0061458473)... we'll see if I can do this!

This is a very hearty vegetarian meal!

Brown Bean Salad:
1 1/2 cups dried brown beans (can also use light red kidney beans if brown beans are unavailable)
2 sprigs of fresh thyme
2 bay leaves
1 onion halved
4 garlic cloves, crushed
1 1/2 tsp. cumin seeds, crushed
3 scallions (green onions) finely chopped
6 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
4 teaspoons lemon juice
3 hard boiled eggs, roughly chopped
1 large dill pickle, chopped
salt and pepper to taste

1. Put the beans in a bowl of water and let soak for 8 hours or overnight in the fridge. Drain and transfer to a sauce pan and cover with fresh water. bring to a rapid boil and boil for 10 minutes.

2. (skip step 1 if using canned beans) heat at medium ad add the onion thyme and bay leaves. Simmer for 45 minutes. Drain and discard onion and herbs.

3 Mix together the garlic, cumin, scallions, parsley, lemon juice and olive oil. (I place ingredients in food processor for time savings and pulse for 30 seconds or so) and toss together with beans. Mix eggs and chopped pickle. Serve beans on with eggs/pickle mixture sprinkled on top.

Yum!

(Vegan can use extra firm tofu in place of eggs)