Q's for people that dont eat meat

how long have you gone without it?

do you eat seafood?

do you take vitamins, if so what kind?



thanks!

Message edited 3/8/2007 1:03:43 PM.

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-almost a year next month

-yes, but trying to ween myself off

-no, but want to hence the question

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I am not vegan, but my cousin is and she wasn't taking any vitamins/supplements for the longest time. She now takes iron after passing out on the LIRR and her doctor said that she was severly anemic.

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i know alot alot alot of ppl that used to be vegan and went back to some foods because they werent healthy

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Message edited 3/8/2007 1:12:29 PM.

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I have not eaten meat in over 10 years.

I do eat some dairy (I'm actually allergic) and occassionally, seafood.

I've never had any vitamin deficiencies. Right now I just take a multi-vitamin.

If you eat beans, dairy, soy protein meat substitutes and dark, leafy greens, you will get all of the protein and iron you need.

I eat lots of morningstar and boca products (made a delicious vegeatarian meatloaf last night) and they provide a lot of protein.

No problems at all. Most people actually eat too much protein. A vegetarian diet can be very healthy, especially if you do eat dairy (easy protein in eggs!).

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Since I was 14 so 12 years.

Vegan for four but now vegetarian again - although I avoid most milk because I find it gross and it makes me sick at times.

I should take a vitamin, but I always forget. I have some in my desk drawer just in case. I drink alot of soy and eat alot of tofu.

Message edited 3/8/2007 1:34:35 PM.

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No meat for about 8 1/2 years (vegan for 3 years)

No seafood

Daily Multivitamin, Whole Foods Brand (I think it's called Whole Food Daily or something). I used to take a B12 vitamin, but I don't any more. There's B12 in my multi, though.

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I first stopped eating meat in 1992 - that lasted 2 years and as a poor college student, I "survived" on cheese sandwiches and tuna.

It's been 7 years now since I've had any type of land animal. I actually started eating fish (no lobster or crab) in Jan of 2004.

I take a multi-vitamin (chewable from Trader Joe's). In the past I have taken a B supplement. I go for a physical every year and always get a clean bill of health.

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I've been a vegetarian for about five years.

I used to eat seafood very occasionally, but I don't anymore.

Currently, I am taking pre-natals (including a DHA supplement that provides the Omega 3s that people usually get from eating fish). Before I got PG, I was taking iron and folic acid supplements.

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I havent eaten red meat in 18 years and was full vegetarian for two years before I went back to eating a little chicken and fish. I am very picky about what chicken and fish I will eat and dont eat either very often. I wish I could be full vegetarian but even with suplementing beans and vitamins my protein levels were very low - I also have an underactive thyroid - so combining the two I was very fatigued.
I took vitamins for a while but stopped after I had my daughter. I know I should go back on them.

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up until I got PG I had not eaten red meat for about 7 years. I don't eat poultry either, but eat seafood as a source for protein & Omegas. I also eat eggs, but organic cage free eggs. I eat cheese as well.

I was taking several supplements but I would definitely not just being to take vitamins without consilting a professional, since everybody has different needs.

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um... like 11 years.

I go on and off the vitamins-- I really need to take them regularly. That's a habit I need to get back into! (along with the gym)

I do not eat seafood. The last time I had fish (intentionally) I was like 4 years old.

I try to eat a very balanced diet-- with a protein, a carb and a vegetable in each meal, with snacks of fruit and yogurt. My protein is either cheese, veggie meatballs, veggie sausage, veggie burger, egg whites, etc. Although, I do try to find other things that have high protein content, but I also try to keep calories down when I am trying to diet-- which seems like ALWAYS.

I really think it's about being educated about food- and making sure you have a balanced diet.

There are a few good online tools out there-- one is calorie-count.com, where you can look u nutrional info for just about any food, branded and un-branded. Also, hungrygirl.com is a web site and newsletter which talks about substituions (not necessarily veggie) and informs about cool new food products out there.

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I haven't had red meat in 17 years, I had to start back on chicken because I won't eat tofu and I can't have nuts, and let's face it, there's only so many beans you can eat.
I don't take vitamins.

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- The last time I had meat was in October, I had a yummy Peter Luger Hamburger. Peter Luger is the only meat I eat. The only reason I don't eat meat in general (long story short) DH under cooked meat and I ended up in the ER for 5 hours. I had 4 IV bags and was losing my cookies out of both ends. To put it politely.

- I eat a lot of seafood! Fish, shrimp, oysters, musells, lobster, crab...the list goes on and on

- I take an iron supplement

Message edited 3/8/2007 8:13:24 PM.

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I have not eaten meat in about 14 years.

Except a few times when I first got pregnant I tried and I could not do it. It took me about a half hour to get a chicken cutlet down!

I don't eat any seafood..eat lots of dairy.

For vitamins I take a multi and folic acid.

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I am vegan... i have been vegetarian since I was 18, and vegan since I was 23. I am 33 now.

I am also pregnant, and have had a healthy pregnancy - no anemia or any health issues... I havent even taken prenatals because they were making me sick. I never take vitamins of any kind because your body doesnt really absorb them... I get all my vitamins from the foods I eat - and if you eat healthy, you should be fine....

And there is a lot to eat as a vegan! But vegetarian is absolutely endless possibilities.

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Since I was 12, so I guess going on 17 years. Holy crap, did I just say that! Damn, I can remember the day I made the decision.


No, I don't eat sea food.

No, no vitamins, but I need to start. I always start but never remember them.


Things will change when I'm pregnant, but I do have time for that!