And with eating meat.

In an effort to get some of the nutrients missing from meat I always used to drink a daily glug of hemp oil, but it's ridiculously expensive. Does anybody know if extra virgin rapeseed oil is actually just as good?

That must limit your diet, as all plants and animals are a form of life.

When did you last see a piece of cheese running around in the fields?

I like sacarstic people. I am not trying to hold a higher moral ground. I just don't like people who eat fish or meat calling themselves vegetarians.

Totally agree with you. I am a vegetarian, I am anemic and low in B12. I shouldn't start about B12, very passionate subject. Not all the doctors will give injections,
I am taking an under the tongue spray from H&B. I also have smoothies with spinach, kale and eat pistachios. All the other stuff from another post are also very good.

This is only my opinion, I had rather treat my deficiencies with eating vegetarian options than eating hormones pumped meat.

Everytime I see threads like this I vow to cut down on the meat; I'm sure I'll feel better for doing so too. Even on my non meat days I'll eat fish.

I need to search out some good veggie recipes for inspiration.

In such circumstances I certainly wouldn't be taking the advice of the DS "experts"!

Sight is very important. How is your glucose level?. Please eat what ever you want.
All we are trying to say is that there is nutrition in both veg and non veg options.

Hope things improve for you.

Don't you also have an eating disorder schmisk?
Anything that can be found in fish can be obtained from other sources.

I've never seen cheese running about a field but I know enough about it to realise it's formed by bacterial action on milk and bacteria are alive soeating cheese means you're consuming something that was alive

I think humans have enough bacteria in their guts.

Quite often they don't, especially after a course of antibiotics. That's why live yoghurt and probiotic drinks can be so useful.

Absolutely.
However for any vegans here sauerkraut has exactly the same probiotic benefit as live yoghurt and is very easy to make.

yes I do - the average length of an eating disorder is 8 years but mines been 27 years so this contributes to my ill health I know.

Actually there's quite a lot of research to show probiotics do very little.

Are you taking a mickey when recommending to ignore doctors wanting and use Google instead? I respect people who are vegetarians, I don't eat red meat myself, but if a doctor recomended that eating meat or at least fish would help curing some issues, I personally would not have any doubts when my health is at stake. Giving advices like this is very irresponsible.

GP's are not dieticians. I would recommend speaking to a dietician as a GP is not exactly an expert.

However a GP is far more qualified to give their patient advice than the armchair experts on here.

To suggest someone should ignore any advice given by a medical professional and make up their own mind based on a Google search is very irresponsible.

When my other half decided to become a veggie 4 years ago, I decided to cut out red meat.

I still eat fish and chicken. Never felt better.

"More qualified" doesn't really mean anything when the advice is wrong.

They might be, they might not be. GP's are jack of all trades and masters of none.

Every vegetarian I know seems to have 'health' issues. Can't be a coincidence.

Vegetarians might live 3 years longer

3 worthless horrible baconless years

I will never get this ' but bacon' mentality.

I have lived quite happily for 40 years without the flesh of a pig, and I am quite content thank you.