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Originally Posted by DollyDayDream After a recent stint in hospital for the 3rd time in about 10 years i've decided to start eating meat. I've been a vegetarian for 14 years but i keep getting anemic resulting in so far 8 blood transfusions. Starting to eat meat again was a big step because i was as strict as they come. Anyway, my question is, has anyone else gone from being vegetarian to a meat eater and found they have lost weight? i'm not getting the bloat i used to get living on my veggie diet...
Someone told me eating meat speeds up your metabolism? |
I've never heard that about eating meat and your metabolism but on average I think vegetarians tend to be skinnier than meat eaters so I kind of doubt it.
Sorry if this sounds rude but I think you weren't doing something right if you were anemic, though it's completely possible you are predisposed to anemia. But if not, whatever you were doing wrong to balance your diet may have affected bloating as well, I don't know. When I first went vegetarian, I was borderline anemic but that was because I was eating
very unhealthily. I've never had a problem since then. (~16-17 years now).
I don't know anyone who has gone back to eating meat after being a strict vegetarian so I can't really help answer your question other than that.