| teamsilent13 said: I've been vegetarian for three years (most days I eat 100% vegan, but somedays I eat cheese or egg products). My health has honestly gotten worse. I was told that sometimes it takes a while to get better and I eat based on a dietary analysis. I was super healthy before going vegan so that isn't the issue. I used to be able to function on 2-3 hours of sleep a day. Now I need a lot more and I crash. I thought maybe it's Iron, but I adjusted for that. At this point idk if I'll stay vegetarian. I'll give it another year, but the first year was okay because it was less vegan I guess. Now I really feel fatigue on an almost constant basis. I have not once since becoming vegetarian broken it and as I stated most days I eat entirely vegan. There were two times that I ate food that touched meat, but I felt inclined due to the circumstances. I do not value the animals over myself so if this doesn't change then I'm going back to a more happy omnivore diet. |
We all have different genetics, but we all share the same basic biology. In the same way that all koalas need to eat eucalyptus leaves, we can also make generalisms about nutrition that hold true for all humans.
Vegans and omnivores both tend to have nutritional deficiencies (on average, 3 essential nutrients for vegans, and 7 essential nutrient deficiencies for omnivores in one study). It's possible you're more sensitive to something your missing now, vs. what you were missing before. Are you eating enough things high in omega-3 fatty acids (flax, chia, etc.)? Farm animals are supplemented with vitamin B12 these days so eating factory farmed meat means getting B12 supplements too. Are you supplementing with B12 directly now to make up for the fact that you're no longer supplementing with B12 indirectly? Vitamin C is key in both improving absorption of several nutrients and reducing the effect of several anti-nutrients, so are you consuming ample amounts of vitamin C in your food each day? Are you getting lots of beans in your diet to make sure you're getting enough lysine? How about lots of leafy greens and fruit?
