Arr. Being a vegetarian is harder than I thought it would be

[resonance_and_d]

So. After two years of full vegetarianism and about seven before that of only eating chicken, I finally looked into nutrition stuff that I had ignored before. Maybe I should have done this a long time ago.
Arr.

So. There are several vitamins and minerals I've been missing out on. Iron, for one. I thought I was getting enough from supplements, but it turns out the ones I've been taking for the past year don't actually have any iron in them. Oops. And also, the food I've been eating has about... well, no iron in it. Except the spinach I binge on every month or so- but that has only 30% daily value in it, and the package claims that a serving is as big as my head. Even on a major spinach day, I eat maybe a third of that, and nothing else.
Arr.
Also, everything I love to eat apparently interferes with iron absorption- tea, coffee, chocolate, gum. Considering that I have about three cups of tea a day and large amounts of chocolate...
No wonder I've been feeling a bit dizzy.
Not to mention the zinc and calcium that I've never worried about in my life. I don't plan to start now- at least, not too much. Except that the sites I've been looking at seem to say that there are Dire Consequences if you don't get enough of them...
Arr.
Now, the question remains: Is it worth trying to change my diet, or should I just rely on new vitamin pills with most of the stuff I need in them?
Mer. Arr.
Okay, that's enough ranting for today.

Also, school has resumed again after winter break, and I am procrastinating my homework by updating my lj! Yay? Oh well- I'll be up until two anyway, since my sleep schedule is so messed up still from break.
*Takes a sip of pepsi*
Really, it has nothing to do with the caffeine. That's only to ward off migraines! Which is a perfectly valid way to avoid them, really... I'm not addicted to caffeine!
*completely in denial*

sigh... 


-r&d

Comments

Yay for Iron pills!

[zephyras13.livejournal.com]

Try looking into dietary supplements, though I'd ask your doctor about this stuff. *is a bit of a hypocrite* Anyway, if you're feeling dizzy then it's probably iron; you can probably buy iron pills at any grocerey store. See you soon!

Re: Yay for Iron pills!

[resonance-and-d.livejournal.com]

I got someFlinstones vitamins; they have 100% iron in them, so that's good. Plus, I was looking into other things that aren't often found in plants (zinc and vitamin b12, for example) and all of the common ones were in there.
I'm already feeling a little less dizzy, but that could just be a placebo effect.

Re: Yay for Iron pills!

[zephyras13.livejournal.com]

Hmm...I've never looked at zinc and b12, so I'll have to check, but my dad's really good at making me eat meat supplements so I'm not that worried.