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Veg*n My dr. told me not to become a vegetarian

DaisyGP

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She said it is bad for the female reproductive system. I forgot everything she told me she said something about meat is needed in a female's diet to produce a regular reproductive cycle. I've never asked any other dr.'s opinion on it. Have you heard of this:?:
 

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I reproduced just fine and I became a vegetarian when I was 16. I have 2 healthy kids and had no problem conceiving them.

It sounds like a load of crap to me. If you eat a healthy, well balanced diet you should have no problems.
 

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All that is in meat is iron and protein... Is meat so amazing that those things cannot be found somewhere else? Like in vitamins?

I think you need a second opinion, the things in meat can be easily replaced and dealt with. Meat is not some ''magical'' food that you need to reproduce. Its false what your doctor told you.
 

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Try a health speacialist. He/She could offer some help on that decision. As far as I know, you can deliver a baby healthy when you're a vegitarian as long as long as the nutrients are replaced.
 

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I'm a runner, and this is a common caution among elite athletic women who eat very strict vegan diets, are deficient in calories, have 15% or less bodyfat readings, and run 75-100 miles a week. These women don't ovulate.

If you are ordinarily but not excessively active, have a BMI (Body Mass Index) reading in the normal range (22-25% for women), and eat a healthy balanced diet adequate in calories between 25-30% fat as is recommended for everyone, the fact that you are vegetarian has nothing to do with fertility by itself.

Reading from a non-veg site https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=2146638&dopt=Abstract
 

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I'm a longtime vegetarian, and I forgot to add that I conceived twins naturally and quickly.
 

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With all the hormones pumped in the meat, especially American meat, how can that be good for your reproductive system? I would think an estrogen overload would be bad for you.

My system is healthier after I stopped eating meat. My hormones have leveled out a bit. It has helped my IBS tremndously.
 

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I wonder why my dr. told me not to eat meat then?
 

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Mybe he's an oldfashioned uninformed Dr? Not all doctors are good at everything. I got great care from my Dr when I bruised my tail bone but bad care from many Drs when I first started to suffer from IBS.
 

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Drs are humans too.:) Maybe present your Dr with some well thought out research. https://peta.org is a good place to start.
 

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Hi all, I am a medical student (not quite a doctor), but I thought that I would throw my two cents in. Uneducated or "lazy" vegetarians who are lacking some of the essential amino acids and other things like iron can get very sick if they are not eating the correct amounts or combinations. Most of the best combinations are intuitive (for example southwest food usually features some corn and beans. This combination covers all the essential amino acids that eating beans alone would not yield.) As long as you know what you are doing, a vegetarian lifestyle can be very healthy (most definitely better than bacon, coke, and twinkies). You may have to try a little harder and pay attention to what you are eating for a while, but after that it'll probably become second nature.

Your doctor may be worried that you do not know what you are doing if this is new to you. Instead of discouraging you, he should have gone through ways to make your vegetarian diet healthy. If you want to become a vegetarian and he is not supporting you, I would seek a different physician. You might try someone with a D.O degree instead of an M.D. Many people do not know the difference. I am a D.O student and we have all the same training and are fully licensed just like an M.D., however we are taught to think more holistically and our training includes more nutrition and alternative medical education. A D.O. may have more education and be more able to help support you in making the switch. (The average M.D. gets 6 hours of nutrition in 4 years of medical school, we talk about nutirion atleast once a week.)

You are all taking great steps in educating yourselves just by being reading a site like this and I applaud your efforts, whether it be for health, moral, or economic reasons.
 
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Honestly, I became iron deficient while eating ample amounts of red meat (my husband gets chicken and beef for free from work). Some people just can't digest it. I have IBS and have a hard time handling any meat. Dairy and eggs are iffy. I am sure I am not the only one.

I found I eat much haelthier now. It's much easier to plan how much iron you are consuming in a day when you can actually read how much irom there is in what you are eating. Meat usually does not list nutrtional %. At least in Canada it doesn't have to. And if they don't have to tell you they won't in the meat industry.

I applaud your efforts to bring more holistic health to the masses. It must be a very interesting line of work.
 

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My sister and I think that that's not true... I mean, I know tons of people who are vegetarians and they've birthed children just fine.
 
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The bottom line is that you've got to know what you're doing. It is more difficult for vegans than anyone else, but anyone can accomplish any level of vegetarianism with enough attention to detail and knowledge.

Is 'vegetarianism' even a word?? lol
 

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You have to know what you are doing in a omniverous diet as well. Just becuase you have more options doesn't mean you are eating well or that those options are any good to begin with.

I find a veg diet easier in some aspects. I can plan how much iron I get in a day much easier. All I have to do is read the Nutrition Chart on the side of the box/carton/can. Meat does not have this.
 

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Yes, you have a good point. Unfortunately, many people don't pay attention to what they're eating. I must admit that I rarely look at the nutritional value of my food... but I rarely eat things that are super bad like chips, cookies, and other junk. Even so, I probably should pay more attention. (I'm not a vegetarian right now.)
 

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Just becuase it is veiwed as good for you, it may not be the case. You would be shocked if you took the time to look at the label. Milk for instance and very little nutritional value compared to other beverages such as soy milk and orange juice. After I learned that my milk conspumtion tapered off quite a bit. Then again I really don't like milk by itself all that much anyway.
 

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My relatively new gynecologist told me that I had herpes when in fact I had frequently recurring yeast infections (there was no way I could have been exposed to herpes, and an over-the-counter yeast medicine cleared the condition up), and now he's trying to tell me I have a prolapsed uterus when it's in the same position it's always been. He talks too much and listens too little, and it's definitely time to get another gynecologist because this guy is going to be bad for my health if I continue going to him.

Moral of the story: doctors don't always know best. Most of them know quite a lot, but there are some out there who think they're God, and it's in your best interest to tell that sort "Adios."
 

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Recurring yeast infections can be a sign of allergies. Have you tried switching detergents?

My doctor tried everything but that's what did the trick. I wouldn't want you to suffer needlessly.
 
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