Fri, Mar-23-12, 16:42
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Plan: vegan lowcarb (self-made)
Stats: 178/172/160
BF:
Progress: 33%
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Originally Posted by Night_owl
Some vegetarians are but not most. Especially if you are not vegan. Please tell me of your sports doctors source of information. There are vegans that are not aware of proper diet. They will be deficient over time
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Sorry to resurrect such an old thread, but I need to correct some misinformation here. Vegetarian food is not particularly high in iron, just so you know. Vegetarians, don't think that you can be any more lackadaisical about iron intake than a vegan can. A jumbo egg contains just 6% RDA and an ounce of cheese contains ZERO. Are you eating 17 jumbo eggs a day? I hope not.
If you're vegetarian, you need to be eating nuts, seeds, beans, lentils, tofu, spinach, swiss chard, kale, mustard greens, turnip greens, cumin seeds and coconut milk. And if you eat any grains or "carby" carbs, oats, amaranth and quinoa are good choices for iron. Tomato paste and crushed tomatoes will also give you a little boost.
Getting enough iron is just as much of a challenge for vegetarians as it is for vegans. Don't trust people that don't know what they're talking about. Don;t be complacent.
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