Quote Originally Posted by blackcrystal22 View Post
After becoming a veg, I lost a lot of weight, had slight anemic problems, and protein/amino acid deficiencies.
So now to my point. I've been getting really sick lately.. and it's hard for me to go to the doctor (health insurance is government provided) and when I finally did go I explained my symptoms and we narrowed it down to a few things.
I'm getting kinda mad at companies right now.

Teenagers, don't you ever complain about food!
I hate to say this...don't take it the wrong way, but it looks like your body is trying to tell you something. No rudeness intended. Im huge on nutrition and eating right. Lets be realistic you can't get everything your body needs from fruits & veggies. Thats just not gonna happen. If you are allergic to MSG its safe to say you cant eat 90% of processed food thats on the shelves at the grocery store. Basically you are looking at organic fruits and veggies which means huge lack of protien among other nutrients. And really you can not be mad at the food companies for a choice that you made. I know its gotta suck but no one forced you to stop eating meat. I am also very aware of what I put in my body - I do my best to only eat organically grown food (during the summer most of our veggies come from our garden) - nothing processed here I love to cook, so everything my family eats is from scratch (never out of a box) I have so many organic cookbooks its not even funny. I do not add salt or any other types of additives to meat or anything else.

I really hope you find something that works for you so you are able to stay healthy. I see nothing wrong with being a vegetarian, but if it is making you sick I think you need to find another option.

Curious...I have a few vegetarian friends, some of which eat fish - do you eat fish? or no critter meat whatsoever???

One more ? - do you take vitamin/mineral supplements? If so, what kind?

I wish you the best of luck in getting healthy