A Real Vegetarian
Sticks and twigs - twigs and sticks. That’s what Alaska’s resident moose munch on every day. This mama moose and her yearling calf crossed in front of me this morning as I was driving to church. They cooperated for several minutes as I stopped nearby - in the middle of a very quiet road - and snapped away.
Docile creatures - just as long as you give them their space. Do NOT attempt to walk up and try to pet them or get a closeup picture - invest in a lens that can allow that closeup shot.
Sally is Living Without Meat - and recently talked about iron deficiency. She states “I was anemic when I was a meat-eater, and now am not.”
That’s interesting - I suffered a nasty bout of anemia a few years ago - and as it came on so slowly I didn’t even realize I was sick. I had my regular med check with my doctor - for hypertension - and the tech did bloodwork on me. He caught me as I was paying the charges and asked me if I was “having any symptoms”.
Erm - can you give me a little more to go on here? What sort of symptoms are you asking about? Well, he said “tiredness” and named a few others. He and the doc took me back to the room and we began discussing what they had discovered - and we began tracking back to what could have caused it - nope, not vegetarianism. It was not food related at all. I had just had a 6 week bout of menstrual bleeding - the big final blow-out period before menopause - and that had depleted my iron stores.
So, THAT was why it felt like I was walking through jello when I walked across the room? I had NO oxygen in my blood. Humpf!
Now, hubby does not eat beef - it causes unpleasant side effects that affect everyone in the room, if you follow my drift. He eats chicken and pork. On occasion I will crave beef and give in to it when we eat out. I need more variety in my diet than hubby. He has always been a happy camper eating one thing (when younger it was hamburger) over and over and over again.
We are not vegetarians at our house. But we do seem to eat fewer meat items each week.
I think the MOST important thing that I can do for my hubby is to make sure he has as balanced a meal that I can prepare. What he eats I cannot control, but what I cook, I can control.
Mama and her baby munching alongside the road.
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October 8th, 2007 at 7:52 am
Oh I love this post! I love that I am included with a moose! Plus, you hit my philosophy on the head: balance, diversity. I believe that if you just make sure to keep mixing different foods into your diet you will get what you need - rather than eating spinach everyday to get iron, for example.
May 18th, 2009 at 10:07 am
Good post. I enjoyed reading your blog.