Poll: Most would not stop eating meat if asked to by their loved one

[haele]

48. Aplastic Anemia. Genetic, runs in my mother's family.

I also worked heavy industrial, some of the symptoms are exacerbated by years of heavy metal/hazardous waste exposure.

Basically, in my case, it comes down to the fact that my mother was only several generations away from a Laplander/Siberian aboriginal background. They evolved to be able to thrive off a reindeer meat/fish centered diet for survival up until the 1700/1800's, and her family were still heavy meat eaters when she was growing up. They also tend to have a lot of sensitivities to changes in diet or environment. When my mom, me, or my brother take manufacture medicine, it's medicine on steroids for us. I'm always prescribed a lower starting dose - usually a child's prescription level - instead of the standard dosage for a person of my size and weight.

I'm very familiar with the holistic health view of balanced diet as it's evolved over the past five decades. I've had as much of a balanced diet as I could afford and/or had access to. There's a certain luxury to being able to afford to maintain a truly balanced diet that I haven't had over the years - not when I was in the military, and not when I was solidly in the working urban labor category.
So I'd ask if you'd excuse me for being a bit off-put by the slightly patronizing tone a lot of professional class vegetarians (especially the Dr. Weil converts) will bring to a discussion.

I've seriously tried going vegetarian several times, and I've tried the supplements, and I've come to the conclusion that I would rather eat a small bit of meat on a somewhat daily basis than deal with the bloated or acrid feeling I get trying to supplement what produce I can get based on seasonable availabilities with the suggested glycerin pills, tinctures, or tablets that are available to "help" the more anemic vegans/vegetarians to maintain their chosen diet.

Food is different now than what it was when I was a child. My co-worker who grew up dirt poor on a New Mexican farm ate far healthier growing up than kids do now, even kids who are growing up in rural farming areas.
There are also a lot of things I'm sensitive due to my exposure to toxins, and I'm finding I can't eat as much store-bought produce as I used to without gastro-intestinal distress even without supplements - even if it's from a supposedly healthy natural foods store. Produce like corn, peppers, some leafy greens (I'm looking at you, store bought Kale...), turnips - they have to be grown locally and picked fresh or I pay a price for eating them the next day, be they raw or cooked. And regularly buying at a farmer's market, even with a CSA membership, is something not everyone can afford.

Haele