Many of us have turned vegetarians, to save the planet, to reduce ingestion of growth hormones and antibiotics, or maybe even without any compelling reason.

As Christopher Masterjohn, Ph.D., points out in this article, published at Weston A Price, there are other facts that new and existing vegetarians need to take into consideration.

Below an extract of the article:

“When I look back on my life and consider my struggles with anxiety, nothing stands in sharper relief than the healing power of nutrient-dense animal foods such as meat, bones, organs and skin. In my late teens, I became a vegetarian, thinking I would save the environment, the animals and even my own health. Six months later I became a vegan, excluding all animal products from my diet. Rather than improving my health, however, I developed problems with digestion and lethargy, a mouth full of tooth decay, and a profound aggravation of the anxiety disorders I had struggled with since my mid-teens.

After a year and a half, I slowly began including animal foods such as eggs, milk and eventually fish in my diet. Nothing seemed to help. After about two years, I caved in to strong cravings for red meat at Christmas dinner. I feasted luxuriously on such meats thereafter, and within two weeks my regular panic attacks had ceased. Nevertheless, I still suffered from the phobias and obsessive-compulsive disorder I had had prior to becoming a vegetarian. Several months later, I discovered the work of Weston A. Price.

Aiming to cure my tooth decay, I began incorporating nutrient-dense animal foods such as cod liver oil, liver and other organ meats, bone broths, and animal skins into my diet. Not only did my tooth decay come to a crashing halt, but within months my anxiety disorders disappeared. I thus realized that my health, both physical and mental, had undergone a revolution.” Continue reading …

Are you a vegetarian? I’d love to read your thoughts how you make sure to receive optimal nutrition.

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