health/athletic abilities (New member intro (and some questions, too :-) )

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Hi everyone,

 

Thank you all for your help and support you've been giving to me!

 

m> Another great place for information is the Vegetarian Resource Group

m> at VRG.org

 

Thank you Sheri for this link, I have found it to be very informative.

 

m> No need to worry about your health/athletic abilities being adversely

m> affected...if you eat a good, balanced diet you'll do great. There

m> are several great atheletes who are vegetarians.

 

Actually, I always thought, as I talked to some senior hikers, that

non-meat meals are better for intensive physical activities, because

body can more easily digest food and take the nutrients, I was just

wondering about some long term effects. For example, if the body gets

weaker but have greater endurance, or something like that.

 

m> I have heard that Vitamin B12 is a difficult vitamin to get solely

m> through plant sources. Vegetarians who still use dairy may get

m> enough B12 without supplementing, but because I have cut back a great

m> deal on dairy, I do take a supplement. Some foods (like soy milk)

m> are also fortified with B12.

 

I will keep that in my mind :-)

 

m> Good luck to you.

 

Thanks!

 

m> Sheri

 

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