Eating vegan to aid weight loss?

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  • Luxxmundi
    Luxxmundi Posts: 52
    Has anyone heard of this before? I am severely anemic, but cannot absorb iron from meat for some odd reason - awaiting tests to find out why. SO I'm trying a new route, getting my iron purely from vegetables and pulses. As much as i love milk, cheese and chocolate, I over eat on them, all the time and its not helping my diet lol.

    Would changing to a vegan diet, even just for a couple of months aid my weight loss and improve my iron intake?

    If you can't absorb iron from meat I don't think you would be able to absorb it from other sources either. Do you have a link?

    A link to what sorry? I'm not saying i'm going to 100% be able to absorb more iron this way, but im willing to try it. With my energy levels as low as they are, it makes it very hard to get anything done. Even going back upto an 8 would be nice, at least I could stay awake for the day then!

    A link that shows its absorbed via a different pathway. I know we are able to absorb more iron from meat than plant. What does your doctor say? Will he give you supplements?

    I'm already on over 800mg a day,and as said before, its made no difference over the last three months. My body is just not absorbing iron at all, no matter how much meat I eat or if I increase my Vit C intake. I've tried both of those paths before, so thought I'd try the plant route. It might not work, but at least I can say I've tried everything. My Dr has me on the waiting list for an IV, and to see a specialist about my thyroid, in the meant time, theres not much else he can do.
  • cafeteriagirl
    cafeteriagirl Posts: 267 Member
    Yes, my sister started because of her health problems on the Dr. Furhman's Eat to Live program. I also am trying it I noticed another person posted about the program. It does help you lose and you feel better also. Good luck if you choose that route. BTW, I was looking online at youtube last night and there is many videos posted from Dr. Furhman if you have any questions on his plan.
  • momtokgo
    momtokgo Posts: 446 Member
    Has anyone heard of this before? I am severely anemic, but cannot absorb iron from meat for some odd reason - awaiting tests to find out why. SO I'm trying a new route, getting my iron purely from vegetables and pulses. As much as i love milk, cheese and chocolate, I over eat on them, all the time and its not helping my diet lol.

    Would changing to a vegan diet, even just for a couple of months aid my weight loss and improve my iron intake?

    If you can't absorb iron from meat I don't think you would be able to absorb it from other sources either. Do you have a link?

    A link to what sorry? I'm not saying i'm going to 100% be able to absorb more iron this way, but im willing to try it. With my energy levels as low as they are, it makes it very hard to get anything done. Even going back upto an 8 would be nice, at least I could stay awake for the day then!

    A link that shows its absorbed via a different pathway. I know we are able to absorb more iron from meat than plant. What does your doctor say? Will he give you supplements?

    I'm already on over 800mg a day,and as said before, its made no difference over the last three months. My body is just not absorbing iron at all, no matter how much meat I eat or if I increase my Vit C intake. I've tried both of those paths before, so thought I'd try the plant route. It might not work, but at least I can say I've tried everything. My Dr has me on the waiting list for an IV, and to see a specialist about my thyroid, in the meant time, theres not much else he can do.

    Don't put too much hope into the IV either, it might not work. I have the same issue as you with the mal absorbtion, and did an IV a few months ago. My hemoglobin levels went up, my iron did not. Not saying it won't work for you, just be prepared that it might not.
  • SuperVegan8
    SuperVegan8 Posts: 78 Member
    Has anyone heard of this before? I am severely anemic, but cannot absorb iron from meat for some odd reason - awaiting tests to find out why. SO I'm trying a new route, getting my iron purely from vegetables and pulses. As much as i love milk, cheese and chocolate, I over eat on them, all the time and its not helping my diet lol.

    Would changing to a vegan diet, even just for a couple of months aid my weight loss and improve my iron intake?

    I was iron deficient but not anemic prior to becoming vegan. Even with iron supplements i was never able to maintain healthy iron levels. Now my iron levels are within normal ranges from a vegan diet (including my daily Deva multivitamin). I'm not saying that becoming vegan will fix your iron levels because everyone is different, but its worth chatting to your doctor about and giving it a go.
  • SelkieDiver
    SelkieDiver Posts: 260 Member
    To the OP:
    Thank you :) I'm attempting make everything from scratch, I have bought some veggie burgers but these are a treat food lol. The only thing im not sure on is milk. As in what do I put in my coffee instead of cows milk? Does soya taste okay?

    For coffee, I like either Silk soymilk creamer or Trader Joe's. For other things you would use cows milk in (cooking especially) I like unflavored Almond milk. I personally can detect a flavor change when I use soy milk in cooking and it isn't always pleasant.

    One thing that may help your iron absorption is to combine nuts and seeds with greens. These 2 foods have a beneficial effect when eaten together.
  • Luxxmundi
    Luxxmundi Posts: 52
    I've gone for soy milk in coffee, I have to admit It is sweet, but it means I'm not having my usual two sugars. I haven't used it in cooking yet, I normally substitute with coconut milk. But can't stand coconut milk on its own or in cereal lol

    IV has been postponed, again. Waiting on a hospital appointment, but it seems to never come. Was meant to have it done today, but no room for me, again. I feel like I'm getting worse but it doesn't matter to anyone else :(

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