I just wanted to start out by saying I'm so glad I found this forum.
I have wanted to adopt a vegetarian lifestyle for many years now. I am on my way to becoming a vet tech, have 2 adopted dogs I love like my own children, and I truly believe that all life is sacred. At this point in our society, I truly believe there are very few reasons why humans have to continue to eat meat and promote a society that is cruel to meat animals. I truly believe that a vegetarian lifestyle is the healthiest and most moral lifestyle, and I deeply desire to adopt that lifestyle. I already eat meat very sparingly.
However I have been having some health problems that have kind of thrown a wrench in the works. I have been hospitalized twice for severe anemia, and received a blood transfusion once for it. I am on ferrous sulfate for five months, and the doctor has told me that I should try to eat liver once a week, and if I can't stomach liver then I should eat red meat at least two to three times a week.
I have been trying to research ways to incorporate iron into my diet that does not include pills or meat. The only thing I have read is that some plants do contain iron, but it is not as easily absorb-able by the body even when vitamin C is taken with it.
Despite my research not going well, I refuse to give up on living a vegetarian lifestyle. What do you guys do to have an adequate iron intake? Are there any foods that are not as popular that I may not have heard of?
Thanks in advance.

I have wanted to adopt a vegetarian lifestyle for many years now. I am on my way to becoming a vet tech, have 2 adopted dogs I love like my own children, and I truly believe that all life is sacred. At this point in our society, I truly believe there are very few reasons why humans have to continue to eat meat and promote a society that is cruel to meat animals. I truly believe that a vegetarian lifestyle is the healthiest and most moral lifestyle, and I deeply desire to adopt that lifestyle. I already eat meat very sparingly.
However I have been having some health problems that have kind of thrown a wrench in the works. I have been hospitalized twice for severe anemia, and received a blood transfusion once for it. I am on ferrous sulfate for five months, and the doctor has told me that I should try to eat liver once a week, and if I can't stomach liver then I should eat red meat at least two to three times a week.
I have been trying to research ways to incorporate iron into my diet that does not include pills or meat. The only thing I have read is that some plants do contain iron, but it is not as easily absorb-able by the body even when vitamin C is taken with it.
Despite my research not going well, I refuse to give up on living a vegetarian lifestyle. What do you guys do to have an adequate iron intake? Are there any foods that are not as popular that I may not have heard of?
Thanks in advance.
