I'm off to India for a few months in March and eating meat isn't very safe over there at all so I'll be going veggie while there, anyone know what's good to eat for Iron since I won't be eating red meat?
Iron is already in most veggies, especially chickpeas (aka garbonzo beans). In reality, you'll need to watch your protein and B-vitamin levels the most. The easiest way to do that is to drink soymilk or eat many other soy-based products (like tofu), which contain large amounts of high-quality protein, and to supplement every now and again with a B-complex vitamin supplement. Other than that ... you ought to be good, methinks. Have fun! And don't disrespect the cows!
actually, if you eat the right vegetables and lots of nice raw foods you won't have to worry to much about protien.
if you can, try and get vitamin c when you eat your iron - it helps you absorb the non-haem iron in veggies.
id becareful of the VEGETABLES in india. In many third world nations, they use "night soil" fertilizer. That lovely fertilizer is human excrement. Not sanitary at all if its not treated. India is big on using night soil. Id be weary of eating local vegetables. I know when i lived in hong kong we were warned not to eat any vegetables that were not imported from mostly western nations. here are the symptoms of a hookworm infection, just one of the lovely things you can get. What are the symptoms of hookworm? When the larvae penetrate the skin, they produce a characteristic skin rash termed "ground itch". Abdominal pain, diarrhea, and weight loss may occur when the worms attach to the intestinal wall. If the infection is light, few or no symptoms may occur. If the infection is heavy, iron deficiency and anemia may develop. Prolonged heavy infections can retard mental and physical development. http://healthlink.mcw.edu/article/955138013.html
This is why Indians usually don't suffer B12 deficiencies; they get it from food that has been slightly contanimated with animal dung based furtilizers
