New Vegetarian question.?!
Answers: If a person feels often very tired having just come onto a diet that excludes meat, and is getting the same amount of sleep as before what vitamin/mineral supplement are they deficit on from not eating meat that is causing fatigue?
Unless they aren't eating enough or are living on junk food, they aren't going to be deficient in anything, especially after JUST changing to being vegetarian. Odds are if they're eating like crap as a vegetarian, they probably ate like crap when they were omni.
I think iron deficiency can cause fatigue-- you can eat stuff like broccoli, egg yolks, dried fruits, beans, and other foods to replenish it if thats the case.
It points to a lack of varied diet, not a lack of meat.
Make sure you have a decent range of fruit, veggies, nuts, cereals and dairy and you will be fine.
If the tiredness continues go see a doctor because it may be some other underlying cause.
I can't remember how i felt when i turned veggie, maybe its a transitional thing ? I'm fine now and been veggie for 28 years so once you trike the balance of foods you will find there is no need for any supplements or pills.
best wishes, hope you feel better soon.
You may want to look around these pages as they contain lots of info about foods and why we need things like iron, protein etc, as well as where we get them from on a veggie diet:
http://www.vegsoc.org/info/
If you are a growing and/or have an energetic lifestyle, you definitely are missing something. Rather than listen to the stupidity of some half-baked chicken farmer or some freak website with an agenda.
Check it out with a dietician or a physician. My bet would be "iron" at the very least. And if you want to eat or bother to research all the crap you have to eat to make up for the iron you would get with a blanced diet that includes some small portions of meat, then it's your life and don't complain.
Google "flexitarian diets" and check out the websites there that have no other agenda than to help people eat moderate, well-balanced, healthy diets.
Go to your doctor. Ask them to run an iron deficiency test. If you have low iron (and even if you don't) just make sure you get balanced meals, with all the vegetarian food groups. Nuts, beans, veggie burgers and most enriched cereals such as shreddies or life or cheerios are good for lots of iron.