Actually, this isn't really true. I've been a vegetarian for 36 years and I have never been anemic. I had two healthy pregnancies (and no miscarriages) and it never caused me to become anemic during my periods. Now, I do have fatigue -- but that isn't tied to my vegetarian diet. It started about 10 years ago after I had a bad allergic reaction to a flu shot (it caused my lymph nodes to swell so much that they thought I had cancer and had to be referred to a surgeon for a biopsy -- but it turns out it was just from the H1N1/flu shot. That combined flu shot messed up my immune system as I keep developing new allergies every year since I had that stupid shot. I'm now allergic to alcohol, sunscreen, black pepper, cinnamon, corn, oysters, peanuts, green beans, hops, and many other things -- when I never had a single allergy prior to that shot). I have been tested for B vitamins as well, and have no deficiency. My bone density is also fine. So, a vegetarian diet can be a healthy option.
Honestly, I'm not trying to convert anyone. My husband and kids are not vegetarians and I do actually cook meat for them. I just choose not to eat it myself. But, you can get all the nutrients you need from non-meat sources. If people want to eat meat, fine -- but they shouldn't do so because they think that they will become anemic or unhealthy if they don't. I know that the food chain is part of nature, so it isn't as if it is a unique cruelty to human beings -- which is why I wouldn't want to force others to stop eating meat -- but I simply don't want to participate in that when I can get my nutrients without needing to eat animal flesh.
