I went to a 10 day meditation retreat a few years ago. As you can imagine I met a lot of interesting people there. One guy actually was a body builder and vege

I went to a 10 day meditation retreat a few years ago. As you can imagine I met a lot of interesting people there. One guy actually was a body builder and vegetarian. He told me that he had problems with being anemic as well. So his doctor told him to have a steak once a month, which helped him a lot. There is a reason why we can chew and digest both plants and animal products and meat. While personally I lean towards a vegetarian diet (for reasons of health, morality, and sustainability) any such bias has to be paired with "wisdom". Generally if we know how to listen our bodies will let us know what they need. I mostly eat whatever I want, whenever I want it. It somehow naturally ends up being mostly vegetarian, with diary product, and occasionally meats and (yes) some candy. Edit: I do avoid all low fat products and products with sugar replacements.