Originally Posted by PR_Glen

you are getting leaner because you were probably eating too much red meat to begin with and now that you aren't you aren't getting near as much salt as you used to. It's not going to give you magical energy levels those are just placebo effect. I'm far from demonizing red meat, i love it and eat it. I'm just trying to keep it in control because i definitely eat too much.

Maintaining iron levels and protein levels without eating meat of some kind is pretty inefficient in todays society. There is no evidence that supports that vegetarianism is a healthier lifestyle, in fact most don't know enough about nutrition and are malnourished and don't even realize it.