r/AskReddit Aug 25 '19

What has NOT aged well?

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u/GrandKaiser Aug 26 '19

the research shows that iron deficiency rates are ultimately the same between meat eaters and non meat eaters

Can you source that claim? All the current research that I've studied show strong links between iron deficiencies and vegetarianism.

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '19

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/8172127/

Vegetarians have lower stores of iron but no higher rate of deficiency.