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To have some meat for the first time in 40 years.

66 replies

Feelingnotsure · 08/06/2025 15:04

Was brought up veggie but eat fish. DM ate like this. I’ve never had a sausage, steak, bacon in my life, only accidentally tasted ham.

I have a craving for a bacon butty (not PG, just ill). They smell sooo good! But what, if anything would happen to me?

YABU- eat the damn thing, you’ll be fine and glad you did;

YANBU- your body isn’t used to it, it’s like plonking yourself in the middle of a different continent and expecting to eat the local cuisine without a bit of D and V at least. You can’t change such major dietary habits of a lifetime easily.

OP posts:
CommissarySushi · 08/06/2025 15:43

10 years vegan up until a couple of weeks ago. Zero side effects, despite not taking it slow with introducing animal products.

InterestedDad37 · 08/06/2025 15:42

I eat meat, but not a lot, tbh.
Bacon is beautiful 🥓😋
Go on, you know you want to 😀

Anotherparkingthread · 08/06/2025 15:40

I was vegetarian all my life (bar the odd price of ham etc up until age 6) until I was mid 20s when I moved to a farm. Started eating meat and I was fine I did not get sick or anything.

LineofTedLasso · 08/06/2025 15:35

I have been veggie since I was 15. When I was pregnant with my 2nd (at the age of 35) I had an intense craving for chicken. I ended up going to Sainsbury’s and gorging on a whole chicken from the rotisserie. No ill effects. It’s what my baby needed.

Shardonneigghhh · 08/06/2025 15:28

I haven't eaten meat for over 30 years. Once I accidentally ate pasta with bacon in it, and it gave me the runs really bad.

Tina294 · 08/06/2025 15:25

I go abroad and always eat the local cuisine, only place I've had D and V was Egypt and I don't think that was due to the food being different! Eat it OP, humans have been omnivores for 2.5 million years, you'll be absolutely fine.

MrsSkylerWhite · 08/06/2025 15:21

Was veggie for years (no fish either) until seriously anaemic during pregnancy. It was either red meat and supplements or a transfusion. Ate meat, no noticeable side effects.

minnienono · 08/06/2025 15:20

You do what you want! But I would be gradual if introducing meat, any change of diet is difficult for our stomachs.

Ellepff · 08/06/2025 15:19

Some people can have a bit and be fine, but yeah, risking a dodgy tummy.

Ideas that might help
veggie sausage on a bun
egg and smoked cheddar on a bun
smoked tofu BLT
smoked tempeh bacon is the best for me but I am in Canada with different options.

BeMintFatball · 08/06/2025 15:18

I’m a lifelong meat eater. However I also get what I call pork overload. If I ate bacon on the first day, sausages on the second and a ham roll on the third I’d be in for a messy poo the day after.

OriginalUsername2 · 08/06/2025 15:15

The worst that could possibly happen is you would feel sick for a bit but I really doubt it.

I ate vegan for a couple of years and was convinced by other vegans that if I went back to meat my body would reject it. I’m pretty sure it’s a myth.

It actually felt amazing to eat some red meat when I finally went for it. Like I was being nourished.

NuffSaidSam · 08/06/2025 15:15

Iamtired123 · 08/06/2025 15:13

No, humans are their downfall.

Well, yes and the fact they smell/taste good to humans.

Iamtired123 · 08/06/2025 15:13

NuffSaidSam · 08/06/2025 15:12

That's their downfall.

No, humans are their downfall.

NuffSaidSam · 08/06/2025 15:12

Iamtired123 · 08/06/2025 15:10

Dead pigs smell so good ?

That's their downfall.

Iamtired123 · 08/06/2025 15:10

Dead pigs smell so good ?

FinancialWhines · 08/06/2025 15:10

I did this when I was pregnant. I was fine.
I still eat a 99% vegetarian diet and intend to return to 100% veggie when my DC's leave home and I only have myself to cater for. At the moment I don't like waste (or wasting money) so I use up scraps before they go off.

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