Reply To: know any frum vegetarians or vegans?

TCG: Thanks for sharing. Not to be nosy, but I strongly suggest you take a B-12 supplement. Even many meat-eaters are deficient, but rates of deficiency are somewhat higher among vegetarians (particularly vegans). It’s also important to eat iodized salt or take a multivitamin that contains it — many people who use non-iodized salt end up deficient in that important mineral.

Because “chassidic” is in your screen name, I recommend reading the book A Vision of Eden by the vegetarian chassidic rabbi Dovid Sears. It’s available online for free as a pdf. I haven’t read the whole thing but what I’ve read is fascinating. It gives all the sources on animal and vegetarian-related issues, including both historical Jewish arguments for and against vegetarians.