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Do Vegetarians get sick more often?

This is the third time this year that I've been sick. I don't know if that's really a lot. I mean, there have been years where I was sick maybe 5 or 6 times...and other years where I only got sick once. I know 5 or 6 times in a year is a lot...that's like every other month, but is 3? I feel like that's not that much. But a friend of mine keeps telling me, "You're always sick. I think it's because you're a vegetarian." Do you think that's true? Do you think vegetarians are more susceptible to the flu? Because we lack certain nutrients that are in meat? I don't know. I've been a veg for aboot a year and a half now and for the first 8 months or so, I never got sick. It's only been since March that I've been sick...which I guess if you put it in that perspective, being sick 3 times since March is a lot. I don't know if I really buy this whole "sick because you're a vegetarian" theory. I had a friend who was a vegetarian and she never got sick. Then again, she was also a compulsive germaphobe...so that could have helped the whole non-sickness. I don't know. But when my friend said this to me today, he really made me rethink my choice of eating habits. What if I started eating meat again...chicken, ribs, corned beef on St. Patrick's Day...mmmm. Whoa...am I really craving meat? But then again, what if I eat it and really don't enjoy it? What if eating it, in turn, makes me sick...like I can no longer digest the stuff? Hmmm. Yeah, no, I don't think I'll be changing my eating habits any time soon...however, I did give it some thought today.