I am not a vegetarian (yet) as I do eat wild salmon ( not farmed )twice a week and some free range chicken in very limited amounts. I am more or less adhering to the Atkins program by getting my protein thru low carb soy foods, nuts and seeds. I grew up on a large turkey farm and as a kid watched my dad give the poor birds steroid laden feed so the birds would grow faster and fatter. Dad would also add all sorts of medications to their water supply. This was in the seventies, and perhaps things have changed but I doubt it. Anyway, I have had all sorts of hormone problems and I often wondered if eating so much free turkey as a kid was the reason why. It is my goal to become a non -meat eater eventually because I feel that meat and even fish is becoming so contaminated with additives and pollutants that it is becoming more harmful than beneficial.