Besides myself, I don't think there are many vegetarians on this forum. One of the hardest things for me about being mercury toxic, is the lack of support for vegetarians. I don't think anyone can say for sure that vegetarians can't get better, I think there are a lot of factors.

Meat, in many ways, is an "easy" protein. It contains a high amount of protein and can be easily prepared i.e. slices of turkey bought at the supermarket with a salad. It's much harder to get the same nutrients as a vegetarian without more effort i.e. cook lentils, beans, rice. Some products made especially for vegetarians have spices and onions etc, or are wheat protein. Cheese is high protein, but may increase absortion of mercury etc.

All I know is that being a vegetarian with mercury poisoning is incredibly difficult -not just practically, but the lack of support. Most days I know I don't get enough protein - something that I need to correct and not be such a lazy cook. It certainly is possible to get enough protein i.e. omlette for breakfast, lentil soup for lunch, rice and beans for dinner. But it definitely is more effort than if one was to buy and eat meat. Even harder to be vegan. I would love to be vegan, but I had to give it up and eat some dairy because I can't eat fruit, have to watch my nut consumption, and am on a low-gluten diet.

I wasn't a vegetarian when I first got sick from fillings and I have had improvement in the years since (and I've been a vegetarian for over 16 years) so I would like there to be more research into the role of protein etc to help everyone, especially vegetarians who, like me, want to remain vegetarians.