Besides, I actually got better when I became a vegetarian at 15. I suffered terrible OCD while I had the fillings on a regular basis, but once I stopped having fillings, no longer had braces, and became a vegetarian, I went from a chronic sufferer to "almost" normal.

If meat was so essential, I don't think I would have had such a dramatic improvement when all that was different was the fillings and the braces. I am optimistic that I will get such an improvement again when the root canal and other fillings are gone. I was also eating dairy at that time, so with the dairy gone, I should have better odds of getting better.

I won't resort to something I totally don't believe in just because it is the opinion of one expert that it is necessary. I don't blindly trust anyone that much, certainly not when thorough research has not been done on the subject. No disrespect to Huggins intended.