i have never purchased or prepared any sort of raw meat before in my life.

like, not even once.

if you gave me a raw hamburger, i wouldn't know how to cook it.

and, i've been buying my own food for 20 years.

over that period, the only meat i've ever had has been meat that somebody else has cooked for me, which should demonstrate how rare it is.

so, why did my ferritin start rapidly decreasing all of a sudden? it's not because i stopped eating meat, because i never ate it in the first place. 

i know it's a nice, easy answer and it might fit your political agenda, but it's clearly wrong.