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I would like to know if the ones here who drink blood, have felt that you can't eat food as normally as before??
I have been drinking blood for a while and sometimes I feel that I can't resist food like before... I would like to know your experiences...

i have dronk blood with food but the blood was better so

I've not experienced any problem with have both. Blood tastes better of course.

Andaluz, could it be a problem in my body you think?

It is all in the mind, since that is what controls the body.

The psychological effect of realising that one is drinking blood, is what causes the psycho-somatic reaction, in my opinion.

well for me i feel about the same, unless i am having a craving for blood then i need it more then food. but it works the other way to. if you get a craveing for food it will make me feel better.

sometimes when i feed i feel that my hunger for normal food gets suppressed alot.

Thank you all...
Romman, I feel that too... and even more, my body rejects food, so I can't resist food in my stomach ... after drinking, I can eat a little more...

I've drank blood but I prefer food. Sometimes I crave blood but I eat food more.

Nothing that a good dose of B-12 can't fix for you darling. Try laying off the blood. Infact, too much blood can be dangerous to your stomach. Blood is HIGH in acids. That can do a number on your tummy. Hope you feel better.

Thank you titangoddess...
and can you tell me more about B12??

I enjoy food as much as blood, but prefer blood over food. with blood there is emotional fulfillment with food you just dont get that.

I have been drinking blood for the past 12 years and i found that I cant eat for example steaks that are well done....they have 2 be at most rare-medium rare....which goes to show u yes blood drinking does change your tastes for food

blood will always taste better but somtimes the food is a temptation but never as good. Just get past the thinking, and your all set.

i say blood taste better to food many can not live without blood while most if they didnt have food they would die it doesnt taste as good as befor but it does its perpose

Thank you very much for you opinions...
I have now a better idea...

I have no problem eating food. I have had blood and food together. But I have noticed one thing that is different, the more blood I drink the more I crave raw meat. I used to have problem eating raw meat or mostly raw meat but now I do it all the time. If I'm cooking hamburgers or stew meat I will stand there and wait for the meat to get warm and then start eating right out of the pan. Is that odd? Has this happened to anyone else?

I have ingested blood before (not my own), and I will admit, I prefer food to blood. It's got too much of an iron taste to it; however when eating meat rare, I like the flavour of animal blood in my steaks, per se.

blood is good in small doses but if you drink too much of it it can do a number on your stomach so I prefer food for the most part and a lil blood on the side isnt a bad thing at all.

In this current day and age, drinking blood is certainly a high risk activity. One cannot be too careful.

True it is risky but has long you have no open wounds in your mouth or throat stomach acid will kill any virus. I read a study on this a while ago. If there is no way for the blood you drink to get into your own blood you should be fine. But still use care when drinking fresh blood. If you want to be really careful I would suggest saving the blood in an air tight container, then put in the frig for a few days. The AIDS virus dies when not in the body. Then warm it up and drink away. :)

Drinking blood doesn't change my appetite for food. I don't eat a lot. And since I have moved far from my donor, I don't drink much either.

With me, blood has caused me to have a more refined palette. For me to enjoy a steak for example, I MUST have it done at least medium rare- I just crave the soft, fleshy goodness, which of course has been bathing in blood before and even after the slaughter.

It appears that a lot of vamps have food allergies or at least some intolerances. This is of the whole gamut since most don't drink blood or take energy from more than one source. I spoke to Merticus from AVA and the survey seems to be showing this to be so.

i think it just mind over matter...we force ourselve to do wat we want and try to overpower wat we really want

blood im sure is the ideal hunger. hmm not quite sure how many calories you would get if any.. but id eat to stay not a bone but drink alot more
eat as a treat. drink as a fish

For me blood is essential... I need blood and day by day the need is more like an urge... but I also eat... in small quantities...

i love both the same. it depends on your mind. which you think you want/ need more. sometimes i want blood more. and i do not have a problem with eating. it all taste good lol. idk

well, its sort of changed. ever since i got into drinking blood i dont really eat food anymore. i have like one meal a day. and it's meat. but when i eat meat that's when my fangs grow. then when the taste of meat goes away they shrink back. but they're still longer than the others. but yeah, it's changed ever since i got into blood.

i take blood like i do everything else: in moderation.

i sure as fuck prefer blood over food (including chocolate, which always weirds out my friends lol). i drink blood when i feel like i need it.

The only blood I do ingest is in the rare steaks and meats I eat. I think the blood adds to the flavour of the meat.

As for drinking it straight, it's too tangy for me.

well i don't eat food often but i think blood and food is just as important as the other.... both are needed when desired but at the same time they both are tow completely different things

-.- you can't just not eat...

Yes you have to eat some food, blood isn't the perfect nutritional intake by any means. If you are limiting your consumption to blood or mostly blood this may be why you are not feeling the best. You may be slightly malnourished. Sounds strange but it's a possibility.

of course not... I also have food, but it's like a year ago, I could eat normally, now, I can't... I eat just a little three times a day... but if I eat too much, my stomach complaints...

Being moresoa psy/psi vamp than a sang one, I admit as of late I've been having trouble eatting solid foods.

However, I've always had a bit of an eatting disorder and just recently have been coming to terms with it.

I dropped 2 sizes already. But I digress. :)

Overall, I think if I could find someone who wold be a willing (and tested) donor, I'd be good to go for now.

I'm just getting a bit dizzy and the like.

But I NEVER use blood as a substitute for food.

I have drank snakes blood once and deer blood never liked to taste to it but I love food

I have never drank other than my own blood and never enough of it to consider it a meal, or even a drink to my meal. tho I would love to try. I do know from research and from reading other forum posts that too much blood can be bad and make u sick. I would also think that not eating actual food would make u miss out on essential nutrients or something like that. so theoretically, wouldnt you have to eat food as well as drink the blood? or do you take vitamins?

I don't drink much blood and when I do, it's my own. I do tend to notice that I crave more red meats even though I don't eat much of it.

what does blood taste like from other people. i know what mine tastle like is it all the same?

it could be stress, it coudl be your sleeping patterns....My friend and i used to work a night shift job, and just wlaking through the grocery store together was enough to put us off food. Not getting enough sunlight, or just not sleeping enough or too much, messes up your eating habits. It could have little or nothing to do with the fact that you're drinking blood.

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that blood or no blood, if you are still in a mortal body you need food. For most humans there is something in blood that actually causes the stomach to become ill when they get too much of it in there. Could be what puts you off your appetite

Blood dosen't have everything you need to live. So having it with your food would be the best of ideas.

i feel it is a personal preference and that one is not better than the other but to the individual who is drinking blood or eating food.

i want to thank you all for sharing your experiences and opinions with me...

I would love to meet someone who does not eat food and only drinks blood, because i have never seen a talking skeleton before, i mean people need atleast a small amount of food to live...

yes that would be a sight to see, i have not drank blood before so i cant say what better.

i feel sick if i drink blood then eat. i have to have time between them

My tastes in food have changed, i like sweeter foods where I did not before, and more spices than before.
My appetite for reg. food has not changed, my need to sang.feed of course ,that hunger is always there.

its mind over matter. you are so used to being raised to eat food and you choose to do an alternate choice and your body needs to adjust to a different lifestyle. so when you drink the blood you throw your body out of whack, so to say and then the food just tastes more fulfilling.