Man I can't believe I missed this thread!!! ARGH!!!

I have been very interested in diet and nutrition for years now, changing what we eat, eliminating chemicals and unnecessary preservatives from our diets. We buy mostly market fruit & veg (now) from the grower and we also buy meat from my butcher who can tell me where the cow was raised & where it was slaughtered and how it was done. He does all the small goods butchery himself, can give me lists of ingredients in his marinades if I wanted meat that was in a marinade instead of doing it myself. He cures his ham, he smokes his meats and he makes sausages for others who want special orders. He doesn't use preservatives so he has a big sign that says "If you aren't making it for dinner, please freeze when you get home". He has chemical free meats and chicken... hormone free stuff, organic stuff.... and it tastes so nice.

Anyway... a year after finishing changing our diets entirely.... I have had serious health issues. I have low B12, Iron, Vit D and calcium levels in my body. How has this happened? I have started with food connect & market buying because I'm obviously not absorbing the nutrients I do eat. (And I do eat leafy salads almost daily, I stir fry and steam I don't boil veges etc etc ). I am now on full time supplements and probiotics, to help my stomach learn to absorb nutrients. It sucks because its like all the hard work in getting our family on track hasn't helped me..... we haven't found a cause for my body not absorbing nutrients yet.

ETA: and yes we haven't eliminated fats, but we use cold pressed olive oil grown locally and avocados to get fat from. Sometimes in cooking I appreciate a good dark chocolate or we use Nuttlex due to our families milk allergy.