Damn, those stories are fukked up.
No way I'd feel comfortable raising a kid on a vegetarian diet, much less vegan. I'm sure it CAN be done safely but it seems way too risky for me, trying to have your kids living off vegetables and nuts...
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Damn, those stories are fukked up.
No way I'd feel comfortable raising a kid on a vegetarian diet, much less vegan. I'm sure it CAN be done safely but it seems way too risky for me, trying to have your kids living off vegetables and nuts...
It is actually easier, once you know what to do, because it is cheaper and more pure as there aren't additives and preservatives in these foods. It saves you money because you stay full for a long time and keeps your blood sugar stable.
As far as brain development, nuts and seeds are the PERFECT food for it as your brain is mostly fat and protein which nuts and seeds are high in. It is also high in vitamin C receptors which vegetables and fruits are high in but since your body doesn't retain vitamin C you need a constant source which is why eating foods high in fiber is important as it keeps your levels constant.
We both agree on the same things but I feel you don't NEED meat to get nutrients needed, while non-vegetarians think because they eat meat they are more healthier then non-meat eaters which isn't true. They find the worst vegetarians, and claim being a vegetarian is a problem instead of stating lack of knowledge on how to eat is the problem. Do your thing though.
daze didn't link to "scientific findings". He linked to parents trying weird fad ideas on kids. Feel free to post scientific evidence that meat is an unskippable requirement for kids
Damn, those stories are fukked up.
No way I'd feel comfortable raising a kid on a vegetarian diet, much less vegan. I'm sure it CAN be done safely but it seems way too risky for me, trying to have your kids living off vegetables and nuts...
Why do you eat meat?. It's for protein. I can eat Beans for that.
Why do you eat fish?. It's for omega-3's and other fats. I can eat walnuts, hemp seeds, and other types of nuts and seeds for that.
Everything else WE ALL NEED so how are we different besides the fact that everything else that WE ALL NEED I get in one meal while you have to go through a whole bunch of shyt to get it. Things like fiber(insoluble and soluble), minerals, anti-oxidants, and phyto-nutrients I get EASILY because they are in the foods themselves, in high amounts as it relates to the specific food being eaten, and absorbed at a rate where they won't cause problems unlike supplements, if you don't take them with the right foods.
I didn't agree with the specifics of how lotty worded it
people live and die many different ways, but I'm looking for a little more than just minimal survival. I think it's well known that things like average height are directly related to nutrition
strawman
These examples are all far outside the scope of proper vegetarian eating. More than one regular pediatrician has told me that a child can be raised vegetarian without any problem so long as the balance of nutrients is proper. The one question they always ask is whether or not the family are generational vegetarians or come from a culture where vegetarianism is common. If so, then they probably know how to do it properly, and it's ok. The problem, as lotty stated, is that most Americans and other Westerners who want to make the jump to vegetarianism have no idea how to do it properly.
Let's not forget that there are significant populations in the world that are and have been vegetarian for a long time, and have refined their diets over the centuries into the modern day. It's not as if vegetarianism is some recent phenomenon. And now, the science is all out there, so there's very little left to debate on this topic. You can create an optimized vegetarian diet that is just as nutritious as a meat-inclusive diet without much difficulty if you're willing to do the research.
nonsense, type is strawmanning our point by enthusiastically cosigning your vague anecdotes and and then calling us unscientific
It's harder to get complete proteins on a vegetarian diet, much less a vegan one.
Basically, if you're on a vegetarian/vegan diet you aren't really getting complete proteins, so you have to rely on combining incomplete proteins to get an adequate amount of each type.
Again, I'm not saying that you can't get the protein you need, obviously you can by combining proteins if you know what you're doing, but it seems risky to have a kid on a vegan/vegetarian diet. You mess up and you could stunt the kid's growth, or worse.
If you're a vegetarian you can still get complete proteins from any animal products, so dairy and eggs. No meat required- the proteins are exactly the same as you'd find eating the animals themselves.
I just realized this is the second time in the last few daze I called lotty's thinking dangerous
on Bob Marley dying of cancer:
on Bob Marley dying of cancer:
Fair enough.
Now that I think about it I was thinking more vegan than vegetarian.
why do you see a conspiracy in everything dude?
I swear, somebody could tell dude something completely harmless like "you should wear a seatbelt" and he'd manage to come up with some conspiracy about automobile manufacturers trying to brainwash the masses or something.
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These people deny biological, anthropological and anatomical evidence that we are omnivores by design.
I don't have a problem with anyone being a vegan, vegetarianism, or following a Inuit diet. But anyone who says the human body is not meant to consume meat, or the human body shouldn't eat veggies is denying decades of evidence.
These are usually the same who deny the benefits of vaccination, and just deny Western Medicine outright.
I treat them like I treat climate change deniers.
I don't have a problem with anyone being a vegan, vegetarianism, or following a Inuit diet. But anyone who says the human body is not meant to consume meat, or the human body shouldn't eat veggies is denying decades of evidence.
These are usually the same who deny the benefits of vaccination, and just deny Western Medicine outright.
I treat them like I treat climate change deniers.
it's a strawman because no one said "meat is an unskippable requirement for kids"
it's frustrating for me because I try so hard to choose my words carefully to avoid any confusion, AND I STILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS CRAP
(you owe me a new keyboard)