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Death by Veganism
First I am not vegan, in fact I love meat. That said I have to point out some errors, in some of the post here. I happen to know for a fact that there have been Soy formulas since 1975. When I was a baby my body reject animal milk (including my mothers breast milk), and I was prescribed, by a doctor, a soy formula as an infant.
Health effects: Of my 11 brothers and sisters I was the only one not breast feed: some are overweight, I and most are not; I and few others have unbelievable immunes systems, most have okay or less; I am the tallest of my brothers and sisters, and one of the smartest.
So where are my adverse health effects from being deprived animal milk? There are none. Sorry I am healthy as a horse with no diseases, allergies, or any other ailments that I am aware of.
Basically, I have to disagree (from looking at myself) with anyone that says a vegan diet for infants is unhealthy. Vegetarian and non-vegetarian parents malnourish there children every day because of ignorance. I have a neighbor who thinks potato chips, hotdogs, and coke are part of a healthy diet. Consult a doctor to ensure your child gets all the nutrients it needs regardless of your food preferences.
Death by Veganism
We are all genetically different to some degree, but we are all still human beings. You, me, and that baby all need the same nutrients. What makes us different is where we get the nutrients. I can say that I am genetically different from many others in that I cannot drink milk. Do I just kick back and say, "well, I'm genetically different so I don't need calcium."? No, I just get my necessary nutrients from a different source. It's the same for children. If they don't get what they need out of animal milk, they can get it elsewhere. Just cause the kid can't drink milk doesn't mean that he doesn't need his vitamins and fats and proteins.
Death by Veganism
This may be true, but you must also realize that the child you speak of is genetically different than the majority of people as they are unable to ingest any form of animal milk. So scientifically you cannot compare that child to one who is able to ingest milk products from animals.
Death by Veganism
All parents make decisions for their children. It's what parents do. Children don't have the experience and knowledge to make many important decisions concerning the way they should live. You can say that a meat eating parent makes the decision that the child will eat meat just as easily as you can say that a vegan makes the decision that the child will not eat meat. As long as the child is healthy, it shouldn't matter. When a child grows up, it will eat what wants to, date who it wants to, become a rock start instead of a doctor, etc. Until the child grows up, mommy and daddy make the rules. Some parents are good at what they do and some are not. Veganism has nothing to do with it. In fact, I can link you to a couple of blogs where vegan parents have raised happy, healthy, and active vegan children.
http://veganlunchbox.blogspot.com/
http://frugalveggiemama.blogspot.com/
http://blog.fatfreevegan.com/
Check on the recipe archives on some of these and you'll see the range of healthy and nutritious foods a healthy vegan eats. there are unhealthy vegand that eat only veggie burgers and drink cola, but there are healthy vegans who eat a variety of greens, fruit, grains, nuts and legumes. I think that many of the people who dismiss vegan diets are simply uninformed.
There are also the children who cannot drink any form of animal milk, as a previous commented said. I know of such a baby. His mother is currently feeding him a soy formula on the doctors suggestion and he's doing fine. So those parents from the article were ignorant vegans and bad parents. Not all vegan babies need to die of malnutrition.
Death by Veganism
you folks can discuss this issue until the earth finally collapses around itself, bad parents are just that.....let me say it again BAD PARENTS. the good ones ensure that their children are cared for emotionally and physically no matter what their personal beliefs are.
we humans are indeed omnivores and i don't have a problem with vegans because they are not in competition with me over the beautiful porterhouse resting in the butchers case.
Death by Veganism
I just think it's ridiculous that a parent makes a decision about how the child is going to live before they can even speak for themselves. It's one thing for the parents to be vegans or vegetarians because they have their own moral or health reasons and that conclusion has been made through experience but a newborn child has had no experiences and should be able to grow up to make a choice on their own not what mommy and daddy whacko have to say. Just ridiculous, like vegansexuals, ridiculous!
Death by Veganism
Perfect example on why vegan children are at risk for being malnourished: our doctors have no idea on what a balanced diet lacking animal products should look like!
In sharing stories, I have found that advice given to pregnant vegans are not given much (if any) guidance on how to supplement their diet, nor are vegan families given guidance on how children can get all of their nutrients going through the normal channels. OBGYNs and pediatricians know what children who DO consume animal products should be eating, and if they do not know what vegans should be consuming, they should find out.
It is my opinion that the "malnourishment of vegan children" (which I get alot - don't ask about the in-laws) is just a condition of our medical and health professions not having vegan health options readily available.
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First I am not vegan, in fact I love meat. That said I have to point out some errors, in some of the post here. I happen to know for a fact that there have been Soy formulas since 1975. When I was a baby my body reject animal milk (including my mothers breast milk), and I was prescribed, by a doctor, a soy formula as an infant.
Health effects: Of my 11 brothers and sisters I was the only one not breast feed: some are overweight, I and most are not; I and few others have unbelievable immunes systems, most have okay or less; I am the tallest of my brothers and sisters, and one of the smartest.
So where are my adverse health effects from being deprived animal milk? There are none. Sorry I am healthy as a horse with no diseases, allergies, or any other ailments that I am aware of.
Basically, I have to disagree (from looking at myself) with anyone that says a vegan diet for infants is unhealthy. Vegetarian and non-vegetarian parents malnourish there children every day because of ignorance. I have a neighbor who thinks potato chips, hotdogs, and coke are part of a healthy diet. Consult a doctor to ensure your child gets all the nutrients it needs regardless of your food preferences.