Oh My Gosh What Do You Eat? - Katie

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I don't feel much smypathy for those either, that choose to be picky in their

eating of healthy foods. You just have to retrain your taste buds to enjoy new

things. I'm glad you are getting her the B Complex. It is so sad when

parents don't cook healthy meals for their children and teach them how important

eating well is. Also teaching them the life skills of how to cook it for

themselves and prepare some of the family meals. My daughters have cooked in

the kitchen with me from a very young age and now at ages 13 & 15 take over the

preparations of many healthy meals. They enjoy eating good foods and not a junk

food meal. It is so much more satisfing.

 

I know your heart must ache for her.

 

Here's to good healthy eating and cooking!!!!

Judy

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Katie M

Tuesday, January 23, 2007 5:32 PM

Re: Re: " Oh My Gosh What Do You Eat? "

 

 

My 15 year old granddaughter has been vegetarian for about 2 years now. The

problem is that she is a very picky eater and just doesn't like so much stuff.

She really doesn't like any vegetables except corn which is actually a grain.

She usually subsists on peanut butter on whole wheat toast and a couple nuts and

fruit. After much begging she finially agreen to take a vitimin B complex, but

only if I buy it for her. (A small price to pay) I am so concerned about her

health. I really have little sympathy for people who just don't like a lot of

foods. If I was her mother I would tell her I don't care what she likes and to

eat it anyway. If I make vegetarian food for her, lasagna and pasta dishes she

will usually eat them, but her mother doesn't cook that was for her and the

child won't cook for herself. If I lived closer I would cook for her just to be

get a little more nutritian into her, but she is 50 miles away. All I can do is

hope she uses the brains she has and

starts eating right before she ruins her health for life.

Katie

 

Lori <loris3032 wrote:

I have been a vegetarian for almost 20 year, and I can't even imagine

how many times I have been asked a question like that! Or, about

protein intake.Being a person who is a little " rubenesque " (I like that

term, rather than some of the others, lol)when I am asked the " Oh My

Gosh What Do You Eat? " question.........I often simply answer... " Do I

look like I am lacking in good foods to eat? " That usually quiets them!

 

My children were raised without meat, and I even had one man tell me

that children not being fed meat was akin to child abuse, and he was

positive they would have lasting health difficulties because of their

vegetarian diets.(believe it or not this lovely soul was a distant

relative!lol) I calmly smiled, told him that both my sons(now in their

late teens/early twenties) are award winning cross country runners and

athletes, my daughter(now age 10)had never been ill other than a

seasonal cold, and that all three had exemplary health, and always

have, since infancy. I have always given my children the option to

eat other foods, if they choose. My sons , now off at college, have

occasionally had meat......but my daughter is a steadfast(and

staunchly opinionated, lol) strict vegetarian, as am I.

 

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