How many of your children are vegetarians??

[Guest guest]

That horrible story in the news sparked a new question for me. How

many of you have children who are vegetarians? How long have they been

vegetarians?? I was just wondering how they get enough calcium and

protein? Thank you so much!!

 

-Sue M.

[Guest guest]

That story about the people who fed their child what they thought was

a vegan diet was pure nonsense--people like them give vegetarians a

bad name. Those people obviously knew nothing about nutrition. They

fed the child soy milk--it says right on the containers of soy milk

that they are not substitutes for infant formula. They were also not

getting medical care for that child either so there was no mature

adult responsibility on their part for that child's care.

 

When I became a vegetarian I had to learn again how to cook. I also

had a crash course in nutrition thanks to Laurels Kitchen and Diet for

a Small Planet. Some people mistakenly believe that they can simply

just quit eating meat, fish, poultry, eggs, and dairy products. I

have been a vegetarian since 1976.

 

My younger son was raised essentially as a vegetarian. He was very

healthy and it instilled in him a habit of eating well as an adult,

even though he is not a 'practicing' vegetarian. It was and is easy

to get enough protein and calcium--of course we were/I am lacto ovo

vegetarians, but I eat very little dairy and eggs and know that it is

easy to get adequate calcium and protein in a vegan diet.

 

Kathleen

Eureka CA

 

That horrible story in the news sparked a new question for me. How

many of you have children who are vegetarians? How long have they

been vegetarians?? I was just wondering how they get enough calcium

and protein?