En: [ivu-veg-news] (US) Why Your Baby Can’t Be a Vegan

May 22, 2007

FORWARDED"AnimalConcerns.org" <animalconcerns escreveu: De: AnimalConcerns.org <animalconcernsData: Tue, 22 May 2007 12:48:11 -0400Assunto: [ivu-veg-news] (US) Why Your Baby Can’t Be a Vegan[Well Fed Network - opinion - comments accepted at "full story" URL]I wasn't going to say anything. Some things you really shouldn't bringup in Berkeley, home of the Free Speech movement 40 years ago. Butthere were some hard-core vegetarians in our student family complex atU.C. Berkeley, and I used to worry about their kids.They were so skinny. So small. So…malnourished looking? I understoodthe politics behind choosing to be a vegan, but surely, I thought,would it hurt to slip your kid a little scrambled egg or a piece ofcheese now and then?...That's why I was so struck

by an Op-Ed in today's New York Times.Writer Nina Planck bravely states that a plant-only based diet is"irresponsible." She points out that the recent conviction of a vegancouple whose baby died of starvation, the third such conviction infour years, demands a more open discussion on the topic.I would agree with her, but I'd quickly duck, too. Her piece is sureto invite lots of passionate debate, pro and con — in print and in theblogosphere. But then someone had to start the discussion, didn'tthey? Who better than a mother — and former vegan?-- full story:http://wellfed.net/2007/05/22/why-your-baby-can%E2%80%99t-be-a-vegan/----- http://www.animalconcerns.org/ -----More News Headlines! New Links -- 100 most recent links!Events, E-Mail Lists, Jobs, Organizations, and Message Boards (Forums)SEARCH for the item on Animalconcerns.org!Animal Concerns News Service (RSS

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