How It Is

[Guest guest]

Experts aren't living it, so they carry less weight, literally and

figuratively.

 

Sewing worry and anxiety is their tactic, not mine. My Vegan child is

actually overweight and gets far too many calories far too easily, so I

find this concern ridiculous.

 

If anyone here wishes to go Vegan, and wishes to worry about their kids

getting " enough " calories, fine, but once they are Vegan they'll learn

what a silly concern this is.

 

On Monday, November 25, 2002, at 06:43 AM,

wrote:

 

>> Nonsense.

>

> My statement was correct, I stand by it. This is a concern

> for young children. It can be addressed successfully in a

> vegan diet, but parents of young children would do well to

> be aware of it, and to address it.

>

> Here's a quotation from the Vegetarian Resource Group, a

> very respected group which advocates a vegan diet.

>

> ----------------------

> http://www.vrg.org/nutshell/kids.htm

>

> The best way to assure that your children achieve their

> ideal rate of growth is to make sure that they have adequate

> calories. Some vegan children have difficulty getting enough

> calories because of the sheer bulk of their diets. Children

> have small stomachs and can become full before they have

> eaten enough food to sustain growth. The judicious use of

> fats in forms like avocados, nuts, nut butters, seeds, and

> seed butters will provide a concentrated source of calories

> needed by many vegan children. Dried fruits are also a

> concentrated calorie source and are an attractive food for

> many children. Teeth should be brushed after eating dried

> fruits to prevent tooth decay.

>

> Are very low fat diets appropriate for children? Some

> parents wish to reduce their children's risk of developing

> heart disease later in life and markedly restrict the fat in

> the children's diets (10 to 15 percent of calories from

> fat). In some cases, a very low fat diet can compromise a

> child's growth because the child is not getting enough

> calories. There is no evidence that a very low fat diet is

> any healthier for a vegan child than a diet which has

> somewhat more fat (20 to 30 percent of calories from fat).

> Before 2 years, children should generally not have any

> restriction of fat because of the rapid growth and high need

> for calories during this time (12). For children, age 2 and

> older, a diet which contains between 20 and 30 percent of

> calories from fat is recommended (12). If you are using a

> lower fat diet than this check that the child's growth is

> normal and that the child is eating enough food to meet

> nutrient needs.

>

> Diets of young children should not be overly high in fiber

> since this may limit the amount of food they can eat. The

> fiber content of a vegan child's diet can be reduced by

> giving the child some refined grain products, fruit juices,

> and peeled vegetables.

>

>

" From here up-- " he gestures at his neck -- " it's all in your mind. "

--President George W. Bush, in JOURNEYS WITH GEORGE, a documentary of

the campaign trail.

[Guest guest]

On Mon, 25 Nov 2002 08:21:22 -0600, you wrote:

 

>Experts aren't living it, so they carry less weight, literally and

>figuratively.

 

Why do you think this?

 

I believe the people at the Vegetarian Resource Group are

vegans, they have said they are vegans. They devote their

working lives to promoting vegetarianism and veganism.

 

I have some vegan cookbooks too, and the authors have stated

that they are vegans. I don't doubt it.

 

Pat

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