Vegan Child Abuse

TBH they're idiots. No they don't drink beer or eat bread lol, their diet is pretty ridiculous really.

I'm a normal, healthy vegan and I don't rule out yeast.. I just don't like the taste of Marmite! xx

I don't think I'd survive without bread because of my seemingly higher than average requirement of fibre just to keep ummmmm things going. I don't mind marmite but it's not something I'd buy really. I'd rather have marmite on toast than prune juice for some fibre intake. I've noticed that vegans tend to buy decent bread too from times spent in supermarkets and the such. How can anyone buy that cheap long life 'fresh' bread that falls to pieces full of hydrogenated fat is beyond me (which my brother used to, and I'm a bread Nazi).

Many breweries state whether their beers are suitable for vegans. I drink Courage Best bitter and everything's on their website, and most of them are suitable. Just I've noticed people usually cite iron deficiency as a common 'cause' for not eating meat and iron is in beer. Not all of us are teetotal.

I do have some agreement with your argument but there's a difference. Vegetarians CAN live a healthy lifestyle by planning what they eat carefully. Vegans cannot. A vegan cannot possibly get the correct nutrients without taking supplements and in that respect I agree that forcing a child to be a vegan is a form of abuse.

Flaxseed = all the fibre you'll ever need! xx

I do have some agreement with your argument but there's a difference. Vegetarians CAN live a healthy lifestyle by planning what they eat carefully. Vegans cannot. A vegan cannot possibly get the correct nutrients without taking supplements and in that respect I agree that forcing a child to be a vegan is a form of abuse.

I meant vegan.. I have some vegan friends who refuse to eat Marmite cause apparently yeast is a living thing!

Thanks. I used to have 80g or so of All Bran a day. Got a bit boring but satsumas are good.

EDIT : I am considering vegetarianism, but as a swimming sprinter [I need to get alot of energy down quickly] and a regular trainer would a Veggie diet be able to supply my body with 'the goods'? I am not a health expert xD

As a former vegetarian, I think that if someone decides to raise their kids as vegetarians they absolutely have to take care that they provide them with all necessary nutrients which, as the article also points out, is possible. If the parents can't take this responsibility they shouldn't do it, because then it would indeed be child abuse.

I'm a vegan and intend to raise my children as vegetarians. I am very nutritionally aware and know that I am not lacking in any essential minerals/nutrients and will ensure that they have the same benefits.

I think irresponsible parents are irresponsible parents - they can be veggie or not it won't make a difference. xx

tldr but... how many ******* parents truly look after their child's diet? It makes me sick when I see parents feeding their baby/toddler something full of sugar and ****, why don't you give them a fag and can of Fosters while you're at it? I think that's way worse than feeding a child a veggie/vegan diet.

Probably written by someone who loves their pork pies, fry-ups, chocolate, crisps and kebabs. Cheap meat is often of a high fat content and it contributes massively to heart disease. If a vegan or vegetarian source had the same impact you'd hear about it far, far more. It's just propaganda. I've yet to meet an obese vegan.

She's tall and gets decent grades, so what's the problem?!

Hahaha


Although I was never going to be tall - just take a look at all my definitely shorter than average MEAT-EATING relatives.


Actually OP, my Mum took a LOT of care in making sure I got the right nutrients. As would any vegetarian parent planning to raise their child a vegetarian - it'd be bloody irresponsible not to. If anything, we were probably given better nutrients etc than you were, seeing as my Mum weighed out and calculated everything carefully and always home made my baby food etc etc - whereas you were still drinking follow up milk and a tub of beef and pea baby food.

I think parents who smoke whilst pregnant and continue to smoke in front of their baby are probably doing worse "child abuse" than parents who raise their child vegetarian.

people have such a problem with children being raised as christians/muslims but no problem with children raised as vegans/veggies? smacks of hypocrisy to me. both are belief systems, etc.