Vegans face abuse charges

East Valley Tribune ^ | 12 May, 2005 | Irene Hsiao

[AnAmericanMother]

Whoa.

FWIW, there were a couple of kids of fanatical vegans in my carpool in elementary school. They were the palest, skinniest, sickliest, dullest children around -- they couldn't pay attention in class, never ran around on the playground. Whatever bug was going around, they caught it first, had it worst, and recovered last. Even we other kids KNEW something wasn't right.

Another kid in the carpool was the daughter of our pediatrician. He was absolutely livid over the whole situation - heard him agonizing with my parents over whether/how to intervene. I don't know what if anything he ever did . . . grownup stuff.

I suppose it may be theoretically possible to raise a kid on a vegan diet . . . although our pediatrician disagreed (said there were certain nutrients that growing children needed that could only be obtained from meat protein). But I don't think most parents are equipped to do the sort of careful dietary regulation that would be necessary to make it work . . . and I wonder if any parent other than the independently wealthy would have the TIME.

[cyborg]

A sick human being would do that imho.

[RockinRight]

These are the kind of people that think Kerry is too conservative.

[Politicalmom]

TWELVE pounds!! My daughter is two and is considered extremely small at 22 pounds, but is rounded and healthy.

Those people should be starved for a while. Children need fat for their brains to develop, especially before age two.

[B Knotts]

[Chappaquiddick Crawdad]

"The couple’s 3-year-old daughter weighed 12 pounds when she was taken to Phoenix Children’s Hospital last month..."

Just Damn!

I weighed almost that much the day I was born.

[cyborg]

I would not because they're too young, at least no child of mine will ever eat steak or drink cow milk either.

[Calpernia]

>>>I would never feed a steak to a young child.

What is your definition of YOUNG?

[cyborg]

Oh yes. For instance, I've had customers obsess about vegan ingredients but other aspects of their lifestyle aren't pure. When they get political (vegans), it can be deadly.

[frogjerk]

Lemon Veal with Lemon-Butter Linguine
Veal sauteed with lemon and butter, alongside linguine tossed in lemon, butter, romano cheese and sage leaves. Served with classic or caesar salad.

I could go for a "boxed" lunch right about now...

[Petronski]

Steak is wasted on young kids, but they do need milk. Organic or 2% or whatever, but they do need milk.

[cyborg]

Under ten years old.... I just would not give my children steak period but a three year old shouldn't be eating heavy meat like that.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

I was eating mostly vegetarian, but I have become too carb sensitive, and now eat a lot of my calories in lean meat (reduced the total calorie intake too). Made me feel a whole lot better.

All this(your and my experience, along with that of other people, especially children) goes to show that diet should fit our metabolism, not our metabolism the diet.

[Clemenza]

Ping! I wonder if they were feeding them Tofu.

[since1868]

Are you on the Makers diet

[RockinRight]

I think a small amount once in a while is perfectly OK.

[wideawake]

My wife's friends are hardcore vegans and they have two daughters.

But they feed their daughters plenty of dairy and they're actually a little chubby.

They will openly admit that veganism is only a lifestyle that can be healthily maintained by mature adults.

[cyborg]

Goat milk and in some cases organic cow milk with the cream in it. I wouldn't mind that at all. This is the problem with living life citified, no access to fresh food including fresh meat. Ted Nugent is right. The best meat is meat you kill yourself.

[HungarianGypsy]

You don't even have to do that. Fresh raw goat milk and cheese,etc. Some people are fanatics.
My favorite cookbook (it is well messed in the last year) is called the Hopkins' Family Cookbook. Some of the recipes are vegetarian (she even has menu for going vegetarian for a week). But the recipes do have the Meat (optional) on them. The recipes are actually yummy and not just weird. One thing that was very interesting is she writes an article at the back of the book about not being a vegan. She went on a vegan diet while nursing two of her children and their teeth went bad. After not getting any answers from doctors she did her own research and came across a book about a man who had studied different cultures. It was found the cultures with some sort of animal products (even if just dairy products and eggs) were much healthier than those who were strictly vegan.

[RockinRight]

Quoting Nugent.

NOW you're talking my language!!!