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04-01-2015, 08:48 PM | #1 |
Climbing Rose
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Vegan kids and nutrition
This has probably been discussed before...I know I asked questions when my dd wanted to become vegetarian and I was unsure if she was eating enough. My dd decided a few months ago that she wants to be vegan like me. She's been vegetarian for almost two years. I also follow the McDougall diet now so I don't cook with or eat oils. So she's not getting that in her diet. I was reading in Simply Vegan tonight about how many servings she should get a day of different food groups. For grains it says 5 or more. I know she probably doesn't eat 5 or more grains a day. And probably not 5 or more of protein. She probably gets enough fruits and vegetables. I've been trying to remember to give her ground flax every day, but I need to be better at that because I forget to use it myself. :/
I'd love to hear from vegans who have raised vegan kids. Did you do any supplements? Last edited by thankfulheart; 04-01-2015 at 08:51 PM. |
04-01-2015, 09:38 PM | #2 |
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Re: Vegan kids and nutrition
My kids have been vegan off and on. I leave it up to them. Basically they think it's the right thing to do but also that it's too hard. To a certain extent they are stuck with me so for example I buy almond milk so guess what they put on their cereal. So even when they aren't vegan they eat much fewer animal products than their peers. I don't do any supplements. I don't worry about it. I don't necessarily have them follow McDougall but I don't think that's unhealthy for kids, either. They definitely don't need oils, but I'd give them some of the higher fat plant foods like avocado, tofu, and nuts. Peanut butter is an easy one to throw in smoothies, cookies (I use it instead of oil in cookies), and of course on sandwiches.
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04-01-2015, 10:26 PM | #3 |
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Re: Vegan kids and nutrition
my always vegan child has taken B12 as a supplement but that's the only special thing. We do other supplements as a family but they are fine.
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04-02-2015, 06:13 AM | #4 |
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Re: Vegan kids and nutrition
Oh, and I should say I would give them B-12 but it's fortified in their cereal, so I don't.
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04-04-2015, 06:10 PM | #5 |
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Re: Vegan kids and nutrition
I would supplement with B-12 and try to soak grains, beans and nuts before cooking/eating. Vegan diets tend to be high in phytates.
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04-07-2015, 07:45 AM | #6 |
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Re: Vegan kids and nutrition
I got this spray http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I was going to give her one spray a couple times a week. Does that sound about right? ---------- Post added at 08:45 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:42 AM ---------- I just saw on the box it says not intended for children...why not? I've read on some sites that we don't absorb much so parents just do a spray once or twice a week. I'm going to use it for myself. I don't eat cereals but maybe once in a great while and don't use much almond milk. So I'm sure I'm not getting much if any in my regular diet. |
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03-25-2016, 10:04 AM | #8 |
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03-25-2016, 03:29 PM | #9 |
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Re: Vegan kids and nutrition
Yes, the phytates argument is used a lot by paleo people to say that grains and such are not healthy but there really isn't science behind showing it is detrimental.
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03-25-2016, 04:15 PM | #10 |
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03-25-2016, 04:57 PM | #11 |
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