We really do NOT recommend
raising children as vegetarians — they are likely to suffer from anemia and other deficiencies.
However, I feel I must respond to Laura and to anyone who read Laura's comment and thought it was a compelling argument against parents
raising their children as vegetarians.
So unless you are trying to
raise your child as a vegetarian, there is really no reason to ever use anything but a cow's milk formula unless your child has been diagnosed with one of the three above conditions (two of which are very rare).
What if you wish to
raise your child as a Vegetarian of one form or another; will the lack of Meat hinder growth and development?
Not exact matches
Unlike
children who have grown up with a junk food diet
as their nutritional norm, teens
raised on a
vegetarian diet are able to make the connection between eating well and feeling well.
One of the speakers at Veggie Fest, Dr. James Gruft, director and founder of From Pain to Wellness, LLC, and a
vegetarian who is
raising his 12 - year - old twins
as vegetarian, says he has seen first - hand not only how healthy his
children are, but how a change in diet improves his patients» nutrition while reducing their chronic pain.
At 17 I turned vegan, so did my wife and we remained so for a couple of decades... we
raised three
children as vegetarians.