I was once a vegan. But well before I became pregnant, I concluded - TopicsExpress

Nourishing Our Children

I was once a vegan. But well before I became pregnant, I concluded that a vegan pregnancy was irresponsible. You cannot create and nourish a robust baby merely on foods from plants. Indigenous cuisines offer clues about what humans, naturally omnivorous, need to survive, reproduce and grow: traditional vegetarian diets, as in India, invariably include dairy and eggs for complete protein, essential fats and vitamins. There are no vegan societies for a simple reason: a vegan diet is not adequate in the long run. Historically, diet honored tradition: we ate the foods that our mothers, and their mothers, ate. Now, your neighbor or sibling may be a meat-eater or vegetarian, may ferment his foods or eat them raw. This fragmentation of the American menu reflects admirable diversity and tolerance, but food is more important than fashion. Though it’s not politically correct to say so, all diets are not created equal. - Nina Planck nytimes/2007/05/21/opinion/21planck.html Shared by Sandrine. Reposted by Kimberly.

Posted on: Thu, 03 Jul 2014 01:00:01 +0000

I was once a vegan. But well before I became pregnant, I concluded - TopicsExpress

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