Vegan Parenting

Great pod. I've been Vegan for about 8 months, and I'll never look back. This video had quite a bit of irony for me. I'm Vegan by personal choice, while my parents are flesh eaters and reluctant to even watch a short video about Veganism. It'll catch on tho. There is an unusually high number of Vegetarians at my school, although I'm the only Vegan of everyone I know. Two of the recent Vegetarians were people who argued and laughed when I talked about Veganism. Obviously, they eventually came to their senses.

Anyway, great job. Kucinich for president! (He's Vegan)

thank you...

i remember seeing this when it first aired and it was so influential in the decision for myself, my husband and our two boys to become vegan...

it's been a hard, bumpy and at times crazy year and a half adventure that we will be on for the rest of our lives!!

my boys love being vegan and actually like foods that are good for them that they would have otherwise made a face at

for the person who is thinking about going vegan... baby steps are key and don't give up, you'll thank yourself for it later :)

I'm not knocking it but humans are biologically omnivores. We benefit both from eating meats and fruits and veggies. That is nature and genetic. I do agree about the ratio from fruits and veggies to meats needs to change to something like 80/20 but to cut all animals products out is too drastic.

What did you do when you were pregnant. Both my vegan friends were informed by their doctors to start eating meat again at least while they were pregnant.

This is great....people need to be educated and have their eyes opened to a vegan lifestyle....

If we all became vegan and stopped eating dead animals, we could save our lives, and at the same time, save the planet....

From Jack and Opal

just because someone is a doctor does not mean they know everything... all adults are lactose intolerant.. we were not meant to drink milk throughout our entire lives, meat is not necessary for a pregnant woman, you can get all of the same nutrients from plant derived sources, MEAT and DAIRY items are NOT vital to human life, why do you think heart disease and colon cancer are so rampant in our society?? the average person has 8 to 12 lbs of rotting meat sitting in their colon. in fact many people claim Vegans cannot get vitamin B-12 from plant sources but the reality is you can find this vitamin in barley, spinach, and soybeans. I have not been sick in almost two years, I attribute this to my diet, before i turned Vegan i was constantly very sick. GO VEGAN!! for YOUR HEALTH as well as the animals!

I really wish I could have the chance to befriend another vegan mommy. I have been vegan for a long time but I don't know anyone else other then my baby and my hubby and they are also vegan. This pod has to be my favorite, hands down. It's comforting to know that there are other families who have made a comminiment to raise there children in a compassionate way, like I am trying to do with my baby. Hopefully one day he will be able to befriend other vegan children sence there are more famlies who realize that humans have been brainwashed.

If veganism is so good for the human body, why have there never been any vegan societies that lasted and made substantial contributions to society as a whole? Why is it that doctors tell pregnant mothers they must eat meat and/or dairy and eggs before the birth and until the child stops nursing? Why is it that children and adults run into major health problems if their vegan diets are not carefully monitored?

This is not a natural, sustainable diet. If it were, primitive societies would be vegan - but they're not.

See these articles on families that tried and failed miserably to raise vegan children:

http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/11/08/child.starved/index.html
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18574603/
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,51494,00.html