11 year old vegan

[Anonymous]

We are a vegan family of 8. No health issues at all. And yes, we are pro Vax.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are a vegan family of 8. No health issues at all. And yes, we are pro Vax.

Thanks! Are there things you are suspicious about when you plan meals? Kind of like how, for my meat and dairy loving kids, I keep an eye on the amount of calories, and saturated fat.

[Anonymous]

It's pretty easy to find the recommended protein amounts online. And it's easy to track that. It's hard to get it through non-animal sources, but if she's committed to trying, then that will work. One issue is finding a tracking app that won't also track calories (which might tip into an ED at that age).

Iron is easy to supplement.

But I would worry about fats -- the brain is still growing at that age and needs a lot of fat. Avocado and olive oil only gets you so far. It would really help if you could get her to ask fish once or twice a week if she won't do eggs and yogurt.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are a vegan family of 8. No health issues at all. And yes, we are pro Vax.

+1 same. Family of 5. I also call it plant based, I have a degree in nutrition. It’s a very healthy way to eat.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We are a vegan family of 8. No health issues at all. And yes, we are pro Vax.

Thanks! Are there things you are suspicious about when you plan meals? Kind of like how, for my meat and dairy loving kids, I keep an eye on the amount of calories, and saturated fat.

What do you mean by suspicious?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's pretty easy to find the recommended protein amounts online. And it's easy to track that. It's hard to get it through non-animal sources, but if she's committed to trying, then that will work. One issue is finding a tracking app that won't also track calories (which might tip into an ED at that age).

Iron is easy to supplement.

But I would worry about fats -- the brain is still growing at that age and needs a lot of fat. Avocado and olive oil only gets you so far. It would really help if you could get her to ask fish once or twice a week if she won't do eggs and yogurt.

It’s everywhere - nuts, soybeans, tofu, tempeh, quinoa, other whole grains, plenty of healthy fats and protein.

[Anonymous]

I'm not vegan myself but one of my closest friends who's also a doctor and marathoner with 4 kids is a vegan and is super healthy (kids are vegetarian). There's plenty of balance.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I feel like you could find most of this info from a google search.
We are not vegan but eat a lot of vegan foods.
If youre making meatballs, I would just make the vegan ones and have everyone eat the same thing.
easy to use non dairy milk in place of cows milk. Almond milk has more calcium that cows milk.
Does she like nuts and nut butters?

I would not let an 11 year old dictate the food choices of the entire family. And they clearly are not making meatballs.

Vegan meat is very unhealthy, overprocessed and full of artificial flavors.

You might as well eat genetically modified chicken or beef that was injected with a bunch of hormones.

Don't be the irresponsible parent that feeds their developing kids vegan fake "meat"

You can make meatballs from lentils, peas, etc. no need for fake meat.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We are a vegan family of 8. No health issues at all. And yes, we are pro Vax.

Thanks! Are there things you are suspicious about when you plan meals? Kind of like how, for my meat and dairy loving kids, I keep an eye on the amount of calories, and saturated fat.

What do you mean by suspicious?

OP here, I do not think I meant to write suspicious but I can not think of what I meant to write. Maybe conscious of?

[Anonymous]

For recipies, check out “Vegan for Everybody” (cookbook) by America’s Test Kitchen.
Has recipes that appeal to my 1 vegan and 3 other non-vegetarian family members.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I feel like you could find most of this info from a google search.
We are not vegan but eat a lot of vegan foods.
If youre making meatballs, I would just make the vegan ones and have everyone eat the same thing.
easy to use non dairy milk in place of cows milk. Almond milk has more calcium that cows milk.
Does she like nuts and nut butters?

I would not let an 11 year old dictate the food choices of the entire family. And they clearly are not making meatballs.

Vegan meat is very unhealthy, overprocessed and full of artificial flavors.

You might as well eat genetically modified chicken or beef that was injected with a bunch of hormones.

Don't be the irresponsible parent that feeds their developing kids vegan fake "meat"

You can make meatballs from lentils, peas, etc. no need for fake meat.

Those are not meatballs.

Those are legumeballs or beanballs.

Call them what they are which are not meatballs since they are completely lacking in the one item that makes meatballs meatballs, meat.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I feel like you could find most of this info from a google search.
We are not vegan but eat a lot of vegan foods.
If youre making meatballs, I would just make the vegan ones and have everyone eat the same thing.
easy to use non dairy milk in place of cows milk. Almond milk has more calcium that cows milk.
Does she like nuts and nut butters?

I would not let an 11 year old dictate the food choices of the entire family. And they clearly are not making meatballs.

Vegan meat is very unhealthy, overprocessed and full of artificial flavors.

You might as well eat genetically modified chicken or beef that was injected with a bunch of hormones.

Don't be the irresponsible parent that feeds their developing kids vegan fake "meat"

You can make meatballs from lentils, peas, etc. no need for fake meat.

Those are not meatballs.

Those are legumeballs or beanballs.

Call them what they are which are not meatballs since they are completely lacking in the one item that makes meatballs meatballs, meat.

This is silly because meat has more than one meaning. Think mincemeat or when referring to the "meat" of a coconut.

People who get upset over thinks like meat or milk being used for plant based things just tells me they haven'tpad attention to the etymology. The oldest English language cookbook we have (The Forme of Curry from the 1300s) has recipes for almond milk.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I feel like you could find most of this info from a google search.
We are not vegan but eat a lot of vegan foods.
If youre making meatballs, I would just make the vegan ones and have everyone eat the same thing.
easy to use non dairy milk in place of cows milk. Almond milk has more calcium that cows milk.
Does she like nuts and nut butters?

I would not let an 11 year old dictate the food choices of the entire family. And they clearly are not making meatballs.

Vegan meat is very unhealthy, overprocessed and full of artificial flavors.

You might as well eat genetically modified chicken or beef that was injected with a bunch of hormones.

Don't be the irresponsible parent that feeds their developing kids vegan fake "meat"

Traditional mincemeat was minced meat.
You can make meatballs from lentils, peas, etc. no need for fake meat.

Those are not meatballs.

Those are legumeballs or beanballs.

Call them what they are which are not meatballs since they are completely lacking in the one item that makes meatballs meatballs, meat.

This is silly because meat has more than one meaning. Think mincemeat or when referring to the "meat" of a coconut.

People who get upset over thinks like meat or milk being used for plant based things just tells me they haven'tpad attention to the etymology. The oldest English language cookbook we have (The Forme of Curry from the 1300s) has recipes for almond milk.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For recipies, check out “Vegan for Everybody” (cookbook) by America’s Test Kitchen.
Has recipes that appeal to my 1 vegan and 3 other non-vegetarian family members.

So true! We love this cookbook. My kids like it so much it’s falling apart.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I feel like you could find most of this info from a google search.
We are not vegan but eat a lot of vegan foods.
If youre making meatballs, I would just make the vegan ones and have everyone eat the same thing.
easy to use non dairy milk in place of cows milk. Almond milk has more calcium that cows milk.
Does she like nuts and nut butters?

I would not let an 11 year old dictate the food choices of the entire family. And they clearly are not making meatballs.

Vegan meat is very unhealthy, overprocessed and full of artificial flavors.

You might as well eat genetically modified chicken or beef that was injected with a bunch of hormones.

Don't be the irresponsible parent that feeds their developing kids vegan fake "meat"

You can make meatballs from lentils, peas, etc. no need for fake meat.

Those are not meatballs.

Those are legumeballs or beanballs.

Call them what they are which are not meatballs since they are completely lacking in the one item that makes meatballs meatballs, meat.

This is silly because meat has more than one meaning. Think mincemeat or when referring to the "meat" of a coconut.

People who get upset over thinks like meat or milk being used for plant based things just tells me they haven'tpad attention to the etymology. The oldest English language cookbook we have (The Forme of Curry from the 1300s) has recipes for almond milk.

Traditional mincemeat was minced meat.