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Default VEGAN Diet Meets Children's Nutritional Needs ADA

Top posting. ADA positive comments on VEGAN diet. Hardly an eating
disorder. Notice no comment from US.

Beach Runner wrote:

> Far from an eating disorder. Of course, like all diets, care must be
> taken. But then, we know from even Vietnam that typical American diets
> for in shape Americans were building up artery disease. All diets need
> care.
>
>
> Vegan Diets Meet Children's Needs - ADA
>
> American Dietetic Association: Vegan Diets Meet Children's
> Nutritional Needs
>
> Monday June 18 2:15 PM ET
>
> NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - With some careful menu planning, children
> and even infants raised as vegans can get all the nutrients they need
> for good health, according to two reports in the June issue of the
> Journal of the American Dietetic Association.
>
> Because vegans shun all animal products, they may get too little of
> some nutrients found in meat and dairy products, such as calcium and
> vitamin B12. Nutrient deficiencies are a particular concern when it
> comes to growing babies and children. But according to the reports, a
> well-rounded vegan diet--sometimes supplemented with certain
> nutrients like B12 and zinc--can provide children with all their
> nutrition needs.
>
> What's more, vegan kids typically eat less fat and cholesterol and
> more fruits and vegetables than other children do, note Virginia
> Messina and Dr. Ann Reed Mangels. Messina is a professor at Loma
> Linda University in California. Mangels acts as a nutrition advisor
> to the Vegetarian Resource Group in Baltimore, Maryland. Vegans eat
> only plant-based foods, using fidyl grains, legumes, fruits and
> vegetables to fill all their dietary needs. A typical vegan
> substitution would be to use soy milk in place of cow's milk.
>
> While these substitutions can work for babies and children, parents
> need to ensure their children are getting enough of certain vitamins
> and minerals, according to Messina and Mangels. For example, vitamin
> B12, which is essential in children's neurological development,
> exists naturally only in animal products. However, breakfast cereals,
> soy beverages, nutritional yeast and vegetarian ``meats'' are often
> fortified with B12, and are important sources of the vitamin for
> vegans, the study authors point out.
>
> The researchers also advise that breast-fed infants of vegan mothers
> get a regular supplement of vitamin B12, since maternal stores of the
> vitamin may be low. Infant soy formulas are fortified with vitamin
> B12 and other nutrients, but Messina and Mangels stress that regular
> soy milk--like regular cow's milk--is inappropriate for babies
> younger than one year. As with all infants, an iron-fortified cereal
> is a good choice as a first solid food, the report indicates.
>
> By age 7 to 8 months, vegan protein sources that can be introduced
> include pureed cooked beans, well-mashed tofu and soy yogurt, the
> research team writes. Parents should also be careful about their
> vegan children's supply of zinc, calcium, riboflavin (vitamin B2)
> and--if sun exposure is inadequate--vitamin D. Key sources of zinc
> include fortified cereals and certain nuts and beans such as lentils,
> according to the authors. Calcium-rich vegan foods include fortified
> tofu, soy milk and orange juice, as well as leafy greens and certain
> beans.
>
> As for iron, good sources include beans, fortified cereals and
> grains, and dried apricots and raisins. However, some nutrients,
> including iron and zinc, are not absorbed as well when they come from
> plant sources. So, Messina and Mangels note, parents may want to
> consider zinc supplements and be sure to give their kids foods that
> promote iron absorption--namely, foods rich in vitamin C.
>
> Children also need certain essential, unsaturated fatty acids, which
> can be found in foods like flax seed, canola oil, nuts and soy
> products. ``The wide availability of convenient vegan foods, many of
> which are fortified, make it increasingly easy to plan healthful
> vegan diets for children,'' Messina and Mangels write. ``Vegan
> diets,'' they conclude, ``can meet the nutrition needs of children if
> appropriately planned by a knowledgeable adult.''
>
> SOURCE: Journal of the American Dietetic Association
> 2001;101:661-669,
>
>
>
> Comment, one son of mine is now on the crew team in Warrick England,
> the other was a State Cup Soccer Player, an American Legion Pitcher,
> was on the way to an athletic scholarship to a car accident.
>
> This nonsense Useless Subjects spouts is clearly bigotted nonsense.
> Here the ADA endorses it, and points out care, just like they would if
> you eat another diet.