Sunday, February 26, 2012

My 15 year old daughter has opted to follow a vegan diet. Is this safe?

Should she be taking supplements or vitamins?She seems to be overly conscious about calorie counting, too. Thanks for your help.My 15 year old daughter has opted to follow a vegan diet. Is this safe?
It is very safe for your daughter to continue with her vegan diet. My only concern would be the reason she is going vegan? Most girls in this age group want the slick thin look and veganism has been one way to actively work towards this goal. The whole idea of veganism gives the girl an almost altruistic goal. But true veganism is about the concern for animal welfare primarily over your own looks which are secondary (American Vegan Society). Since she is counting calories, I would start to question if she were into the "appearance" aspect of veganism.



If this is the case, the varied eating that veganism requires(i.e. more and varied greens, nutritional yeast (B12 source), sesame seeds (calcium source), tofu, soy milk) might not get the highest attention from her as it needs to. I would suggest that she stop the calorie counting (pointless unless she eats only french fries) and look into getting some information from Peta about a good vegan diet and the benifits for both herself and animals.My 15 year old daughter has opted to follow a vegan diet. Is this safe?
Well, I'm not a vegan, but I am a vegetarian, if my answers at all helpful. I don't take any vitamins. A lot of people say that vegetarians lack protein, but most vegetarian food products are soy based, and there's a lot of protein in soy.



If she's really interested, I think she should check out this website: http://www.goveg.com/
She might be too fat for it thoughMy 15 year old daughter has opted to follow a vegan diet. Is this safe?
just make sure she eats soy or wat ever even vitamins. she cant only go on veggies..
Anyone over the age of 13 is safe to become a vegan, in my opinion. I would reccomend, however, that she do some research. Supplements are not required for becoming a vegan; it's perfectly possible to have a balanced and nutritious diet while still being a vegan minus supplements. My biggest concern is being anemic, because most iron and such comes from meat, poultry, and dairy products. Let her be a vegan, but also encourage strongly for her to research how to have a balanced diet.



Good Luck and Hope I Helped. 鈾モ櫏My 15 year old daughter has opted to follow a vegan diet. Is this safe?
Since Vegan diets do not use any animal bi-products, I would consider a vitamin. She needs to be getting enough calcium and vitamin D and that can be hard without any dairy products. Below are two websites that contain a variety of food that can provide the balance of nutrients she needs. If she does not consume all the foods needed to give her that wide array of vitamins and minerals, then she should use a supplement.
She can (I think) include renettless cheese which is available in most health food stores. And, of course, soy and other kinds of beans are good protein sources. Also all nuts have good protein in them. The general American diet is quite protein-heavy which makes people mis-calculate how much protein the body needs. At 15 she is still growing, but as long as these kind of foods are included then she should be fine.
She needs B12 and iron and zinc and calcium, possibly from suppliments. Feed her a lot of fruits, veggies, bread, and salad.

If she eats enough, and gets a balanced diet, it is perfectly safe to follow.

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