Friday, February 24, 2012
Sure, as long as you eat a variety of healthy foods on a regular basis & take a vegan-friendly B-12 supplement a couple times a week. Don't let anyone tell you that a vegan diet won't provide enough protein.
If you have any questions or concerns, speak to a nutritionist or consult one of the many books on vegetarianism/veganism for people of all age groups.|||uhhhh yeah dude|||Speaking as a 15 year old vegan. Definitely.|||uhh yea im 15. its right for any age really.|||Yes. To quote the American Dietetic Association:
"Well-planned vegan and other types of vegetarian diets are appropriate for all stages of the life cycle, including during pregnancy, lactation, infancy, childhood and adolescence."
(The American Dietetic Association is one of the nation's leading nutrition experts).|||Being a vegan is safer than not being one in all respects, irrespective of age. There is absolutely nothing that is unsafe being a vegan (You dont really have to worry about Bird Flu or Mad Cow etc)|||Yes. I am 11 years old and a perfectly healthy vegetarian.|||i think so...yah|||According to the American Dietetic Association, a well planned vegan diet is appropriate for all life stages, including pregnancy and lactation, infancy, childhood, adolescence, and adulthood.|||Absolutely! We eat meat for the protein. When you combine a legume with a grain (beans and rice) your body combines it as a complete protein.
As far as macro minerals and trace minerals are concerned, if you do your homework, you'll find that many vegetables contain iron (spinach, dried beans and dark green leafy vegetables), calcium (romaine lettuce, broccoli, almonds, hazelnuts, peanuts, and walnuts), zinc (endive, baby zucchini, and cashews), phosphorus (sweetcorn, potatoes, artichokes and tomatoes), copper (grain cereals, legumes, cherries, and nuts), and iodine (kelp).
Meats, although they may make you feel "full" longer, generally take longer to digest. They also tend to create a more foul odor in the process of putrefaction. (Maybe that's why we vegetarians seem to think "our poop doesn't stink") ;)
Hope this answered your question.|||yes as long as the body gets the nutrients it requires in the proper amounts ( no too much, not too little), any diet is safe at any age. For starters, try to avoid junk and highly processed foods as much as possible which are not good for anybody at any age.
Younger people,because of lack of experience (and some adults too for that matter) however, need to educate themselves on what these nutrients are, how to get them (in what foods can they be found),amounts required etc.
Education is the key.
If it seems difficult to quit cold turkey (no pun intended) then try the gradual approach. Perhaps eliminate one kind of meat first or decrease you portions (but make sure to replace what you cut out with something of the same calorie content and nutritional value. otherwise, you might find yourself getting weak or hungry all the time) or frequency ( eating meat 3 times a week instead of daily then 2 times a week etc). Start snacking on fruits (dried or fresh) or veggie sticks to stave off hunger pangs.
good luck|||A growing body needs to have well balanced meals each day. You can substitute beans for beef. You need fruits and a dinner of one protein (beans), one vegetable, and one starch for your main meal such as supper.
Check out these recipes:
http://allrecipes.com/HowTo/Vegetarian-M鈥?/a>|||Its good for people of all Ages.|||Yeah, definitely. It is safe at any age.
http://www.eatright.org/cps/rde/xchg/ada鈥?/a>
The things is this, vegan people are more likely to take the quality of their diet under strong criticism due to the desire to be the best examples as possible. There is already a strong stereotype that vegan people struggle with their health and they want to shatter that myth.
http://www.veganbodybuilding.com/?page=b鈥?/a>
This site helps educate people on how to plan their diets wisely. http://www.veganhealth.org/sh|||Yes ofcourse.
Eat veeggies that has lots of nutrients like soy beans, ground nuts, green leafy veggies and rich in vitamin a. You also need excercise!|||it's safe for a month
then come back to tthe real world - cause there are
trace minerals in meat you need|||No, its not really safe for anyone.|||It isn't safe for anybody!!! If it was healthy to not eat meat, lions would eat tofu. We are animals and we have to eat like one.
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