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My kids are 100% vegetarian from birth and I can't say we have observed any issue whatsoever. We do ensure they eat a very varied diet. We do get their bloods c
by scandox 5y ago
My kids are 100% vegetarian from birth and I can't say we have observed any issue whatsoever. We do ensure they eat a very varied diet. We do get their bloods checked from time to time and nothing notable there either.
Of course it's possible they would have been gigantic, athletic super-geniuses if we'd fed them meat. I can't disprove that, except to say I ate meat as a kid and I'm decidedly average.
- Sammi 5y agoN=1
- DFHippie 5y agoThis is an existence proof that deficiency is not inevitable.
- twofornone 5y agoHow can you be so sure that whatever blood test is being done would detect a deficiency? Humans evolved to eat meat. The energy density is what gave us large enough brains to eventually develop civilization. Which is why a "healthy" vegetarian diet (one which does not result in malnutrition) comes with a laundry list of necessary foods and supplements, all of which could simply be replaced by eating meat as nature clearly intended.