Why would a vegan rather save an animal than an unborn child?!
Why would a vegan rather save an animal than an unborn child?
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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/21/opinio...
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Why are you in this forum when clearly have no interest in being here except to ridicule?
Why aren't you out policing the thousands of children being abused by meat-eating parents?
Why are there so many posts on this one death, when thousands go unnoticed?
Why do you hate vegans so much?
Yes, these parents made a mistake, ergo all vegan parents are unfit. Just as because so many meat-eating parents make mistakes, they are all unfit as well. I think we should let all the children be raised by aliens or in orphanages. Is this the answer you were looking for?
Congratulations. Because one set of parents weren't too bright, you are now perfectly justified in patting yourself on the back for continuing to blindly subscribe to an unsustainable, poisonous, and cruel soilent green food system. Is this what you need to hear?
to try to win an argument on Yahoo! Answers?
there is more worth and utility from an animal then an unborn child, plus the there will alway be lots of children available for no cost. .. According To Johnathan Swift's {A Modest Proposal}
I don't know...but thanks for the article.
It is a well written piece, insightful and honest, especially from someone who was once vegan herself!
It is frightening what some human beings can choose to do, isn't it? And oh, so very sad.
So, so, so tiresome. Yet another pathetic one-side argument from another "oh I've been vegetarian/vegan and it didn't work for me, so therefore it works for no one!"
There isn't a single, educated person who can argue that cow's milk is necessary for the human body. The moment I read an article about nutrition and the author even mentions cow's milk as something that should be in the human diet, I immediately know they quite literally, know nothing.
The author mentions calcium and zinc. I take it she has never heard of dark green vegetables and pumpkin seeds.
Sorry guys, if you believe her, you believe anything.
The parents in this case, were insane. There are plenty of child-abusing meat-eaters, Christians, politicians, teachers and babysitters.
The average human knows next to nothing about their natural nutrition, why their teeth are flat, why they sweat instead of pant, why their digestive system is different to omnivorous creatures such as dogs. Still, I guess that's what we get when we stick an ape behind a desk and ask her to write an article for the NY times.
"Yet even a breast-fed baby is at risk. Studies show that vegan breast milk lacks enough docosahexaenoic acid, or DHA, the omega-3 fat found in fatty fish. It is difficult to overstate the importance of DHA, vital as it is for eye and brain development."
Studies... which studies? Studies on which group of vegans? Age group? Country? Where are the sources for this claim?
From vegsource:
"The usual nutrient mentioned for big brains is alpha-linolenic acid (ALA) one of two essential fatty acids, the other being linoleic acid (LA). ALA is important because it elogates to EPA and DHA (docosohexaenoic acid) and DHA is a vital component in nervous tissue. However, since ALA is only synthesized in the chloroplasts of green plants I see no particular reason why meat eating would provide more DHA since the highest sources of DHA are flaxseed, soy, and green plants and we can make our own DHA from the plant source ALA that we eat on a greens based diet (not however on a grains based diet which is only high in LA )."
So, DHA doesn't just appear in fish, as much as the author would love to mislead us.
If you research the boards, you will see that this has been already talked about! These parents put a bad name to veganism, and they weren't "vegans" they were child abusers, and they tried to put a label on murder, but that was indeed what caused the death of their child. "Soy milk and apple juice" isn't a consistent diet! Not to a baby, OR to an adult! Please read the other posts on this subject, everyone else was able to put it in better words than I can in this little paragraph.
Boy I hate stereotyping. IF anyone assumes that because ONE person HAPPENS to be vegan and is "off their rocker" than all vegans think the same, then you are a moron.
Most people I know are vegetarian and/or Vegan and all of them would save an unborn chilid first.
I am reporting you for asking this question.
hello? ever hear of BREAST MILK?
(human, that is.)
Did you read about the 12 year old morbidly obese girl who recenlty had liposuction to remove 35lbs of fat from her body? How about the alarming rate of childhood diabetes and high blood pressure cases in children? There are even children dying of heart disease now. Why??? Because of their diets rich in animal fats, fried and fatty foods. When will THOSE parents be prosecuted? When I think about some of the things my parents fed me, I have to wonder if they really had my best interest in mind. With all of the information available now from reliable UNBIASED sources, like www.pcrm.org, there is really no excuse for parents to feed thier kids the garbage that seems so acceptable today. Those vegan parents whose 6 week old died are using their veganism as a poor excuse for murdering their child. Too bad the situation is giving veg-bashers a field day.
Because the unborn children taste better ;P
The American Dietian Association is in favour that a vegatarian/ vegan diet is nutritional beneficial to the human body.
"Lacto-ovo-vegetarian and vegan diets can meet the nutrients and energy needs of pregnant women...."
"When vegetarian infants receive adequate amount of breast milk or commercial infant formula and their diet contains good sources of energy and nutrients..... growth throughout infancy is normal..."
This is a research paper written by professionals.
I first thought the site was satire. Sadly, it looks real. Yes, veganism can be taken too far. Babies need milk - human milk for 2 years. Anything more is unnessessary and un-healthy.
Thanks for letting us know about this article. There's a lot of inacuricies in it, and we should all email them http://nytimes.com/ref/membercenter/help... or better yet write to them.
Most vegans know better. On soymilk labels, it says "not a replacement for milk"
The news may be real, but the article is in the op/ed section.
Some inacuricies:
"plant proteins.... are inferior in quantity and quality ― even soy. "
Nope. Soy surpasses some meats. Yes, even meats are not created equally....but who gives a ****. This protein nonsense was finalized in the '70s
"You cannot create and nourish a robust baby merely on foods from plants."
Jennie Garth did it 8 years ago....along with millions of others.
I would rather eat poison ivy...