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Well, growing up requires lots of different nutrients and the body is very picky at that time. Especially as a baby.
Growing up vegan would be very bad for the child's health.
Growing up vegetarian would be possible for the child and for him/her to live healthily.
It would be required, though, that the child's nutrients are met every day, and not all but one. It would be very challenging in this day and age.
I'd probably make my wife do it surprised Growing a child up vegan isn't bad for their health at all. It's been said that a vegan diet is healthy for all stages of life. From pregancy to birth to old age.
The only thing nutrients we get from meat are generally obtained on vegetarian/vegan diet.
Protein is the least of vegans/vegetarian diets. Eating legumes and nuts can help give you the proper protein you need. Plus, it is better for people to obtain their protein from plant foods than animal foods. Meat and dairy products contain far too large amounts of protein for humans to consume.
iron is another mineral that is not to be a great worry of vegans/vegetarians. It's not about how much iron we receive than it is making sure we have the vitiman C that helps the body absorb iron. Eating green leafy vegetables would help give people the proper amount of iron they need, as long as you have some vitiman C to go along with, like some oranges or other fruits, you don't have to worry too much.
Zinc can also be obtainedby eating legumes and nut as well.
When it comes to dairy products people begin to worry a little more about calcium. But the truth of the matter is that 90% of the worlds population can't even digest milk. Even if you are part of the 10% that could, the calcium in milk binds with mineral phosphate(sp?) and is not capable of being digested and absorbed. So people are better off just sticking to the alternatives anyways.
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