Our commercial food system has failed us.It produces foods with a longer shelf-life but less nutrients and added chemicals that harm us in unpredictable ways.Therefore feeding ourselves has become very complicated.It takes a fair amount of knowledge to obtain a healthful diet and avoid the chemistry that causes disease.
What does this have to do with being a vegetarian?
If you want to be a vegetarian yourself or if you want to raise your child as a vegetarian, you must become very knowledgeable.You can’t just avoid meat and think everything is going to work out.You must learn to combine proteins so your child’s brain is getting all the support it needs when it decides it’s time to grow into an adult brain.I once listened to a woman describe her daughter’s transition to vegetarianism.The girl was basically living on pizza and muffins.I told her to remind her daughter that if she wanted to call herself a vegetarian, she’d at least have to eat some vegetables.
Further complicating the picture is the work of Dr. Peter D’Adamo, the author of Eat Right 4 Your Type.D’Adamo says that people with Type O blood generally do poorly on a vegetarian diet.Since over 40% of the population is Type O, you might want to check your child’s blood type before encouraging or permitting them to become vegetarian.
Complicating the problem even further is the poor quality of meat.Have you wondered why young girls of eight or nine years are growing breasts and beginning menstruation?Growth hormones used to rapidly mature cattle and poultry are getting into your children and disturbing their development.Commercial meat is not healthy food.Organic and free-range meat is needed for healthy children.
Should Your Child be Vegetarian?
If your child is blood type O they should eat organic and free-range meats and only be vegetarian if you can take the time to learn protein-combining yourself and teach them to do it.If your child isn’t Type O then you have more options as a vegetarian but should still learn protein-combining.Whether an adult or child we need to transition to vegetarianism slowly, allowing the body to adjust.Very young children may not have the capability of eating more fibrous foods, so parents should read a good book on raising vegetarian children.
Vegetarians, whether adult or child, should understand diet better than meat-eaters.With vegetarianism there is the potential for greater health but it has to be achieved through knowledge and not left to chance.
