A lot of veg*n parents these days are trying to raise their kids to be veg*n, too. What they may not realize is that young children and infants especially can suffer adverse effects to their health from being fed on a strict veg*n diet. Please read the following articles to learn more. They should make anyone think twice before trying to force their kids to follow a veg*n diet.
The case of Crown Shakur and my response to it.
Baby Fed Raw Vegan Diet Dies From Malnutrition
Prophet's Message Cost Baby His Life
Severe Megaloblastic Anemia in Child Breast Fed by a Vegetarian Mother
Severe Megaloblastic Anemia in 6-month-old Girl Breast-fed by a Vegetarian Mother
Nutritional Vitamin B12 Deficiency in a Breast-fed Infant of a Vegan-diet Mother
Multiple Nutritional Deficiencies in Infants from a Strict Vegetarian Community
Totally Vegetarian Diets and Infant Nutrition
How a Vegan Diet Can Put Babies in Peril
Malnutrition in Infants Receiving Cult Diets: A Form of Child Abuse
Maternal Vegan Diet Causing a Serious Infantile Neurological Disorder Due to Vitamin B12 Deficiency
Brain Damage in Infancy and Dietary Vitamin B12 Deficiency
Persistence of Neurological Damage Induced by Dietary Vitamin B12 Deficiency in Infancy
Risks of Alternative Nutrition in Infancy: A Case Report of Severe Iodine and Carnitine Deficiency
Vegetarian Diet Linked to Genital Defects