Forums: January 2011 Kickstart Forum: Vegan and Pregnant?
Created on: 01/03/11 01:19 AM Views: 845 Replies: 3
nac Joined: 01/03/11 Posts: 1	Vegan and Pregnant? Posted Monday, January 3, 2011 at 1:19 AM I am pregnant and wanting to switch to a vegan diet. I have been doing a lot of research on eliminating animal protein from your diet and I'm impressed with what I have read so far. Has anyone heard any positive or negatives things about being vegan and pregnant? Thanks!
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mollyhorn Joined: 03/03/10 Location: Fort Worth, TX Posts: 582	RE: Vegan and Pregnant? Posted Monday, January 3, 2011 at 1:39 AM Congratulations! Both on your pregnancy and your decision to choose a compassionate lifestyle. That's wonderful. I know that countless women have had successful vegan pregnancies and raised 100% vegan children, who are healthy and thriving. VeganHealth.org has a section on it: http://www.veganhealth.org/#kids PCRM also has a section on pregnancy: http://www.pcrm.org/health/veginfo/pregnancy.html And I'm sure Susan will offer more info. Molly Horn
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theodore Joined: 09/16/10 Posts: 643	RE: Vegan and Pregnant? Posted Monday, January 3, 2011 at 10:12 AM Excellent points as always Molly, IMO. Just a word about that vegan health link though. A lot of people I've spoken to find that website to be a very UNRELIABLE and subtly ANTI-vegan source of information. In fact, a quick glance at their article on vegan pregnancies almost made me wet my bed. Which is no mean feat considering that I was in the living room at the time. Note the reccomendation that some infants would do well to include foods such as WHITE BREAD, WHITE RICE, WHITE PASTA and ADDED OILS. Anyway, no disrespect to you, Molly. As you know, I consider us to be good friends and I really value your opinions, as do many others. BW Theodore Never make assumptions. You'll end up being an A**, and the UMP will TION you. -- Coach Smiley -- Fresh Prince of Bel Air
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mollyhorn Joined: 03/03/10 Location: Fort Worth, TX Posts: 582	RE: Vegan and Pregnant? Posted Monday, January 3, 2011 at 12:01 PM Theodore makes a very good point about the Vegan Health site. They're not my favorite, either... but I didn't know of any other sources of info on vegan pregnancy. Hopefully Susan or one of the other PCRM staff members will be able to enlighten us on this one. Either way, the PCRM link is a good one. As always, thank you, Theodore! Molly Horn
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