What influences your choice of diet?? If you are a parent, you may want to come up with an answer to that question before tomorrow.? A new children's book, Vegan is Love will be released on April 23, 2012.? The book asks children not to eat meat and offers disturbing illustrations to encourage them to eat vegan.
Healthy Eating for Kids
Most parents know that getting children to eat well is hard enough.? The growing burden of childhood obesity is widely reported.? The book could make healthy eating for kids more difficult. It's release comes on the heels of? increasing research that supports the? role of lean protein as part of a healthy diet.? Parents may now be in for a battle if they try to cook healthier meals with lean meat and dairy products.
Vegan is Love covers topics that some say are appropriate only for older readers.? One illustration in Vegan is Love shows injured bunnies, monkeys and mice in a laboratory environment.? The book also describes the "violent and sad" deaths of animals raised for meat.? So what is a healthy meat-eating parent to do?
Make a Case For Veggies
Whether you choose to eat meat or not, this may be a good opportunity to encourage the whole family to eat more fruits and vegetables.? In the short run, you might be able to sell the kids on the idea of eating foods that they hadn't eaten before.
If your child's decision to avoid meat lasts longer than a week or two, you may want to investigate other sources of protein.? Lentils, some green leafy vegetables, and grains like quinoa have protein and vitamins and minerals.? You may also want to visit your pediatrician to see how to make sure your child is getting all of the nutrients he/she needs to stay healthy.
Would you buy Vegan is Love for your child?? How will you handle questions from your kids if they see the book?
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