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I had a friend who was dating a total vegan for a while. She came to a BBQ and couldn't find anything to eat so she took a hot dog bun, filled it with potato chips and topped it with ketchup. She had a son that she was also raising to be all-vegan. Like her, he was pale, thin, sickly looking and half-retarded. I think no one ever told her that your brain is made up of mostly fat & cholesterol. I heard about some hippies a while back who fed their infant nothing but low-fat shit like granola and now the kid is permanently retarded directly from their dieting decision. Try living with that choice.


This has less to do with veganism and more to do with crappy food choices.

Omitting meat and dairy from your diet does not mean "ok cool I can load up on absolute crap all day and that means I'm healthy." NO.

If she knew she was going to a barbeque, she could've eaten a better choice there, let's say, a salad. If she figured there may not even be salads, she could've just eaten before going to the barbeque or even been a gracious guest and prepared a dish appealing to her vegan palette and the carnivores there, such as a really cool bread or crackers with an olive tapenade spread. Or hell, guacamole and salsa are PERFECT vegan yet suitable for all at a barbeque.

I have plenty of vegan and raw vegan friends with babies and children. They are NOT feeding their children granola. Again, vegan doesn't mean eat garbage as long as it's not meat/dairy. Granola is sugar-laden, lacks nutrients, and has more calories than a serving of Fruity Pebbles. My friends' kids eat a rich palette of food, are in perfect health, have tons of energy, and began reading earlier than other kids their age.