Feed children vegetables, fruits, whole grains and beans regularly and with a positive attitude. Parents should model the same eating style.
* Eat plenty of green leafy vegetables — two to three servings each day — because they are loaded with absorbable calcium, iron and vitamins. Broccoli, kale, collards, bok choy and chard are examples.
* Vegetables should make up 25 percent to 30 percent of the diet. Buy fresh, organic, locally grown vegetables from the farmers’ market or another local source, or grow your own.
* Eat beans and bean products (such as tempeh and soymilk) regularly, and include fruits, seeds and nuts for flavor and variety.
* Whole grains, vegetables, beans and fruits are the basics of good nutrition. If a child’s diet includes them, the most important nutritional bases are covered.
* Dairy products (other than breast milk) after the age of 2 years are not recommended. He listed many health reasons. Vegetables and legumes provide calcium and have other nutritional advantages, so milk from cows is unnecessary.
* Eliminate meat and poultry and reduce fish consumption. Children raised on plant proteins have better health as adults.
Spock’s approach is borne out by research findings published since his death, pointing to health advantages of diets based on plant foods.
http://www.newsobserver.com/105/story/603236.html
and a wee bit of the contra- http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/9806/20/dr.spock/
Wow- the trolls are getting verbose- multi-syllabic even! Douche- is that francais?
Love me hate me- another good answer. as far as the research cited, Iknow Spock was affilaited with the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM). I think their studies have been replicated. Please help me with the cutoff tween studies and research…
Here’s a link to their medical news site: http://www.pcrm.org/news/bmn09.html
I agree- my kids can choose meat or not when they’re old enough (though my wife argues not in my house).
RE: Trolldom- we should all stamp these out no matter what our stance is.
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Dr Spock was an over educated utopian.
Dr. Spock was a douche bag
that is a well balanced diet
A child raised on a healthy diet, whatever the diet designation, has a good chance to live long and prosper.
EDIT: There’s always a question of legitimacy with this statement: Spock’s approach is borne out by research findings……….was it scientific research or just studies.
I think the diet sounds healthy, balanced and well thought out.
Certainly better than McDonalds or Dominos, which is what so many parents feed their children these days.
I think children should be fed vegetarian diets (dairy food included, we’re just talking nothing that had a mother) until they’re old enough to decide if they want to eat meat or not.
I think it’s time the world started adhering to it.
I love your reply to that crystal troll - have you seen annie okely, I think it is? She’s another alter-ego version of the ashley bot.
