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Originally Posted by Vicky.

Afraid of veggies?

I would absolutely b e judging parents who gave their kids mcdonalds everyday tbh. But its the mcdonalds that would be the issue, not the meat itself

I have a fairly bad view about vegans mainly as every one I know...once they went vegan became unhealthy as they clearly did not manage their diet properly. Yes it can be done, but it seems most do not do it. A fair amount of veggies I know are the same too...but vegetarians seem to do so much better than vegans. Yes not all vegans and so on, but when 100% of the people you know who went vegan ended up looking severely ill and with multiple health problems...well it kind of darkens your view on it tbh and I still think it should be down to the kids choice if they wish to eat meat or not. I see it as not dissimilar to my daughter refusing to eat beef. So we don't give her beef, forcing her to eat it would be wrong. Equally if she wanted to try something, we would let her try it

So basically, personal view, grand. Forcing it on others, not. Most vegans, not healthy. Some veggies are. But either way, should be the kids choice and I find it just cruel to keep denying the child something they clearly want and could benefit from

I even know someone who forced vegetarianism on their cat ffs. Forced being the operative word, as the poor miserable thing is now dead..which I am sure its happy for.

Going to the gym and lifting some weights doesn't mean you're helping your body, you could quite easily harm yourself - it's all about doing it right. Same goes with diet and nutrition.
For me, it comes to show how badly educated people are when it comes to plant based food. When fruits and vegetables almost go under the same group in the (allegedly) food pyramid they teach you in school, when in reality it has so much layers and they differ from each other in so many aspects. When I'm getting asked "of you're vegan? So what do you have to eat?" I love to joke and answer "lettuce", because I find it funny that once you take dairy products and meat from the equation, people don't know where to begin with - and it's ridiculous, because there's so much to begin with and the variety is enormous without even touching the fake meat and like-milk category. Just replacing your meat meals with veggie burgers and other supermarket-bought frozen vegan meals and your yogurt with soy based one -doesn't mean you're doing it right. But people think they are, when it's actually mostly junk food with zero nutritional values.
In regards to the child thing - eating animals is not more of a default diet than a vegan diet is, it's rather your own personal opinion/social convention (not necessarily a right one). There's nothing unbalanced and non beneficial in vegan diet (in fact it has more than many other diets). People don't know how to deal with it because of bad/lack of education - this is where it falls.
And as for the cat lady - yeah, I have come across a lot of weird people, vegans and non vegans, so the way I see it, it's nothing but ad hominem.