soybeans don't kill babies, ignorance kills babies.

[mcpupil]

I try not to be preachy, but this really pisses me off.

Read Dr. John McDougall's comments for insight into why it might upset me

Comments

[katsiss]

can vegan babies drink breast milk?

[mcpupil]

Yes, and it is recommended that they do.

quoted from Dr. McDougall's article posted above
"The scientific truth is: Infants should be exclusively breast fed until age 6 months and then partially breast fed until approximately 2 years of age. Starches, fruits, and vegetables should be added after the age of 6 months. The addition of cow’s milk causes problems as common as constipation and as devastating as type-1 diabetes... Adding meat to an infant’s diet is one of the main reasons all children raised on the Western diet have the beginnings of atherosclerosis by the age of 2 years."

[katsiss]

I know that every baby should have breast milk but I thought vegans didnt consume animal/human or milk...

[mcpupil]

I believe that most vegans are primarily concerned with the exploitation of and cruelty to animals (which is certainly the standard in today's meat and dairy industries) and refuse to consume the by-products that support those practices. Human milk wouldn't really fall under that category.

However, people build and restrict their diets on their own beliefs and I'm sure there are people who call themselves Vegans that would say drinking breast milk is wrong.