Can Kids Be Vegan? Listen to the Science
The Exam Room by the Physicians Committee
Physicians Committee
4.9 • 3.5K Ratings
🗓️ 11 August 2020
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Is it safe for children to eat a vegan diet? Yes! Science shows no meat, no dairy, no problem!
On this episode of The Exam Room™ podcast, Dr. Yami Cazorla-Lancaster joins "The Weight Loss Champion" Chuck Carroll to talk about the research that changed her from being a "milk pusher" to an advocate for plant-based diets. Dr. Yami also talks about:
- What health issues can happen to children who drink an abundance of milk and eat a lot of cheese.
- How those problems can follow children into adulthood and intensify as they grow older.
- The science showing milk does not protect bones from fractures.
- The healthiest way for children to build strong bones.
- The milk alternatives that parents should consider giving children.
- Plant foods that are high in calcium.
Dr. Jim Loomis also joins the show to open the Doctor's Mailbag and answer your questions!
- How can you get enough calcium without eating dairy?
- Does calcium from plants interfere with iron absorption?
- Is it possible for cholesterol to become too low on a plant-based diet?
- And many more!
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Dr. Yami
IG: @thedoctoryami
Web: VeggieFitKids.com
Facebook: https://bit.ly/DrYamiFB
Podcast: https://apple.co/2Cg4sYJ
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Chuck Carroll
Twitter: @ChuckCarrollWLC
IG: @ChuckCarrollWLC
Facebook: https://wghtloss.cc/ChuckFacebook
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Physicians Committee
Twitter: @PCRM
Facebook: https://wghtloss.cc/PCRMFacebook
YouTube: https://bit.ly/PCRMYouTube
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| 0:00.0 | At the beginning of my career, I was definitely a milk pusher. |
| 0:02.9 | I thought that that was the right thing to do. |
| 0:04.8 | That's what I was trained. |
| 0:06.2 | But with my own eyes, I started seeing the problems |
| 0:09.6 | that dairy causes for children. |
| 0:11.4 | And so finally, when I learned more about plant-based nutrition, |
| 0:14.8 | I felt comfortable saying, you know, this is just not something |
| 0:17.5 | that I want to be recommending for children anymore. |
| 0:19.9 | Well, hello there. |
| 0:30.5 | And welcome to the Exam Room Podcast. |
| 0:32.3 | Brought to you by the Physicians Committee. |
| 0:34.1 | Hi, I am the Weight Loss Champion, Chuck Carroll. |
| 0:37.0 | Thanks so very much for giving the show a listen, or a view, or a download. |
| 0:42.0 | Wherever it is in the world that you are, we appreciate the fact that you are here. |
| 0:50.5 | Is it possible for a child to get everything they need from a vegan diet? |
| 0:59.6 | Well, no meat, no dairy, no problem. |
| 1:05.5 | Those are the words of my guest today. |
| 1:08.6 | Dr. Yami is here. |
| 1:10.2 | And she says that children are the future, but it should be a future without dairy. |
| 1:17.3 | In recent years, studies have shown that milk, in fact, does not do a body good, |
| 1:22.9 | doing far more harm than good to developing bodies, and those of adults for that matter. |
| 1:29.0 | And because of that, she says it is time to kick the dairy habit. |
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