{"id":22144,"date":"2025-12-21T05:26:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T05:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/251219093319-htm\/"},"modified":"2025-12-21T05:26:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T05:26:00","slug":"251219093319-htm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/?p=22144","title":{"rendered":"Is a vegan diet safe for kids? A huge study has answers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> A major new meta-analysis finds that vegetarian and vegan diets can support healthy growth in children when properly planned. Kids on plant-based diets often had better heart health markers, including lower \u201cbad\u201d cholesterol, and consumed more fiber and vitamins. But the study also flagged common nutrient gaps\u2014especially vitamin B12 and calcium\u2014without supplementation. Experts say plant-based eating is achievable for kids, but only with careful planning.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>\n<strong>Source:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2025\/12\/251219093319.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\nRead full article at www.sciencedaily.com<br \/>\n<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:14px; color:#555;\">\n<strong>Medical Disclaimer:<\/strong><br \/>\nThis content is for informational and educational purposes only.<br \/>\nIt does not replace professional medical advice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A major new meta-analysis finds that vegetarian and vegan diets can support healthy growth in children when properly planned. Kids on plant-based diets often had better heart health markers, including lower \u201cbad\u201d cholesterol, and consumed more fiber and vitamins. But the study also flagged common nutrient gaps\u2014especially vitamin B12 and calcium\u2014without supplementation. Experts say plant-based [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22145,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[171],"tags":[10542,4492,10541,4257,10540,2037,1000],"class_list":["post-22144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health-conditions","tag-answers","tag-diet","tag-huge","tag-kids","tag-safe","tag-study","tag-vegan"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22144\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}