Nutrition for Vegan Kids with Karla Moreno-Bryce RD

The Allsorts Podcast

If you’re thinking about going vegan as a family, or you’re already vegan and expecting a wee one and wanting to raise them vegan, this is the episode for you!

As a plant-based dietitian and mom of 2, this is an episode I’ve been meaning to do for a while!

There is a lot of misinformation about feeding kids a vegan diet…and a weird amount of negative headlines that have been attributed to vegan eating that were really parents not feeding their kids properly.

So I’m super excited to be chatting with registered dietitian Karla Moreno-Bryce RD, who focuses specifically on vegan pediatric nutrition, all about how to feed vegan kids well.

The reality of fostering healthy growth and development isn’t all that different, whether your children are omnivores, vegetarian or vegan. Kids have specific nutrient needs, like protein or calcium, and you simply need to ensure that you are offering foods rich in those nutrients!

So in this episode, we get into specifics about nutrients of concern and which foods and supplements are essential for meeting their needs. It will help you get clearer on how to plan your family meals so that your kids thrive on a plant-based diet.
About Karla:

Karla Moreno-Bryce, MDA, RD, LD is a leading expert in pediatric vegan nutrition, author of the Vegan Kids Cookbook, and mom of two vegan girls. She has worked with hundreds of committed vegan parents from all around the world to help them feel confident feeding their kids a vegan diet for proper growth and development.

Her insights have been featured in highly recognized outlets like Huffpost, BBC, and National Geographic and has been a speaker at the Vegan Women Summit, Twin Cities Veg Fest, and NYU Langone Health. In her spare time, she enjoys having picnics with her family—unless it's in the middle of Winter in Minnesota.

On this episode we chat about:

• Is it possible to raise healthy vegan kids?
• Going vegan as a family
• Which nutrients do we need to watch most for vegan kids?
• Talking about iron-fortified cereals: yay or nay?
• The one important mineral that no one talks about for vegans
• How much protein do kids need?
• The best plant-based milk for kids
• How to navigate high fibre foods with little tummies
• Making sure kids get enough energy for growth
• What supplements do vegan kids need?
• Navigating the family meal

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