to let dd go vegan (at least partly)?

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DD is 14 and wants to go vegan. She has presented me with facts, statistics etc. She wants to do it for her health, animal cruelty and the environment. Due to her past EDs (anorexia, bulimia & binge eating) I've said as long as she doesn't start cutting her calories ir anything, we'll see how it goes. DP is completely opposed to it, however. He says we need meat & dairy etc. Should I let her? I was going to insist on including fish occasionally but DP is even against that. WWYD?

Wow. The thread has been derailed abit here. Cant believe anyone suggests quorn as a food source as itsnt it meant to be dangerous, grown in laboratory or something and closer to athletic foot fungi than any food source. As i said on page one this isnt about being a vegan but a young girl with a history of ed wanting a restricted diet. That is a red flag! Op being very sensible to question this.

Thank you everyone. We (me and DH) have decided to let her go vegan, however it will be a gradual process (pescetarian to vegetarian then eventually vegan). We will ensure she receives adequate nutrition, maintains her energy levels and does not cut calories or lose weight. Thank you everyone

Well done on supporting your daughter's choice.
I'm a long term vegan and super healthy. I recently had my bloods done and all in the good healthy range. Don't worry about her getting enough protein. There's protein in most foods including potatoes, rice, pasta, beans, vegetables etc. We don't actually need as much protein as most people think we do- there's a bit of a protein myth.
It's recently been proven by the WHO that a balanced vegan diet is the healthiest.
As for fake meats and cheese etc, they are useful for transitioning vegans and also add interest and flavour to meals.
I just got a new vegan cheese from Vegfest London this weekend. The ingredients are; cashews, purified water, organic coconut oil, nutritional yeast, organic spirulina, Himalayan pink sea salt and cultures.
I don't think that sounds particularly unhealthy or processed.
Three are so many good choices for vegans now and lots more coming soon.
Good luck with the transition.

So you spoke to her psychiatrist then???

I just got a new vegan cheese from Vegfest London this weekend. The ingredients are; cashews, purified water, organic coconut oil, nutritional yeast, organic spirulina, Himalayan pink sea salt and cultures.
I don't think that sounds particularly unhealthy or processed.

I'd say that compared to 'real' cheese a great many ingredients and processes are involved. I wouldn't make any comment re the healthiness or otherwise of the product...

It's a market - perhaps a growing one. So where there's profit to be made, firms will busy themselves making vegan bacon. Or whatever.

As someone who has used every trick in the book.... Please please speak to her treatment team first.

Please.

There is about 0.000001% chance this is about your daughter wanting to be vegan for ethical reasons, and about 99.999999% chance that it is about food control and restriction.