I-Vegetarianism isukile ekubeni yi-niche subculture yaya endleleni yokuphila ekhuthazwa osaziwayo okuhlanganisa u-Beyoncé no-Jay-Z. Kusukela ngo-2006, inani labantu abacabanga ukushintshela ekudleni okusekelwe ezitshalweni lenyuke ngama-350%. Phakathi kwabo kukhona u-Elizabeth Teague, umdwebi oneminyaka engu-32 ubudala nomama wezingane ezine wase-Herefordshire, umdali we-ForkingFit. Yena, njengabalandeli abaningi balesi simiso sokudla, ubheka le ndlela yokuphila njengobuntu ezilwaneni nasemvelweni.
Kodwa-ke, ama-vegans kanye nabadla imifino abathandwa kahle kweminye imibuthano ngoba babonakala njengabashumayeli abaphushayo nabazibona belungile. Ngaphezu kwalokho, abazali be-vegan ngokuvamile bayadelelwa. Ngonyaka odlule, usombusazwe wase-Italy wacela umthetho wabazali abadla inyama abagxilisa “ukuziphatha budedengu nokuyingozi ekudleni” ezinganeni zabo. Ngokombono wakhe, abantu abondla izingane zabo kuphela "izitshalo" kufanele bagwetshwe iminyaka eyisithupha ejele.
Abanye abazali abadla inyama bayavuma ukuthi nabo bebengabalandeli abakhulu balesi sitayela sokudla baze bazizame bona. Base bebona ukuthi abakhathazekile ngokuthi abanye abantu badlani.
"Ngokweqiniso, bengihlala ngicabanga ukuthi ama-vegans azama ukuphoqa umbono wawo," kusho uTeague. "Yebo, zikhona, kodwa ngokuvamile, ngihlangane nabantu abaningi abanokuthula, okwathi ngenxa yezizathu ezihlukahlukene, bashintshela ku-veganism."
UJanet Kearney, 36, ungowase-Ireland, unekhasi le-Facebook le-Vegan Pregrancy and Parenting futhi uhlala nomyeni wakhe nezingane u-Oliver kanye no-Amelia edolobheni laseNew York.
“Ngangicabanga ukuthi akulungile ukudla imifino. Ngaze ngabona idocumentary ethi Earthlings,” usho kanje. “Ngacabanga ngekhono le-vegan lokuba umzali. Asizwa ngezinkulungwane zabantu abakhulisa izingane ezidla inyama, siyazi nje izigameko lapho izingane zithethiswa zibulawa yindlala.”
“Ake sikubheke ngale ndlela,” kuqhuba uJanet. Thina, njengabazali, sifunela izingane zethu okuhle kuphela. Sifuna bajabule futhi, ngaphezu kwakho konke, babe nempilo enhle ngangokunokwenzeka. Abazali abadla inyama engibaziyo bayaqiniseka ukuthi izingane zabo zidla ukudla okunempilo, njengabazali abondla izingane zabo inyama namaqanda. Kodwa ukubulawa kwezilwane sikubheka njengonya nokungalungile. Yingakho sikhulisa izingane zethu ngendlela efanayo. Umbono oyiphutha omkhulu ukuthi abazali be-vegan kuthiwa bangama-hippies abafuna wonke umuntu aphile ngesinkwa esomile nama-walnuts. Kodwa lokho kukude kakhulu neqiniso.”
Ingabe ukudla okusekelwe ezitshalweni kuphephile ezinganeni ezikhulayo? UMary Feutrell, uprofesa we-European Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, uxwayise ngokuthi ukudla okungafanele kwemifino kungabangela “umonakalo ongenakulungiseka futhi, esimweni esibi kakhulu, nokufa.”
“Sicebisa abazali abakhethela ingane yabo ukudla okudliwa yimifino ukuthi balandele ngokuqinile izincomo zikadokotela,” wengeza.
Kodwa-ke, izazi zokudla okunomsoco ziyavuma ukuthi ukukhulisa i-vegan kungaba nempilo uma, njenganoma yikuphi ukudla, izakhi ezifanele nezifanele zidliwe. Futhi izingane zidinga amavithamini amaningi, ama-macro nama-microelements kunabantu abadala. Amavithamini A, C, no-D abalulekile, futhi njengoba imikhiqizo yobisi iwumthombo obalulekile we-calcium, abazali abadla inyama kufanele banikeze izingane zabo ukudla okuqiniswe ngale mineral. Imithombo yezinhlanzi nenyama ye-riboflavin, i-iodine, ne-vitamin B12 kufanele ifakwe ekudleni.
“Ukudla kwe-vegan kudinga ukuhlela ngokucophelela ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukudla okuhlukahlukene kwezakhi, njengoba ezinye zazo zitholakala emikhiqizweni yezilwane kuphela,” kusho umkhulumeli weBritish Dietetic Association uSusan Short.
UClaire Thornton-Wood, isazi sokudla kwezingane kwaHealthcare On Demand, wengeza ngokuthi ubisi lwebele lungabasiza abazali. Awekho amafomula ezingane ezidla inyama emakethe, njengoba uvithamini D etholakala eboyeni bezimvu futhi nesoya ayinconywa ezinganeni ezingaphansi kwezinyanga eziyisithupha ubudala.
UJenny Liddle, 43, waseSomerset, lapho aphethe khona isikhungo sokuxhumana nomphakathi, useneminyaka engu-18 engadli imifino kanti ingane yakhe ibidla imifino kusukela yazalwa. Uthi ngesikhathi ekhulelwe, umuntu owayekhulela kuye wamenza wacabangisisa ukuthi udlani. Ngaphezu kwalokho, amazinga akhe e-calcium ngesikhathi ekhulelwe ayephezulu kunalawo omuntu ovamile ngoba wayedla ukudla kwezitshalo okune-calcium.
Nokho, uLiddle ugcizelela ukuthi “asisoze sazuza indlela yokuphila yemifino engu-100%” futhi impilo yezingane zakhe ibaluleke kakhulu kuye kunanoma iyiphi imibono.
“Ukube angikwazanga ukuncelisa bengingathola ubisi oluvela kumuntu odla inyama. Kodwa uma lokho kungenzeki, bengisebenzisa izingxube,” kusho yena. - Ngikholelwa ukuthi ukuncelisa ibele okuqhubekayo kubaluleke kakhulu, nakuba amafomula akhona aqukethe i-vitamin D3 evela ezimvini. Kodwa ungakwazi ukuhlola isidingo sabo uma ungenalo ubisi lwebele, okudingekayo ekuthuthukiseni ingane. Ngezinye izikhathi ayikho enye indlela engokoqobo noma engenzeka, kodwa nginesiqiniseko sokuthi ukuphuza imithi esindisa ukuphila akusho ukuthi angiseyena umuntu odla inyama. Futhi wonke umphakathi we-vegan uyakubona lokhu. ”
UTeague, uLiddle noKearney bagcizelela ukuthi abaziphoqeleli izingane zabo ukuthi zidle inyama. Bazifundisa kuphela ukuthi kungani ukudla imikhiqizo yezilwane kungaba yingozi empilweni yabo kanye nemvelo.
“Izingane zami azisoze zacabanga ukuthi amadada, izinkukhu noma amakati esiwathandayo “awukudla”. Kungabacasula. Bangabangane babo abakhulu. Abantu abasoze babuka inja yabo bacabange ngesidlo sasemini sangeSonto,” kusho uKearney.
“Sicophelela kakhulu ekuchazeleni izingane zethu nge-veganism. Angifuni besabe noma okubi nakakhulu bacabange ukuthi abangani babo bangabantu ababi ngoba basadla izilwane,” kusho uTeague. - Ngisekela izingane zami kanye nokukhetha kwazo. Ngisho noma beshintsha umqondo wabo mayelana ne-veganism. Manje sebekuthanda kakhulu. Cabanga ngengane eneminyaka emine ibuza, “Kungani uthanda isilwane esisodwa bese ubulala esinye?”