Queens school that went vegetarian shows student gains, draws plaudit

[Mr. Somebody]

No you don't. I haven't had any animal product enter my digestive system in over 2 years, I've been a vegetarian for 19 years. I'm doing fine. If anything vegetarian diets should be encouraged, it promotes healthier eating.

My mother was a vegan longer than you've been alive probably and eventually it catches up to you. Her dr's reccomended she introduce some meat back into her diet and she says its made her healthier after being vegen for a long time. There are just certain things you cant get from supplements and vegetables, friend.

 

[Elle Driver]

My mother was a vegan longer than you've been alive probably and eventually it catches up to you. Her dr's reccomended she introduce some meat back into her diet and she says its made her healthier after being vegen for a long time. There are just certain things you cant get from supplements and vegetables, friend.

Meat isn't necessary for a healthy diet at all, that's bullshyt, she was probably told to incorporate it back into her diet because she wasn't meeting her daily values.

 

[Poitier]

This is Neo-Liberalism at it's finest. A damn shame.

 

[Brown_Pride]

the first assumption we're making is that the schools were serving meat to begin with. I'm all for a little vegan at school, i can feed my kids the steaks they need.

 

[Poitier]

Looked into it further and found that participation is optional... i hope it stays that way.

I can't believe I agree with you for once.

 

[omnifax]

It's cool they are seeing positive results from this experiment but I'm willing to bet these kids have a lot of positive reinforcement at home which is needed to really make healthy eating stick in the end. This is one way to attack the obesity problem but there are many other factors that need to be addressed.

 

[DEAD7]

I can't believe I agree with you for once.

Gross right?


nah we probably agree on a lot of social and foreign policy issues. Its not til we get to economics that you jump out the window

 

[Black smoke and cac jokes]

It's cool they are seeing positive results from this experiment but I'm willing to bet these kids have a lot of positive reinforcement at home which is needed to really make healthy eating stick in the end. This is one way to attack the obesity problem but there are many other factors that need to be addressed.

In this case, I think the positive reinforcement is a reaction to their kids choice of eating healthy in school. Parents are easily persuaded by their children especially when it encourage good behavior. I bet that if you introduce this in schools across the nation, whether poor or rich, you will see great results not only academically but in the children's households.

@Poitier You know why he wants it to be optional

 

[The Real]

YOu need meat in your diet. Chicken/fish. Lets get it right friens.

That's not true, friend. Animal protein /= meat. You can eat no meat, only eggs and dairy, and be just as healthy as someone who eats meat. There are bodybuilders and martial artists and athletes who eat that way. Veganism is a different story.

 

[GetInTheTruck]

I want to be a vegetarian but until chickens stop existing I don't think that can happen.

 

[GetInTheTruck]

YOu need meat in your diet. Chicken/fish. Lets get it right friens.

Not true friend

 

[Danie84]

As long as it "food" their serving the kids and not some processed experiment

 

[Poitier]

In this case, I think the positive reinforcement is a reaction to their kids choice of eating healthy in school. Parents are easily persuaded by their children especially when it encourage good behavior. I bet that if you introduce this in schools across the nation, whether poor or rich, you will see great results not only academically but in the children's households.

@Poitier You know why he wants it to be optional

Nope. I just feel all options should be on the table and it's up to Parents to instill great eating habits. Maybe in Elementary school this is a great idea but the thought of policing what people can eat is something I'm starchily against, since it reeks of Neo-Liberalism. You have grown-men like Bloomberg telling adults they can't smoke cigarettes, drink soda, or eat fast food. It's ridiculous. The option to be self-destructive has to exist in a world with rights.

 

[Remote]

There are a lot of benefits to a vegetarian diet.
But imposing it on all kids in a school seems like overstepping a boundary.

As a general feeling, I don't quite understand some vegetarians whose reason for going meatless is the emotional attachment to animals. I mean, a burger repulses you, but you have leather shoes on...

 

[DEAD7]

Nope. I just feel all options should be on the table and it's up to Parents to instill great eating habits. Maybe in Elementary school this is a great idea but the thought of policing what people can eat is something I'm starchily against, since it reeks of Neo-Liberalism. You have grown-men like Bloomberg telling adults they can't smoke cigarettes, drink soda, or eat fast food. It's ridiculous. The option to be self-destructive has to exist in a world with rights.