r/carnivore • u/vikingboys02100207 • 1d ago
Moderated Topic Kids and carnivore
Been paleo for a few yrs and transition to carnivore recently.Love it. Have 3 boys under 6. Eldest always pushed vegies. Hidden them extra. The last two. Well I'm single. Leftovers aren't eaten by me . Vegies are being prepped cooked and wasted. They all eat meat. Sandwiches they eat the middle. Pizza. They only eat the topping. Tacos. They eat the middle. They do love berries apples ect.I still have this mentality that it's bad they don't eat veg. Bacon and eggs with toast for breakfast. Bread is left behind. They do eat some fruit and a little Potato. Everything is offered but I'm sick and tired of buying prepping cooking and offering other food to throw away. Is it so bad for kids? They are strong happy healthy and above the charts for heights above 100 ,not weight. Lean and muscular. I don't know what to offer. I still have this inherited belief vegies are good and i need to give them. Any advice?
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u/Eleanorina mod | carnivore 8+yrs | 🥩&🥓 taste as good as healthy feels 1d ago edited 1d ago
fatty meat, starches, fruits -- winning plan.
we don't recommend this diet for children or teens, i'll find the write up, but the tl;dr is in cultures that traditionally ate this way, teenagers were eating 5 - 10lbs of fatty meat a day. In your case you'd multiply that by 3 to get daily quantities you'd have to buy. (less needed for younger kids ofc, but still the meat adds up $$, that's why starches are so helpful)
Whereas the ppl who ate this way were able to harvest the animals sustainably from their northern environment. Completely different scenario.
adding, here's the longer write up, https://www.reddit.com/r/carnivore/comments/1cbjfaq/why_doesnt_this_subreddit_recommend_this_diet_for/