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<p style="font-size: 18pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';"><a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/a-vivacious-voice-for-veganism-across-the-ages/">A Vivacious Voice for Veganism: Across the Ages</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';">Posted May 27, 2008 at 04:09 PM by Katie Drummond</p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">When I tell new acquaintances that I’m vegan, the reactions I get range from terrified to awestruck to envious. When it comes to close friends and family who aren’t vegan, some are timid and apologetic for their own cheese habit, while others always seem keen to learn more about my own choices. However, no matter how people react to my own decision to be vegan, I’ve noticed that reactions are magnified and intensified when the topic turns to kids – specifically, my plans to raise a vegan family. Why the controversy? It seems that while it’s easy for me to convince the average naysayer that a vegan diet can be entirely healthy and sufficient for the adults among us, people become more defensive of omnivorous living when young ones are concerned. This worry is understandable – we all take raising…<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/a-vivacious-voice-for-veganism-across-the-ages/">(<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/a-vivacious-voice-for-veganism-across-the-ages/">Continued...</a>)<br clear="all" /><br> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/a-vivacious-voice-for-veganism-across-the-ages/">Read the full article...</a> | <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/a-vivacious-voice-for-veganism-across-the-ages/">Comment on this post</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">Filed under: <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-health/">her-health</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-nutrition/">her-nutrition</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/healthy-eating/">healthy-eating</a><br /><br /> </P>