Which nutrients are important for your child in a healthy vegan lifestyle where you can find them

By Mikael Tronyo

Our world today is different than it was yesterday and that is because our ways of living are constantly changing. The recent COVID-19 pandemic for example, has made most of us work from home. On the contrary, something that will never change is our indeniable instinct to take care of each other, in particular of our children and their specific needs. With that in mind, we will be looking at what important nutrients our children need when growing up with a vegan lifestyle, and where we can find those nutrients.

All babies need special types of nutrients in a certain quantity in order to grow up in optimal health.

Vitamin D is one of these essential nutrients for children because it increases the calcium absorption for the gut and enables a correct mineralization of bones which are still in development. Your child’s body can generate by itself some quantity of vitamin D when the sunlight strikes the skin of babies but it can also be found in some mushrooms.

In addition, there are a lot of different kind of vitamins that are vital for your children, as well as proteins. Fruits mostly contain multiple vitamins, which your child needs in order to obtain energy. Besides that, proteins are an essential asset for every muscle of all children. Those proteins are required to repair the muscles after an effort. You can find them in lot of vegetables, beans, and nuts such as lentils, beans, peas or in different types of cereals that contain rice, wheat and corn.

To conclude, in order for your children to grow up in perfect health, a sufficient amount of vitamins and protein are essential. On our website you can find delicious recipes containing all nutrients your children need. Have a look at our healthy and tasty recipe of the week, and read our articles to find out what you can do to give the right quantity of nutrients to your children.