Mayim Bialik Explains Why She 'Forced' Her Kids To Be Vegan

But I mean, the woman has a degree in neuroscience — she's obviously smart, so maybe we should hear her out?

For obvious reasons, this is a controversial belief that most parents aren't exactly on-board with.

"We talk about lowering other people’s expectations of when they will say it. Grandparents, for example, often expect pleases and thank yous. We had to have conversations with them that we believe in teaching natural expressions of appreciation," she told Health Land Today.

Mayim told TODAY that she believes in EC (elimination communication). She explained that children are born ready to use a toilet and that parents simply need to be committed to encouraging them consistently.

She added that she believes in this particular method because it worked on one of her sons, who stopped peeing in his cloth diaper by 12 months old.

"I chose to safely co-sleep with my sons, participating in the subset of co-sleeping known as bed-sharing," she said. "That means my sons and I shared — and still share on many nights — a sleeping surface."

"I'm vegan and my kids are too," she said. "Why? Because I force them to be."

"People ask more questions about what it's like to raise vegan children than what it's like to actually be vegan," she continued.

"Contrary to the meat and dairy lobbyists who decide what we should eat will tell you, children can thrive without eating meat and without eating dairy."

"Many vegan children take B12 supplements and that does the trick."

"What about protein?," she asked. "People love to ask adult vegans about how we get our protein, so when they hear that my kids are vegan, that's what they ask."

"There's protein in a lot of foods. There's protein in bread, in beans, in pasta, there's a ton of protein in quinoa — how do I get my kids to eat quinoa? One word. Ketchup."

"Well, I tend to do playdates with people whom I know, who know and respect me, and who respect the choices our family makes about food," she explained. "My kids are actually easy to feed if you think about it."

"And the fact is, our kids weren't left alone with other people until they were old enough to say 'I'm a vegan, is that vegan?'"

"My solution was I brought along a little vegan treat for them to have alongside the cake that was being served," she said. "My kids tend to hang back at birthday parties while the cake situation is happening."

"We choose to be vegan. That's not everyone's choice, and that's fine."

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