Hi all,

I just joined your list serv and I'm a 34 year old mother of two boys (aged
4 and 22 months).  We have been 75% raw/vegan for over 1 and 1/2 years and
I've already experienced problems with a fat deficiency (alopecia areata
showed up on me and my nursing 22 month old has had excema since we started
eating this way - whenever I increase the amount of flax seed oil in my
diet his excema disappears and my hair grows back).

Anyway, DH and I have decided that it's just too risky to experiment with
young, growing bodies and I'm examining other diets that may help with our
deficiencies.  Yours sound like it might be the answer for us.

My question - does anyone have first hand information with this diet and
young children, as well as pregnant and lactating women?

Thank you for any and all assistance you can give us.

Sincerely,

Jean