Living a Vegan Lifestyle: Blog 2

Tell us about the most interesting source you've found so far. What type of source is it? What's the title, and who is the author? Why is it interesting? Give us a brief summary of the source, in 5-6 sentences.

• The most interesting source I've found so far is how a woman claimed that veganism is destroying her two youngest daughters health. It's a electronic article titled "How our vegan diet made us ill" by Natasha Mann. The article is interesting because I've only know about the positive myth about eating a plant-based diet is only healthy for your body. This article is about a woman who claims that the vegan diet was making her daughters unhealthy.  She noticed some signs that her younger children were developing slowly compared to her older children. The topic of dieting for children was heavily discussed when a reported 12 year old girl had a spine of that of an 80 year old. The article discusses it’s possible to raise a healthy child under a vegan diet with proper supervision. The point is that the vegan diet works for some people and it’s not for some.

As you've been researching, has your topic changed? Have you revised your inquiry question?  For instance, say your initial question was "Why do some people choose to be vegetarian?" As you've been researching, you've realized how you can narrow your scope to something like "Is it healthy for vegetarian parents to raise their children as vegetarians?" OR "In what ways is being vegetarian better for the environment?" How will narrowing your scope affect your research -and the eventual writing you'll do about this topic?

• My topic has only changed slightly. At first I was looking into the reasoning why people choose to became vegan but after researching a little into my sources my question now became "is a vegan eating diet really healthy?". I came across several facts in my sources stating the high risks involving a plant-based diet in adults and children under 12.

What challenges are you facing in your research? How might you address these challenges? What research "tips" do you have for your peers?

• The most challenging part I'm facing in my research is finding where and how these health studies took place. I found one reported health incident that involved a 12 year old girl who under a vegan diet was diagnosed with rickets, her spine was that of an 80 year old woman, but I couldn't find anything about that report itself. I gonna go into more library databases and medical databases and email Ms. Gunter about her opinion about finding some sources on the medical degree of my topic.