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“You should eat animal fat”
I chat with the owner of a small dumpling restaurant in Dalian.
08/12/2014
Ruth Silbermayr
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It’s November, 2014. My husband and I stay a week in Dalian with our baby. Every morning, we have breakfast at a small dumpling restaurant. They have a choice of dumplings, congee, tea eggs and pickled vegetables. I always order vegetarian dishes.
One day, the shop owner inquires: “Do you feed your baby milk formula or breast milk?”
I answer: “He drinks breast milk.”
She tells me: “You should eat animal fat. Your milk supply won’t be enough if you don’t.”
Has anyone ever told you that you should eat meat?