Hey - just wanted to share something I read today....

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This is one of many stories I have read about that its not healthy to

be strict vegan/raw foodist in the long run.......

 

Thats why I am happy to know that Doc recommend eating from animal

stuff too. Eggs, organic meat, etc. etc.

 

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HEALTH QUICKIES

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Only room for one Health Quickie today, and it's sure a

sad one, another disturbing instance that tragically

reveals the deficiencies of strict vegan and raw food diets

for nursing mothers, expectant mothers, babies, and

children. Those following the evidence about babies and

children being injured by strict vegan and raw food diets

must read and learn from the latest horror story, which

was sent to me by Suz:

 

 

VEGETARIANS FACE CHILD ABUSE CHARGE

 

By Stephanie Gaskell

Associated Press Writer

Tuesday, April 30, 2002; 7:50 AM

 

NEW YORK (AP) - A couple who put their baby daughter on a

strict vegetarian diet were charged with child endangerment

after authorities found the girl last year weighing only

half her normal weight, prosecutors said.

 

Joseph and Silva Swinton, both 31, were charged with

reckless endangerment and endangering the welfare of a

child. Both pleaded innocent Friday.

 

Prosecutors said the baby was fed ground nuts, fresh-

squeezed juices, herbal tea, beans, cod liver oil and flax

seed oil. She was not breast-fed or given infant formulas.

 

Authorities were alerted to the situation by an anonymous

call in November, said Maris Campbell, a spokeswoman for

the district attorney. She said the baby was " in grave risk

of death. "

 

" She weighed only 10 pounds, less than half the weight of

an average 16-month-old female child, and appeared to be

the size of a 2- to 3-month-old baby, " District Attorney

Richard Brown said Monday.

 

You can review the whole story at

 

http://chetday.com/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?article

 

where you'll also read that the child wasn't breast-fed,

which appears to happen with alarming frequency to raw food

and strict vegan mothers who often aren't able to produce

sufficient or quality milk due to the deficiencies in their

own diets.

 

I don't enjoy sharing this kind of report, but if you or

someone you love continues to buy into the false claims

that strict veganism is healthy or even an adequate diet

for babies and children, I hope you'll email them the

above story, which is only the latest instance of

innocent and helpless babies and children who are being

injured by the dietary fanaticism of their parents and

the gurus they so blindly follow.

 

Thanks to Suz for sending me this story.