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Vegan diet claims yet another innocent life

Hawkeye1819

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http://www.thehealthyhomeeconomist.com/baby-breastfed-by-vegan-mother-dies/

An 11 month old baby exclusively breastfed by a vegan mother has died and the parents are charged with neglect after an autopsy indicated the baby suffered from deficiencies in vitamin B12 and Vitamin A – both known to be critical to a child’s development.


Vegans have long been advised to take B12 supplements as long term veganism runs the huge risk of serious B12 deficiency as well as other nutrients only found in animal foods such as true Vitamin A. Beta carotene is not true vitamin A nor does it easily convert to adequate amounts of Vitamin A in the body.


While I’m not sure I favor charging the parents in this tragedy as it smacks of Big Brother far too much for my comfort level, it does communicate a clear message to other vegans: abstinence from all animal foods is a danger to one’s health and most particularly, your baby!


It also sends a clear message that what a breastfeeding Mother eats definitely DOES affect the quality of her breastmilk. Many breastfeeding advocates insist that breastmilk will include all a baby needs despite what the Mother eats, but clearly this is not the case.


Traditional cultures took great care to ensure that pregnant and breastfeeding mothers consumed ample amounts of animal foods rich in vitamins A, D, E, K and of course B12. These foods included grassfed butter, pastured eggs, liver, seafood, and fish eggs. Notice that none – NOT ONE of these traditionally sacred foods is plant based!


If you are pregnant and breastfeeding and would like to learn what foods will maximally support the health of your baby while nursing, please check this link for the complete listing of traditionally sacred foods for optimal fetal and baby development. These foods will also ensure the preservation of your own health during pregnancy and lactation which can easily deplete a Mother’s nutritional stores leaving her vulnerable to exhaustion.


*Update: The vegan parents whose baby died as described in this article were convicted by a French court to 5 years in prison due to the imbalanced vegan diet the mother ate which led to nutrient poor breastmilk and a failure to thrive child who eventually fell ill from severe nutrient deficiency and died without the parents ever seeking proper medical attention.


For more information on how a vegan diet devastates the health of children, read about how a 12 year old vegan was diagnosed with the degenerating bones of an 80 year old. Dr. Faisal Ahmed MD, a pediatrician treating the child, said that the dangers of forcing children to follow a strict vegan diet need to be publicized.


Sarah, The Healthy Home Economist, author of Get Your Fats Straight
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Sources:
Vitamin A Vagary
Vitamin B12: Vital Nutrient for Good Health
French vegan couple whose baby died of vitamin deficiency after being fed solely on breast milk face jail for child neglect
 

tonychat

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oh another shot at Vegan,

if you want to do anything even adopting a Vegan diet, you need to be educated and well-informed.

That does not mean a meat eater will provide healthy breast milk.

article supported by meat industry...lame.
 

tonychat

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This is what i called being educated and not sinkie dumbfucked.


kitty Bauer April 27, 2013 at 7:10 pm
It’s true. I’m a vegetarian, and while I was pregnant I had my Iron and B12 tested throughout just to make sure because of all the scares. Never have tested deficient in either one.

All it takes is common sense. Whether you are vegetarian or eat meat, you need to have a knowledge of nutrition. I bet percentage-wise, there are more unhealthy meat-eaters than vegetarians.

Furthermore, that business about feeding infants soymilk, rather than formula is ridiculous. Infants won’t get proper nutrition from just cows milk either. Whether they are given soy or milk based formula, there are added nutrients.

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tonychat

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check this one out:

Vegas Vegan March 10, 2013 at 8:42 pm
@Mmom-
“Still it is very dangerous diet to follow especially for growing kids…”

Bull-you-know-what. My child is now 23 and has been vegan all his life. Has always been healthy (just ask his doctor) and in fact, always LESS sick than classmates. NEVER had an ear infection. Was out only 4 days during high school (he managed to get hit in the ribs w/a basketball during the state championships which had nothing to do with his vegan diet).

I made sure that once he was weaned, that I followed COMPETENT nutritional advice on what to feed him. And don’t start with that “any diet that needs supplementing is not healthy” nonsense. What would you call all those ads for Flintstones etc. vitamins? Sure looks like “supplements” to me.

But, don’t listen to me. Listen to these people:

American Dietician Assn-
“Well-planned vegan, lacto-vegetarian, and lacto-ovo-vegetarian diets are appropriate for all stages of the life cycle, including pregnancy and lactation. Appropriately planned vegan, lacto-vegetarian, and lacto-ovo-vegetarian diets satisfy nutrient needs of infants, children, and adolescents and promote normal growth.”

American Academy of Pediatrics-
“Children exhibit good growth and thrive on most lacto-ovo vegetarian and vegan diets when they are well planned and supplemented appropriately”

TWO associations full of PROFESSIONAL dieticians and pediatricians say it’s healthy for children to eat a vegan diet. What are your credientials?
 

looneytan

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Vegas Vegan March 10, 2013 at 8:42 pm
@Mmom-
“Still it is very dangerous diet to follow especially for growing kids…”

Bull-you-know-what. My child is now 23 and has been vegan all his life. Has always been healthy (just ask his doctor) and in fact, always LESS sick than classmates. NEVER had an ear infection. Was out only 4 days during high school (he managed to get hit in the ribs w/a basketball during the state championships which had nothing to do with his vegan diet).

I made sure that once he was weaned, that I followed COMPETENT nutritional advice on what to feed him. And don’t start with that “any diet that needs supplementing is not healthy” nonsense. What would you call all those ads for Flintstones etc. vitamins? Sure looks like “supplements” to me.

But, don’t listen to me. Listen to these people:

American Dietician Assn-
“Well-planned vegan, lacto-vegetarian, and lacto-ovo-vegetarian diets are appropriate for all stages of the life cycle, including pregnancy and lactation. Appropriately planned vegan, lacto-vegetarian, and lacto-ovo-vegetarian diets satisfy nutrient needs of infants, children, and adolescents and promote normal growth.”

American Academy of Pediatrics-
“Children exhibit good growth and thrive on most lacto-ovo vegetarian and vegan diets when they are well planned and supplemented appropriately”

TWO associations full of PROFESSIONAL dieticians and pediatricians say it’s healthy for children to eat a vegan diet. What are your credientials?


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