Death by Veganism
Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 1:52 am
Perhaps this belongs under "Religion" because I've enountered a few 'fruititarians' and some vegans who base their practices upon beliefs. However the analysis is somewhat scientific. I once encountered a 30ish woman who appeared knowledgeable about food stuffs at a local health food store. Then she proceeded to tell me that spinach provided all the protein one needed. I reminded her fresh spinach is primarily water, then cellulose and sugars.
Death by Veganism
By NINA PLANCK NYT
Published: May 21, 2007
WHEN Crown Shakur died of starvation, he was 6 weeks old and weighed 3.5 pounds. His vegan parents, who fed him mainly soy milk and apple juice, were convicted in Atlanta recently of murder, involuntary manslaughter and cruelty.
This particular calamity — at least the third such conviction of vegan parents in four years — may be largely due to ignorance. But it should prompt frank discussion about nutrition.
I was once a vegan. But well before I became pregnant, I concluded that a vegan pregnancy was irresponsible. You cannot create and nourish a robust baby merely on foods from plants
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Death by Veganism
By NINA PLANCK NYT
Published: May 21, 2007
WHEN Crown Shakur died of starvation, he was 6 weeks old and weighed 3.5 pounds. His vegan parents, who fed him mainly soy milk and apple juice, were convicted in Atlanta recently of murder, involuntary manslaughter and cruelty.
This particular calamity — at least the third such conviction of vegan parents in four years — may be largely due to ignorance. But it should prompt frank discussion about nutrition.
I was once a vegan. But well before I became pregnant, I concluded that a vegan pregnancy was irresponsible. You cannot create and nourish a robust baby merely on foods from plants
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/21/opini ... ref=slogin