Parents of ill vegan girl may face police
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A 12-YEAR-OLD girl in Scotland brought up by her parents on a strict vegan diet has been admitted to hospital with a degenerative bone condition said to have left her with the spine of an 80-year-old woman....
....Last year, an American vegan couple were given a life sentence for starving their six-week-old baby to death. In 2001 two vegans from west London were sentenced to three years’ community rehabilitation after they admitted starving their baby to death.
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Is it just that they didn't get the diet right, or is veganism inherently bad for growing youngsters?
I think that vegetarianism and veganism is a life choice that you should make when you're old enough to know the facts and do what you believe in. Children/babies are not old enough, they do not know the facts, and should be given a balanced diet incorporating ALL parts of the food triangle (or whatever it's called.)
I'm not a vegetarian though...