Posted on 05/22/2017 10:01:27 AM PDT by Red Badger
A 7-month-old baby died after his parents fed him only gluten-free and lactose-free foods, including quinoa milk, the New York Post reported.
The child’s Belgian parents self-diagnosed him with an array of food allergies, but never sought a medical professional’s opinion before deciding on his diet, according to the newspaper.
“The parents determined their own diagnosis that their child was gluten intolerant and had a lactose allergy,” lawyers said in court during the trial for the child’s 2014 death, the Independent reported. “Not a single doctor had a dossier about Lucas and child protection services did not know about them.”
At the time of his death, baby Lucas weighed fewer than 10 pounds, which is only half the size of an average baby his age. An autopsy later found that his stomach was completely empty when he died, and his official cause of death was dehydration and malnutrition, according to the New York Post.
In court, the child’s parents said that they never took him to a doctor because they didn’t notice that anything was wrong with him. His mother said that sometimes Lucas would gain a little weight and then lose it, and that his parents thought such weight fluctuations were normal. They eventually took him to a homeopathic doctor, who insisted that they take him to a real hospital. By the time they did, it was too late. The hospital pronounced him dead on arrival.
In addition to quinoa milk, Lucas’ parents fed him oat milk, rice milk, buckwheat milk and semolina milk from the natural foods store they own, according to the Independent. While doctors warn that such a diet will not sustain an infant that age, the parents’ lawyer argued that wasn’t the case and that Lucas died for another reason.
“Lucas had an eating disorder. He got cramps when he was fed with a bottle, and his parents tried out alternatives,” the couple’s attorney, Karine Van Meirvenne, said, according to the Daily Mail.
The parents’ trial began this week. Each faces up to 18 months in prison for contributing to the infant’s death.
If you want to feed a baby a natural diet then human breast milk is the most natural, followed by goat and cow milk.
Oat milk, rice milk, buckwheat milk and semolina milk are not "milk" and they are all highly processed.
Veganism is not natural. Even for an adult you need to eat a careful balance of often highly processed foods to maintain health.
For a baby it is death.
I like natural foods.....like bacon.
(eggs, steak, vegetables, ice cream, etc etc)
It’s a wonder she was even able to maintain a healthy pregnancy with that kind of diet.
Liberalism is truly a mental disorder.
Weird, weird movie. Never did figure it out.
Well, if all the vegan’s children die in like manner, they will become extinct fairly rapidly................
Any woman hormonally normal enough to have given birth, and healthy and hydrated enough to sweat, can produce milk for her baby. Great God Almighty DESIGNED you that way, lady.
This just makes me sick. And the parents face 18 months prison max? They'd get more than that for starving a dog.
Here in FL, a DUI manslaughter will get you 25 years................
Must have been an OSTRICH egg.....................
Hello? They’re into health foods but didn’t breastfeeding feed their baby? Sounds like they are trying to wiggle their way out of what was really child abuse.
Child abuse based in stupidity...............
I was once touched by Marylin Monroe, does that make me homeopathic Marylin Monroe?
I know. How stupid. Also, “health conscious?” Then why not feed him breast milk? Or raw cows or goats milk formulas? THAT is how babies stay healthy. Oh, and ALIVE.
Gluten free. Sheesh. What does gluten have to do with a seven month old anyway?
The mother's milk might not be a Vegan practice. I'm not aware of their teachings on that. Other than that though, the kid should be fed baby food, and that's generally vegetable based.
These two went way off the beaten track. The child weighing half the normal weight is the tip-off.
The empty stomach is another one. The kid should have food in the stomach. You feed kids a number of small meals per day. There's generally always something in their stomach.
This kid must have been crying a lot.
The parents’ trial began this week. Each faces up to 18 months in prison for contributing to the infant’s death.
Looks like they've almost legalized post birth abortion. 18 months? Yikes!
Tragically hilarious comment of the day here. You're absolutely right. This is what our legal system has become.
As Ms Don-O said, you get more than that for killing a dog.....................
Yes.
What movie IS that?
I wouldn’t be surprised. Good point.
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