Italian parents who force a vegan or vegetarian diet on to their children under 16 could face up to four years in jail if the Italian parliament passes the new controversial bill. The proposal comes from Elvira Savino, from the conservative Forza Italia party, who claims that these restrictive diets jeopardize the health of young children and leave them malnourished.
According to Savino and some health experts, a vegetarian or vegan diet may lack sufficient amounts of zinc, iron, vitamin D, vitamin B12, omega-3, and protein which are all essential nutrients for growth and overall health.
If her bill is successful, imposing a vegan or vegetarian diet on a child under 16 would become a criminal offense in Italy. Offenders will face a jail sentence of a year for raising a child on such a diet, up to four years if the child suffers illness or permanent injury, and up to six or seven years if the child dies as a result.
As reported by the BBC, opinions about the validity of the bill are divided. According to some experts, punitive measures are not the answer. After all, aren’t parents of junk-food-fed obese or vaccinated children also jeopardizing the health of their child?
Should they then be imprisoned too or would it be more efficient to provide better public health education on how to improve nutrition and raise a healthy vegan kid?
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Tyson: Wow! let me just say these claims about nutritional deficiencies are false.
First off Vitamin D is not a result of diet but is a hormonal reaction in the body, from sun light. Vitamin D is absorbed from sunlight.
Second Protein deficient!
I have never seen a single person in the history of the human race become protein deficient. And dude lets face facts, you can get protein from all food.
Infact Broccoli has more protein than steak . Per calorie, broccoli has more protein than beef, which is about 4.5 grams per 30 calories. Broccoli is also packed with amino acids, fiber, Vitamin B6 to improve your mood and is one of the best vegetables linked to fighting cancer. While meat is link to a wide array of disease and illness, including cancer.
Next we come to Iron, which is just absurd - Beans (vegan) have huge copious amounts of iron.
These statements put forth as an argument as to why vegans should be criminalize is false and absurd threw and threw.
Zinc - Lets see what the tops foods are for zinc - nuts and seeds - pumpkin seeds are very high in zinc
Now the big controversal vitamin B12 - fun fact : meat eaters and vegans alike can be deficient in B12.
B12 takes many many years before any deficiencies occur. Vegan or not B12 deficiencies can occur.
Simply incorporate some Maca Root (Vegan) into your diet which has B12 and you are fine.
Calcium - The dairy industry has brain washed the public into thinking that a rich source of calcium comes from milk - truth is milk is not that rich in calcium and infact causes osteoporosis because it acidifies the body thus putting a demand on the body to use more calcium to alkalize. Dairy will drain calcium from the body, and is a weak source of Calcium.
Calcium rich foods - Green leafy vegetables.
Omega 3 rich food - flax seeds. Hempseeds have the perfect ratio of omega 3 and 6 for a human's dietary needs.
Now I just showed real easily how animal product do not contain some magical elixir that one needs to thrive. Infact they are the root cause of disease and illness.
This whole thing is absurd. Which was probably put forth by the meat and dairy industry.
But what is worse is that the people who are truly poisoning they're kids with vaccines, junk food, and poison in the so called cleaning supplies, are not even considered. They are the norm.
Proper Education is the fix - not kidnapping people and putting them in jail.
According to Savino and some health experts, a vegetarian or vegan diet may lack sufficient amounts of zinc, iron, vitamin D, vitamin B12, omega-3, and protein which are all essential nutrients for growth and overall health.
If her bill is successful, imposing a vegan or vegetarian diet on a child under 16 would become a criminal offense in Italy. Offenders will face a jail sentence of a year for raising a child on such a diet, up to four years if the child suffers illness or permanent injury, and up to six or seven years if the child dies as a result.
As reported by the BBC, opinions about the validity of the bill are divided. According to some experts, punitive measures are not the answer. After all, aren’t parents of junk-food-fed obese or vaccinated children also jeopardizing the health of their child?
Should they then be imprisoned too or would it be more efficient to provide better public health education on how to improve nutrition and raise a healthy vegan kid?
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Tyson: Wow! let me just say these claims about nutritional deficiencies are false.
First off Vitamin D is not a result of diet but is a hormonal reaction in the body, from sun light. Vitamin D is absorbed from sunlight.
Second Protein deficient!
I have never seen a single person in the history of the human race become protein deficient. And dude lets face facts, you can get protein from all food.
Infact Broccoli has more protein than steak . Per calorie, broccoli has more protein than beef, which is about 4.5 grams per 30 calories. Broccoli is also packed with amino acids, fiber, Vitamin B6 to improve your mood and is one of the best vegetables linked to fighting cancer. While meat is link to a wide array of disease and illness, including cancer.
Next we come to Iron, which is just absurd - Beans (vegan) have huge copious amounts of iron.
These statements put forth as an argument as to why vegans should be criminalize is false and absurd threw and threw.
Zinc - Lets see what the tops foods are for zinc - nuts and seeds - pumpkin seeds are very high in zinc
Now the big controversal vitamin B12 - fun fact : meat eaters and vegans alike can be deficient in B12.
B12 takes many many years before any deficiencies occur. Vegan or not B12 deficiencies can occur.
Simply incorporate some Maca Root (Vegan) into your diet which has B12 and you are fine.
Calcium - The dairy industry has brain washed the public into thinking that a rich source of calcium comes from milk - truth is milk is not that rich in calcium and infact causes osteoporosis because it acidifies the body thus putting a demand on the body to use more calcium to alkalize. Dairy will drain calcium from the body, and is a weak source of Calcium.
Calcium rich foods - Green leafy vegetables.
Omega 3 rich food - flax seeds. Hempseeds have the perfect ratio of omega 3 and 6 for a human's dietary needs.
Now I just showed real easily how animal product do not contain some magical elixir that one needs to thrive. Infact they are the root cause of disease and illness.
This whole thing is absurd. Which was probably put forth by the meat and dairy industry.
But what is worse is that the people who are truly poisoning they're kids with vaccines, junk food, and poison in the so called cleaning supplies, are not even considered. They are the norm.
Proper Education is the fix - not kidnapping people and putting them in jail.