We Are Supposed to Eat Animals !

[Csihar]

It is a bit of strawman argument. Or a false dichotomy? There are, sadly, a lot of people who feed their children (and themselves) a poor diet, including vegans, but that doesn't mean the child's life was in danger because of a vegan diet. If you have a vegan diet wherein you don't consume vitamin B12 then you're not going to be very healthy and you will suffer. Eventually you'll suffer irreparable damage and die.

If you look on sites that advocate a vegan diet that actually know what they're talking about there will be a section dedicated to vitamin B12. Nuts and fruits will never take care of your nutritional needs.

So, was this child's life brought in danger because of a vegan diet or because of a very bad vegan diet? The article clearly agrees with the latter. The woman seems crazy and crazy is not synonymous with or limited to veganism.

In a "jungle" setting, sure, we need animal products. But you can live very healthily with a vegan diet in the modern world. Veganism isn't a delusion. The woman's particular ideas, are. Water and sunshine? ....

[Saludeen]

This is a slippery slope into getting people to accept a 1984 style regulation of our children. "You fed your kid fruit and nuts, hand them over to the government because you're unfit as a parent in our opinion, and we make more money selling you supplements and baby food". That doesn't mean a diet of fruits and nuts is healthy for an infant, but what about all the parents who feed their kids fast food thats literally killing them? I also didn't see any science in that article to prove that the rash was related. And its ironic that they suggest soy while soy is terrible for you because its GMO and causes estrogen problems.

Best diet is fruit, nuts, fish, meat, eggs; a variety of REAL food with no additives. Perhaps thats paleo. And breastmilk for infants. And you may not need meat to be healthy but you'd need another source of zinc like oysters.