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Showing posts with label Vegetarianism and Malnutrition. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vegetarianism and Malnutrition. Show all posts

Monday, 30 May 2011

Vegan diets may lead to malnutrition and growth retardation in infants

This post includes a synopsis of a study published in Pediatrics 1982 Oct;70(4):582-6 and a recipe for slow cooked rabbit.

Study title and authors:
Totally vegetarian diets and infant nutrition.
Nutrition and Physical Degeneration
Books:
Shinwell ED, Gorodischer R.
Department of Pediatrics "A," Soroka University Hospital, and Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheba, Israel

This paper can be accessed at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6812012

The paper reports on the harmful effects of a vegan diet in infants.

Shinwell found that:
(a) 25 infants from the vegan community who were seen at the hospital showed evidence of protein-calorie malnutrition, iron- and vitamin B12-deficient anemia, rickets, zinc deficiency, and multiple recurrent infections.
(b) Evidence of growth retardation was also found in 47 infants seen at the local mother-child health (well-baby) clinic.
(c) Samples of breast milk showed low levels of carbohydrate, protein and fat.
(d) The main constituent of the infants' diet after the age of 3 months (a "soya milk" prepared at the community's central kitchen) was extremely dilute with a very low calorific value.

To conclude: A vegan diet may lead to malnutrition and growth retardation in infants.

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Recipe of the day

Slow Cooked Rabbit

Ingredients:
Fresh Whole Rabbit
Food Mall: Rabbit
• 2 whole rabbits, cut into serving pieces
• sea salt
• pepper
• 8 oz tomato sauce
• 15 oz diced tomatoes
• 1 med onion, chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, chopped
• 1/2 t rosemary
• 1/2 t thyme
• crushed red pepper
• 1 lb carrots
• 1 cup dry white wine

Instructions:
Brown rabbit pieces in large skillet. Salt and pepper the rabbit to taste. Place the rabbit in a crock pot. Mix the rest of the ingredients together and pour over rabbit, stirring to coat. Cover and cook on low for 6- 8 hours.

Slow Cooked Rabbit

Tuesday, 4 May 2010

Multiple Nutritional Deficiencies in Infants From a Strict Vegetarian Community

Published in Am J Dis Child. 1979;133(2):141-144.

Multiple Nutritional Deficiencies in Infants From a Strict Vegetarian Community
Ehud Zmora, MD; Rafael Gorodischer, MD; Jacob Bar-Ziv, MD

This study can be accessed at: http://archpedi.highwire.org/cgi/content/abstract/133/2/141
 
Severe nutritional deficiencies developed in four infants from a vegan community. All of the infants had profound protein-caloric malnutrition, severe rickets, osteoporosis, and vitamin B12 and other deficiencies. One infant died.

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