| To be strictly vegan is an imbalanced diet that is healthy only when supplemented with the rest of the protein and vitamins the body needs to survive. A limited, well balanced diet is a healthier, more natural way to life a healthier lifestyle. This whole vegan debate serves to remind us of the extremes with which people today too often want to live their lives. This couple defined themselves as 'vegan' ... for this baby, that vegan diet was fatal. Have whatever opinion you want about it, but be wise to the consequences of your choices. Don't tell me on the one hand that veganism is far and away the best and healthiest way to live, and when I show you a dead baby, say 'well, you need supplements' ... what's next? ... The supplements in pill form cause cancer? ... The manufacture of these supplements is environmentally harmful? ... I don't know, and if you can put a healthy diet together for you and your family with a clear conscience and if you want to label it 'veganism (with supplements)' ... fine, but if you kill your baby, you were wrong about it ... and you should pay. I respect your whacky right to be a vegan and have to take artificially produced supplements even though I think it's a retarded idea. You have the right to think that a balanced diet of protein, 'good' fat, carbohydrates, and fiber is a whacky idea too ... but you also have to accept it. If either results in the death or your kid, it is equally tragic, and you should be held equally to blame. |