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| Supposedly a baby dies of rickets. You would think that you would get enough vitamin D, and calcium or phosphorous. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rickets
Baby dies of rickets from vegetarian mother
Couple told they could face jail after admitting manslaughter of their son Ndingeko, who died from rickets after his parents insisted on strict eating regime as part of their religion
A five-month-old baby has died from rickets after his parents insisted on following a strict eating regime as part of their religion.
Nkosiyapha Kunene, 36, and his wife Virginia, 32, were told at the Old Bailey on Monday that they could face jail after admitting the manslaughter of their son Ndingeko.
Acute rickets, from which Ndingeko died on June 14, 2012, sees the bones soften because of a deficiency of vitamin D, phosphorus or calcium. The case comes after health professionals raised concerns that the Victorian disease is returning to Britain as a result of poor diets and children not being exposed to sufficient sunshine.
It is believed Ndingeko’s parents belong to the Seventh-day Adventist Church, whose members follow a lacto-ovo vegetarian diet – one that allows milk and eggs, but not animal flesh.
Richard Whittam QC, prosecuting, described five-month-old Ndingeko’s death from rickets as “tragic”.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/10600639/Baby-...
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Interesting thing on vegetarian diet
