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Vegan Parents Lose Custody Of Child After Vegan-Fed Toddler Found Severely Malnourished [Video]

Edit Inquisitr 12 Jul 2016
According to reports, the small child’s vegan parents allowed his malnutrition to become so severe that the 14-month-old’s calcium levels were only barely higher than necessary for his continued survival when he was admitted ... But since birth, the baby should have had support in this case with calcium and iron.”....

'African snails can be used as fodder'

Edit The Times of India 12 Jul 2016
Kochi. The menacing giant African snails, that have been invading farms and residential localities, are not poisonous and can be a good chow, said marine scientists ... The snails get attracted to things from where they get calcium in order to strengthen their shells," he said ... Dr V Sugunan, senior consultant of National Fisheries Development Board said, "People in foreign countries eat snails, the shell of which is rich in calcium....

Research proposals through to MBIE second round (The University of Waikato)

Edit Public Technologies 12 Jul 2016
(Source. The University of Waikato). Four University of Waikato research applications for MBIE Smart Ideas funding have made it through to the second round ... Acidification of the oceans will have damaging effects on the entire ecosystem, which is a big problem as many organisms produce shells made of calcium carbonate and are essential for the ecosystem to function. These organisms will be seriously stressed by ocean acidity ... (noodl....

Consumer Demand Hatches Poultry Nutrition Research (University of Guelph)

Edit Public Technologies 11 Jul 2016
Calcium is an important nutrient to prevent bone problems in chickens ... Laying eggs depletes their bodies of calcium. A chicken loses three grams of calcium - 10 per cent of total body calcium - with every egg it lays. Over the course of a Canadian laying cycle, a layer can lose up to 900 grams of calcium ... Kiarie is studying dietary changes to increase calcium uptake in their gut and calcium reserves in their bones....

Baby raised on vegan diet hospitalized for malnutrition, taken from parents

Edit The Miami Herald 11 Jul 2016
The baby, whose parents allegedly kept him on a vegan diet without providing dietary supplements, was found to be severely malnourished, suffering from dangerously low calcium levels. Complicating matters, the baby had to undergo an emergency operation because of a congenital heart condition, which was aggravated by his low calcium levels ... But since birth, the baby should have had support in this case with calcium and iron....

Malnourished baby kept on vegan diet removed from Italian parents

Edit The Oklahoman 11 Jul 2016
Blood tests revealed the child, who was born in May 2015, was severely malnourished with calcium levels barely adequate to survive ... ....

Toddler Fed Vegan Diet Hospitalized for Severe Malnutrition and Taken From Parents

Edit New York Magazine 11 Jul 2016
After an Italian toddler's grandparents took him to the hospital, doctors discovered he was severely malnourished and had dangerously low calcium levels. His parents reportedly fed him a vegan diet but, crucially, without providing supplements. The 14-month-old toddler weighed only slightly more than a three-month-0ld and had to have emergency ... More » ... ....

All-natural home remedies for dissolving painful kidney stones

Edit Natural News 11 Jul 2016
As many know, passing kidney stones can be an extremely painful process. One of the most common urinary disorders diagnosed in the United States, kidney stones are formed when excess mineral deposits (usually calcium) clump together inside the kidney to form small pebble... ....

Vegan child removed from parents' custody in Milan after being found malnourished

Edit The Independent 11 Jul 2016
Blood tests showed his calcium levels were only at “the minimum [he] needs to survive” ... Read more....

Food for thought? Rationing and the Second World War (The National Archives)

Edit Public Technologies 11 Jul 2016
(Source. The National Archives) ... MAF 102/5) ... MAF 102) ... Before 1939, working-class families consumed just half the calcium of better-off families, and much less than was required for good health. During the war, however, the wide availability of milk and the fortification of flour with calcium meant that the diets of almost all civilians, regardless of class, contained at least the recommended daily allowance of 1000 milligrams of calcium....

The beets go on: 4 recipes for a versatile vegetable

Edit Boston Herald 11 Jul 2016
44 calories; 3 g fat; no saturated fat; no cholesterol; 1 g protein; 4 g carbohydrate; 3 g sugar; 1 g fiber; 150 mg sodium; 9 mg calcium ... 195 calories; 8 g fat; 1 g saturated fat; no cholesterol; 5 g protein; 29 g carbohydrate; 21 g sugar; 9 g fiber; 358 mg sodium; 51 mg calcium ... 109 calories; 5 g fat; 1 g saturated fat; no cholesterol; 2 g protein; 15 g carbohydrate; 7 g sugar; 3 g fiber; 624 mg sodium; 48 mg calcium....

Women docs given booster shot of well-being

Edit The Times of India 11 Jul 2016
Ahmedabad ... "There is no law which stipulates how women should dress ... Society needs to drive this point home to men," said Yagnik. Dr Bharat Dave, a leading spine surgeon, told women doctors to imbibe and propagate the concept of building a 'bone bank' where exercises with weights are done to ensure maximum calcium absorption by bones ... RELATED....

Taking pregnancy multivitamins is 'waste of money' researchers find

Edit Belfast Telegraph 11 Jul 2016
The found good evidence for the use of folic acid to reduce the risk of neural tube defects such as spina bifida, and some evidence - although "less clear cut" - for the use of vitamin D, which is important for bone and tooth formation and the ability to absorb calcium....
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