Current Events > Danish doctor warns: Vegan food may lead to 'intellectual disability'

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Chief physician Allan M. Lund at Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen warns that vegan food can have severe consequences, such as epilepsy and ultimately developmental disorders.

In Denmark, there is now a debate about the suitability of an increasing number of families giving their children only vegan food. Critics are opposed to scrapping all animal products in small childrens diet.

The problem is that poor food, which for example requires the addition of vitamin B12, can have serious consequences for children. And as a result several children on a vegan diet have been treated at Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen.

Such a diet may involve developing different brain symptoms. With muscle weakness, poor contact and epilepsy. And in the long term mental ************, says chief physician Allan M. Lund to TV4.

According to Lund, one should not completely remove meat, eggs and dairy products from small childrens diet without first consulting with a dietician.

In addition to developmental disorders, it can also cause nutritional deficiencies.

Well well well.

I had to reword the title by the way because what the doctor actually said was deemed as unacceptable by this forum, which is a bit bonkers but there you go.

I also can't post a link to the article for the same reason.

If we stopped eating danish pastries, their GDP would drop by half.

We're onto your game, doktor.
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Would explain the couple of Vegan people I've had to be around for a number of years of my life.