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Vegan trend - all bad ? or maybe there are positives ?
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<blockquote data-quote="JP1" data-source="post: 5981376" data-attributes="member: 54"><p>A vegan couple almost starved their baby son to death by feeding him formula made from potatoes because it matched their beliefs, police say. Robert Buskey, 31, and Julia French, 20, were arrested in Titsuville, Florida, Wednesday after their five month-old baby was found weighing just eight pounds eight ounces. The boy, who weighed seven pounds nine ounces at birth, had been switched from doctor recommended cows’ milk formula to a potato mix that was ‘consistent with their vegan lifestyle.’ Vegan Robert Buskey is accused of almost starving his five month-old baby son to death by ignoring doctors’ recommendations and feeding the infant a potato-based formula (Picture: Brevard County Jail) But that changeover had left him with sunken eyes, loose skin and protruding ribs, with the infant having so little energy he was unable to move. Lauren Watson, of Titsuville Police told WFTV9: ‘I’ve never seen a child to this level; this close to possible death. Mother 'said she loved boyfriend too much to tell cops he was battering baby to death' ‘At one point, when the child was doing good and healthy and gaining weight, he was on an organic formula and they changed it on their own French is said to have ignored doctor’s advice and fed her son a mashed-potato based formula after finding the recipe on the internet. Police say she and Buskey had the means to feed the baby properly, and were unable to provide an excuse as to why they had not done so. The child’s mother Julia French is said to have found the mashed potato formula recipe through an online search (Picture: Brevard County Jail) According to WFTV9, the child had gained half a pound by Thursday, just by being given fluids by hospital staff. He is now in care of the state. Busky and French have so far been charged with neglect causing great harm, and could face further charges. Both are being held in Brevard County Jail ahead of their next court appearance.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Read more: <a href="https://metro.co.uk/2019/02/15/vegan-couple-almost-starved-baby-death-feeding-formula-made-potatoes-8642376/?ito=cbshare" target="_blank">https://metro.co.uk/2019/02/15/vegan-couple-almost-starved-baby-death-feeding-formula-made-potatoes-8642376/?ito=cbshare</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JP1, post: 5981376, member: 54"] A vegan couple almost starved their baby son to death by feeding him formula made from potatoes because it matched their beliefs, police say. Robert Buskey, 31, and Julia French, 20, were arrested in Titsuville, Florida, Wednesday after their five month-old baby was found weighing just eight pounds eight ounces. The boy, who weighed seven pounds nine ounces at birth, had been switched from doctor recommended cows’ milk formula to a potato mix that was ‘consistent with their vegan lifestyle.’ Vegan Robert Buskey is accused of almost starving his five month-old baby son to death by ignoring doctors’ recommendations and feeding the infant a potato-based formula (Picture: Brevard County Jail) But that changeover had left him with sunken eyes, loose skin and protruding ribs, with the infant having so little energy he was unable to move. Lauren Watson, of Titsuville Police told WFTV9: ‘I’ve never seen a child to this level; this close to possible death. Mother 'said she loved boyfriend too much to tell cops he was battering baby to death' ‘At one point, when the child was doing good and healthy and gaining weight, he was on an organic formula and they changed it on their own French is said to have ignored doctor’s advice and fed her son a mashed-potato based formula after finding the recipe on the internet. Police say she and Buskey had the means to feed the baby properly, and were unable to provide an excuse as to why they had not done so. The child’s mother Julia French is said to have found the mashed potato formula recipe through an online search (Picture: Brevard County Jail) According to WFTV9, the child had gained half a pound by Thursday, just by being given fluids by hospital staff. He is now in care of the state. Busky and French have so far been charged with neglect causing great harm, and could face further charges. Both are being held in Brevard County Jail ahead of their next court appearance. Read more: [URL]https://metro.co.uk/2019/02/15/vegan-couple-almost-starved-baby-death-feeding-formula-made-potatoes-8642376/?ito=cbshare[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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