Belgian baby dies weighing 4 kgs after his parents fed him ‘gluten-free’ diet

Van Meirvenne said that the parents fed their child substitutes including, "Oat milk, rice milk, buckwheat milk, semolina milk, quinoa milk. A Belgian couple from Beveren faced prison time after their seven-month-old baby died as a result of eating only an alternative gluten-free diet. The parents, who operated a natural food store, said they fed their baby Lucas a strict diet that included quinoa milk, despite doctors' warnings that it was an unsuitable substitute for breast milk. The public prosecutors are now seeking an 18-month sentence for each parent for the death of Lucas for giving their baby improper food. The prosecutor said that the parents were accused of intentionally denying food to the baby.

Malnourished baby dies after parents fed him insanely strict vegan diet

A 7-month-old baby in Belgium tragically died as a result of the strict diet his parents fed him, which exclusively consisted of gluten-free and lactose-free foods, as well as quinoa milk. In court, Lucas' parents claimed that they never took him to a doctor because they didn't notice that anything was seriously wrong with their child. According to the New York Post, the baby's parents, who have only been identified as Peter S., 34, and Sandrina V., 30, self-diagnosed him with food allergies without consulting a doctor first. Both parents are both facing up to 18 months in prison for contributing to the death of their son. "The parents determined their own diagnosis that their child was gluten intolerant and had a lactose allergy," public prosecutors said in court.


Baby Lucas's parents owned a health food store that sold oat milk, rice milk, buckwheat milk, semolina milk, and quinoa milk. They fed their son oat milk, rice milk, buckwheat milk, semolina milk, and quinoa milk because they thought he had an eating disorder, the couple's lawyer said in court, The Independent reported. A seven-month-old Belgian baby died weighing only 9 pounds, after his hipster parents fed him a gluten and lactose-free diet. (tashka2000/Getty Images/iStockphoto)Belgian prosecutors blamed the boy's parents for diagnosing the boy on their own without seeking professional medical advice. Baby Lucas's parents, identified only as Sandrina V. and Peter S., are on trial for the death of their child, local media reported.


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