Vegan is charged for only feeding son berries and nuts
Vegan obsessive who 'aimed to live on water and sunlight' is charged after her 'starved infant son was left with developmental problems because she only fed him berries and nuts'
Elizabeth Hawk, 33, is charged in Pennsylvania with endangering the welfare of a child for allegedly denying her 11-month-old son enough food
Police and relatives say Hawk had extreme views on nutrition and only fed the boy berries and nuts
Her family says Hawk 'wanted to live on water and sunlight'
The boy was showing a number of developmental issues, but the mother reportedly said it was allergies
Doctors say the boy was malnourished when he arrived at the hospital, but has since been doing better
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A mother who 'wanted to live on water and sunlight' in Pennsylvania is accused of starving her infant son by only feeding him berries and nuts.
Elizabeth Hawk, 33, is charged in Fayette County with endangering the welfare of a child for allegedly denying her 11-month-old son enough food.
Police and relatives say Hawk had extreme views on nutrition and only fed the boy berries and nuts, KDKA reported.
'She was going to live on water and sunlight,' said Brandy Hawk, the boy's aunt, to KDKDA.
The infant, whose parents are separated, was showing a number of developmental issues — but Elizabeth reportedly said it was allergies.
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'He had a severe rash,' Brandy told KDKA.
'It was his motor skills — he couldn't use his hands at all.'
The boy was taken to the hospital, where his doctor said failure to treat his rash was 'inhumane' and risked putting the boy into septic shock, KDKA reported.
Doctors said he was malnourished when he arrived, Philly.com reported.
This is why I could never be friends with a vegan. They can be quite "obsessive" with their ways to get normal people into joining their cult. This article is case in point.
Probably because of lack of creatine. It's only found in meat and our bodies do not produce enough of it on their own. Vegans/vegetarians NEED to take creatine supplements. Lack of creatine causes cognitive issues, and in a developing child can lead to retardation.
This is why I could never be friends with a vegan. They can be quite "obsessive" with their ways to get normal people into joining their cult. This article is case in point.