Vegetarian itself is not a derogatory term, it can only be called an adjective at best. But there is always a fear of going too far. In the past few years, the extreme behavior of individual vegetarians has cast a shadow on the entire group.

According to the "Daily Mail" news on September 28, a 1-year-old little girl from Victoria, Australia, recently accepted a strict plant-based diet, causing her to be admitted directly to the Melbourne Children's Hospital Hospital intensive care unit.

According to doctors, when the young child was taken to the emergency room, doctors found bruises, discolored skin and rashes all over her body. That's not all. The child still has multiple open wounds and internal bleeding, and can only rely on support equipment to maintain life.

People who don’t know the situation may speculate whether the little girl has experienced violent abuse. Although the fact is not caused by violence, it can indeed be called abuse. The little girl's parents were extremely strict vegetarians, so they fed their child not traditional milk powder, but "homemade milk" composed of coconut milk and coconut powder, resulting in severe malnutrition in the little girl.

Doctors said the child was in very bad physical condition and suffered from severe protein malnutrition. The condition, known as Kwashiorkor disease, is more common among newborns in countries that have experienced famine.

It is really shocking that such a "famine disease" can be artificially caused in a developed country. It is enough to talk about vegetarianism in the adult world, but it is extremely ignorant to apply it to a 1-year-old child.

According to local news reports, a week before the girl was taken to hospital, her father had written an email to an American herbal health club seeking advice. It read: "Hello, my 1-year-old daughter no longer wants to drink water or eat. Once she eats, she feels uncomfortable and starts coughing."

The club suggested that he feed the child a "herbal tea" instead of sending her to the hospital. It was another week after the child's condition continued to deteriorate and the parents had no choice but to send her to the hospital. Only then did a doctor tell the parents in an email that the coconut mixture was good for the baby. Nutrition is far from adequate.

Despite the doctor's advice, the couple still did not listen and continued to seek help from some non-professional websites. In the final analysis, their insistence on vegetarianism has defeated their reason.

A week after the girl was sent to the hospital, she still weighed only 6.6 kilograms, 4 kilograms less than the average weight of a normal child. After fighting with death for a month, she eventually suffered brain damage and cerebral palsy due to her young age. .

Local Court Judge Claire Quinn condemned: "These parents are not 19 or 20 years old, but in their early 30s. They have been clearly told that vegetarianism is not feasible for babies, but they do it anyway "

The poor child was so innocent, but since there was no precedent for this type of case, the parents escaped jail time. Judge Quinn ordered them to undergo a 12-month community corrections order with mandatory mental health treatment.

Such punishment is far from enough to warn people. If some concepts, including vegetarianism, are not defined in scope, when they evolve into some extremes, harm will follow. Come.