{"id":1104,"date":"2016-08-11T13:08:29","date_gmt":"2016-08-11T20:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madscientists.exposed\/lab\/?p=1104"},"modified":"2016-08-11T13:13:08","modified_gmt":"2016-08-11T20:13:08","slug":"italian-parliament-weighs-legislatively-imposing-obsolete-scienceattempt-in-italy-at-legislating-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madscientists.exposed\/lab\/italian-parliament-weighs-legislatively-imposing-obsolete-scienceattempt-in-italy-at-legislating-science\/","title":{"rendered":"Italian Parliament Weighs Legislatively Imposing Obsolete Science"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Italian parliament is considering outlawing vegan and vegetarian diets for children, based on obsolete science.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/news\/1584689\/parents-who-force-vegan-diets-on-their-kids-may-face-four-years-in-jail-in-italy-because-it-could-leave-them-brain-damaged\/\" target=\"_blank\">Parents who &#8216;force&#8217; vegan diets on their kids may face four years in jail in Italy<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/news\/1584689\/parents-who-force-vegan-diets-on-their-kids-may-face-four-years-in-jail-in-italy-because-it-could-leave-them-brain-damaged\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1105\" src=\"http:\/\/madscientists.exposed\/lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Italian-Vegan-Prison.jpg\" alt=\"Italian-Vegan-Prison\" width=\"251\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madscientists.exposed\/lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Italian-Vegan-Prison.jpg 520w, https:\/\/madscientists.exposed\/lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Italian-Vegan-Prison-186x300.jpg 186w, https:\/\/madscientists.exposed\/lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Italian-Vegan-Prison-93x150.jpg 93w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 251px) 100vw, 251px\" \/><\/a>A quick jump into a favorite search engine turns up the truth.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Vitamin D&#8221; is easily obtained from 2 non-meat sources &#8211; sunlight, and mushrooms that have been exposed to sunlight.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Omega-3&#8221; is easily obtained from several non-meat sources &#8211; soy, walnuts, canola oil, flaxseeds &amp; flaxseed oil, hempseed oil, chia seeds &amp; oil.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Zinc&#8221; is easily obtained from beans, nuts, and whole grains.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Iron&#8221; is easily obtained from Legumes: lentils, soybeans, tofu, tempeh, lima beans. Grains: quinoa, fortified cereals, brown rice, oatmeal. Nuts and seeds: pumpkin, squash, pine, pistacio, sunflower, cashews, unhulled sesame<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Vitamin B-12&#8221; &#8211; While supplements can be helpful, it&#8217;s always better if you can get the nutrients you seek from &#8220;context&#8221; food sources, and indeed research is showing promising results from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.veganhealth.org\/b12\/plant#seaweeds\" target=\"_blank\">certain sea vegetables<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.veganhealth.org\/b12\/plant#mush\" target=\"_blank\">certain mushrooms<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.veganhealth.org\/b12\/plant#lettuce\" target=\"_blank\">specially treated hydroponic lettuce<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.veganhealth.org\/b12\/plant#orgpro\" target=\"_blank\">organic (but unwashed) produce<\/a>, something most people would find unpalatable, but hey.<\/p>\n<p>Obviously good nutrition can be achieved by vegetarians, (even vegans &#8211; no eggs or dairy), judging by the clear vibrant skin seen on vegetarians who educate themselves (and others) on where to get their nutrients.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1106\" style=\"width: 290px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/FullyRawKristina\/videos\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1106\" class=\" wp-image-1106\" src=\"http:\/\/madscientists.exposed\/lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/FullyRawKristina.jpg\" alt=\"Fully Raw Kristina\" width=\"280\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madscientists.exposed\/lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/FullyRawKristina.jpg 679w, https:\/\/madscientists.exposed\/lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/FullyRawKristina-284x300.jpg 284w, https:\/\/madscientists.exposed\/lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/FullyRawKristina-142x150.jpg 142w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1106\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">YouTube Vegan Star, Kristina, in her late 20&#8217;s<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1107\" style=\"width: 282px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/okraw\/videos\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1107\" class=\"wp-image-1107 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/madscientists.exposed\/lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/JohnKohler-272x300.jpg\" alt=\"John Kohler, Vegan in his 40's\" width=\"272\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madscientists.exposed\/lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/JohnKohler-272x300.jpg 272w, https:\/\/madscientists.exposed\/lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/JohnKohler-136x150.jpg 136w, https:\/\/madscientists.exposed\/lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/JohnKohler.jpg 504w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 272px) 100vw, 272px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1107\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">YouTube Vegan Star, John Kohler, in his 40&#8217;s<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If the Italian parliament takes up their member&#8217;s proposal, when she can&#8217;t even use Google as your humble correspondent just did to check the state of current research, <em>they<\/em> are &#8220;nuts&#8221;.\u00a0 What is her motive in proposing legislating science?\u00a0\u00a0 As we see in the vaccine industry, when a lobbyist-funded government official feels they must legislate &#8220;science&#8221;, it&#8217;s not science anymore.\u00a0 It&#8217;s politics.<\/p>\n<p>It would be interesting to find out what, if any, financial connections parliamentarian <a href=\"http:\/\/youmanity.today\/en\/members\/elvira-savino-mp.html\" target=\"_blank\">Elvira Savino<\/a> might have.\u00a0 Seafood?\u00a0 Sheep ranches?\u00a0 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Puglia\" target=\"_blank\">industries of her region of Italy<\/a>)<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1108\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/madscientists.exposed\/lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Puglia-Italy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1108\" class=\"wp-image-1108 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/madscientists.exposed\/lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Puglia-Italy-300x159.jpg\" alt=\"Puglia, Italy\" width=\"300\" height=\"159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madscientists.exposed\/lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Puglia-Italy-300x159.jpg 300w, https:\/\/madscientists.exposed\/lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Puglia-Italy-250x133.jpg 250w, https:\/\/madscientists.exposed\/lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Puglia-Italy-150x80.jpg 150w, https:\/\/madscientists.exposed\/lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Puglia-Italy.jpg 603w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1108\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Puglia, Italy<\/p><\/div>\n<p>But that is a fight for Italian vegetarians.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-89\" src=\"http:\/\/madscientists.exposed\/lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/spacer-50x50.gif\" alt=\"empty space\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/><\/p>\n<p>~ <em>Investigator<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-89\" src=\"http:\/\/madscientists.exposed\/lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/spacer-50x50.gif\" alt=\"empty space\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Italian parliament is considering outlawing vegan and vegetarian diets for children, based on obsolete science. Parents who &#8216;force&#8217; vegan\u2026<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/madscientists.exposed\/lab\/italian-parliament-weighs-legislatively-imposing-obsolete-scienceattempt-in-italy-at-legislating-science\/\"><span>&#8230;read more&#8230;<\/span><i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":932,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,7,24,80],"tags":[105,104],"class_list":["post-1104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-battles","category-news","category-nutrition","category-politics","tag-veganism","tag-vegetarianism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madscientists.exposed\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madscientists.exposed\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madscientists.exposed\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madscientists.exposed\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madscientists.exposed\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1104"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/madscientists.exposed\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1104\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1111,"href":"https:\/\/madscientists.exposed\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1104\/revisions\/1111"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madscientists.exposed\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madscientists.exposed\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madscientists.exposed\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madscientists.exposed\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}