Vegan diets for children can cause epilepsy, developmental disorders, expert warns
13/12/2018
In a shocking new revelation, a leading medical expert is warning parents that a vegan diet can lead to severe health problems including epilepsy and developmental disorders.
The report, out in The Sun Online sees chief physician Allan M. Lund at the Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen claiming that vegan food can have severe consequences and has joined in a fierce debate in Denmark about the suitability of a growing number of families who feed their children on a vegan diet.
According to Lund, the problem is that poor food, which needs vitamin B12 added, can have serious consequences for children and several who had been on a vegan diet have been treated at the medical centre.
Speaking to a local channel, Dr Lund said that such a diet may involve developing different brain symptoms - with muscle weakness, poor contact and epilepsy. He further added that in the long term it could possibly also cause mental retardation.
The doctor added that parents should not completely remove meat, eggs and dairy products from small children's diet - without consulting a dietician.
Birth control pills may block blood flow to brain
Turns out, birth control pills increase the risk of ischemic strokes which are usually caused by a blood clot that blocks or plugs a blood vessel in the brain. This keeps blood from flowing to the brain. According to stroke specialists at the Loyola University, oral contraceptives increase the risk of ischemic stroke, but this risk is very small among women who do not have other stroke risk factors.
The findings of the study appeared in the journal MedLink Neurology. Several mechanisms were proposed to explain why oral contraceptives increase stroke risk during the research, including raising blood pressure and making blood hypercoagulable.
“The ideal drug is one with the lowest estrogen and progestin doses that will be effective in preventing pregnancy while minimizing adverse effects,” said neurologist Sarkis Morales-Vidal.
In women with other stroke risk factors, the risk is higher and, in most cases, oral contraceptive use is discouraged. These risk factors include high blood pressure, cigarette smoking and migraine headaches, especially migraines with sensory disturbances called the aura.
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