Raw Foods Are on Trial in Miami

[Guest guest]

[This was forwarded to me and I have no further information.

Annette]

 

 

Greetings!

 

To all those who seek a diet of your own choosing, listen up! The

bashing of pure food choices has begun in Miami and could set a

precedent for the future. We need your prayers, meditations and

monetary contributions to the defense of the parents and their

children!

 

The death of 5 month-old Woyah has not been determined or released

by autopsy except abuse was ruled out! Nevertheless, due to

unfounded complaints of neighbors who do not understand raw foods,

the finger of blame has been mistakenly pointed at their diet. The

four remaining children are being held by the Department of Children

and Family Services and are about to be ordered by the court to eat

a cooked food vegan diet in the name of nutrition and against the

will of the parents and the children. I know these kids and they

would rather starve then eat cooked foods. They will literally have

to force it on them. We suspect they already have, based on the

children having digestive disorders, diaper rash and allergic

symptoms after one week in the care of D.C.F. These are symptoms the

children have never before experienced!

 

Charges may be brought against the parents concerning the death and

dietary choices will come into question. Raw foods need the best

representation and these parents need to be properly defended for

their efforts to keep cooked food and all the poisons and toxins out

of their children's lives. Proper representation has been lined up

and this is a call to fund their defense.

 

Please find it in your heart and best interests to give any amount

you can and forward this letter to everyone who can help out. Any

lawyers who wish to give aid to the defense team will be

appreciated. Any who are certified in raw food nutrition and wish to

help or testify will be greatly appreciated.

 

On behalf of the parents, the children, myself and our God-given

right to choose our own diets and our constitutional rights to raise

our children in a lifestyle of our own choosing, I thank you for

your support and prayers.

 

Tim Tye, The Raw Food Guy

 

 

Make checks payable to: Law Offices of Dexter F. George

 

Mail to: 1818 Sheridan Street, Suite 207, Hollywood, Florida 33020

 

For: Andressohn Fund

[Guest guest]

The death of 5 month-old Woyah has not been determined or released

by autopsy except abuse was ruled out! Nevertheless, due to

unfounded complaints of neighbors who do not understand raw foods,

the finger of blame has been mistakenly pointed at their diet.

 

 

I can't think of anything more ridiculous and outrageous. Parents can feed their kids all kinds of crap out of boxes and packages, yet these parents are being punished because they're actually doing the right by their kids?

 

Amazing.

 

Tanya G

[Guest guest]

When I receive emails asking for money, I like to verify the

information. The law firm does exist and the address is correct (they

recently moved.) Phone #(954)985-8888

 

Here is some information on the case:

 

Jeff

 

 

Posted on Sat, May. 17, 2003

 

Dead tot's case a `critical lapse'

Four siblings dangerously malnourished, team of state doctors determines

By Carol Marbin Miller and Charles Rabin

 

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/2003/05/17/news/local/5881602.htm

 

 

 

Sun, May. 18, 2003

 

In South Florida

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY

 

Dead tot's parents see remaining children

 

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/2003/05/18/news/local/5887144.htm

[Guest guest]

Thanks,

Jeff, for that link. I don’t like

to comment on cases like these until I read the details.

 

It appears

that the baby was not being breast-fed, which is the natural, raw vegan diet

for an infant. Wheat grass juice

may be considered ok for older children and for adults, but it would not be appropriate

for a newborn infant, nor would coconut water. At 5 months, that baby should still be exclusively

breast-fed. If it still weighed

one pound less than at birth, then that’s an indicator of a problem. Certainly the baby should have been

followed by a medical provider of some kind, hopefully one sympathetic toward

alternative dietary practices.

 

The older

children would also need to be breast-fed until about age 3 or 4, because the

raw diet does not contain any alternative sources of high-protein, high-growth

foods, such as soy milk would. Although

almond milk and other nut/seed milks would provide a certain amount of

nutrition, it would not be an adequate substitute for all the nutritional needs

of the children. Indeed, the

majority of our world (where the breasts have not been perverted into sexual

objects) does breast-feed their children until much older ages than in the U.S.,

which helps with child spacing, which obviously was not happening in this

family. It is common in other cultures

for children of multiple ages to be nursing from their mother, and our bodies

(in their miraculous wisdom) knows how to adjust the content of the breast milk

accordingly.

 

It is

difficult for young children to eat enough calories from raw vegetables

alone. There is no indication that

the children were being given fruit, which children would naturally want to eat

enough of to provide the additional calories for growth and development. The simple addition of bananas and

avocadoes should have provided the extra fat and calories that children

need.

 

In regards

to rickets: given the color of

their skin, the children should be exposed to sunlight as much as possible,

since the dark color makes it difficult for them to absorb sunlight. If they are kept indoors and wear lots

of clothing, they can develop rickets.

Of course, the news article doesn’t address that, so that information is

unknown.

 

It appears

that the family may not have had good guidance on the raw diet for their

children. (Or they were “doing

their own thing”.) Since the raw

diet is not the cultural norm (but McDonalds is, of course) we don’t have a lot

of long-term role models for this type of diet, and most of us have not grown

up with consistent teaching on what are the acceptable foods for a child. (Of course, given what I’m seeing in my

practice, a lot of cooked food omnivores aren’t growing up with that either…I’d

like to see these same standards applied to people who give their kids Coke in

a bottle.)

 

Sue

 

 

Jeff Rogers

[jeff]

Sunday, May 25, 2003 12:45

AM

RawSeattle

Re: [RawSeattle] Raw

Foods Are on Trial in Miami

 

When I receive emails asking for money, I

like to verify the information. The law firm does exist and the address is

correct (they recently moved.) Phone #(954)985-8888

 

Here is some information on the case:

 

Jeff

 

 

Posted on Sat, May. 17, 2003

 

Dead tot's case a `critical lapse'

Four siblings dangerously malnourished, team of state doctors determines

By Carol Marbin Miller and Charles Rabin

 

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/2003/05/17/news/local/5881602.htm

 

 

 

Sun, May. 18, 2003

 

In South Florida

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY

 

Dead tot's parents see remaining children

 

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/2003/05/18/news/local/5887144.htm