In The Netherlands, there is a mother who refuses to let her son (Tom Watkins) eat food hotter than 40 degrees centigrade.
In her opinion, food produces non-bodylike gasses and other products, when food is heated over 40 degrees. She also wont give the boy meat or fish, and refuses to let him drink anything else than smoothies.
According to multiple doctors, the boy's body woks like the body from a starving child in Africa, as he doesnt get enough Calcium, fat and proteins. They fear his heath is in dander,as he is too small, and he doesn't develop in a good way, and want him to be removed from his mother. His mother claims that the doctors have no idea what they are talking about, ad that she knows best.
In fear of the boy eating things he isn't allowed to eat, she doesn't let him go to school. He gets home education from his mother.
All in all, his mother claims that he is free to eat whatever he wanrs, be she DOES keep him away from school and forces him to eat her diet.
Whaddaya think about this?
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[Edited on 01.03.2013 7:33 AM PST]