Odokotela beRoyal Academy of Medicine yaseBelgium bakubheka “njengokungekho emthethweni” ukuba i-vegan ezinganeni, ngoba uhlelo olunjalo lokudla lonakalisa umzimba okhulayo.
I-athikili ngalesi sihloko inesimo sombono wezomthetho, okungukuthi, amajaji angaqondiswa yiso lapho ethatha isinqumo ngecala. Ubhale ngokucela kweBelgian Ombudsman for the Rights of the Child, uBernard Devos.
Kulolu daba, ochwepheshe babhala ukuthi i-veganism ingalimaza umzimba okhulayo nokuthi izingane zingalandela kuphela ukudla okune-vegan ezilawulwayo, ngokuya ngokuhlolwa kwegazi njalo, futhi kucatshangelwa neqiniso lokuthi ingane ithola amavithamini angeziwe, ochwepheshe bathi.
Ngaphandle kwalokho, abazali abakhulisa izingane zabo njengemifino babhekene neminyaka emibili ejele. Kukhona nenhlawulo. Futhi maqondana nesigwebo sasejele, izingane ezingamavegan zingasuswa ngabezenhlalakahle uma kutholakala ukuthi ukonakala kwempilo kuhlobene nokudla kwazo.
"Lokhu (i-veganism - Umhl.) Akunconyiwe ngokombono wezokwelapha, futhi kuze kwenqatshelwe, ukuveza ingane, ikakhulukazi ngezikhathi zokukhula okusheshayo, ekudleni okungahle kube namandla," kusho lo mbhalo.
Odokotela bakholelwa ukuthi phakathi nenkathi yokukhula, izingane zimane zidinga amafutha ezilwane nama-amino acid aqukethwe enyameni nasemikhiqizo yobisi. futhi ukudla kwe-vegan akukwazi ukukubuyisela. Izingane ezindala kuthiwa ziyakwazi ukubekezelela ukudla kwe-vegan, kodwa kuphela uma kuhambisana nezithako ezikhethekile kanye nokuqondisa kwezokwelapha okuvamile.
Njengamanje, i-3% yezingane zaseBelgium ziyi-vegan. Futhi banqume ukukhuluma ngale nkinga esidlangalaleni ngemuva kochungechunge lokufa kwabantu ezinkulisa zaseBelgium, ezikoleni nasezibhedlela.
Sizokhumbuza, phambilini sakhuluma ngehlazo lakamuva emkhosini we-vegan.