HEALTH COACH - A seven-month-old baby in Belgium died of malnutrition after his parents put him on another gluten, despite a medical consultation

HEALTH COACH -

 A seven-month-old baby in Belgium died of malnutrition after his parents put him on another gluten, despite a medical consultation  
 
 - free diet despite a diagnosis or a real medical recommendation. The child weighed only 9 pounds, about half the size of an average child his age and was extremely dehydrated. The story highlights how dangerous alternative diets can be for very young children. 
 
 The baby, identified only as "Lucas" by The Daily Mail, was bred on a gluten-free diet consisting of quinoa milk, rice milk, oatmeal and oatmeal, Other dairy products. Noticing their child's health decline - the boy was described as extremely thin and "breathless for the air" - his parents, named only Peter S and Sandrina V, led him to visit a doctor homeopathic. Homeopathy immediately sent the family to a hospital. 
 
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 Unfortunately, the boy was reported dead on his arrival at the hospital, with a Extreme malnutrition cited as the probable cause. An autopsy revealed that the child 's stomach was almost completely empty and that it was very dehydrated. The child died in June 2014, but his parent's lawsuit continues.