Talking about
vegan diet, the risk of ending up in one
ideological battle it's around the corner. Indeed, it is almost a certainty. Especially if the theme is not limited to the veg philosophy, but focuses on the issue
of the children of vegan parents, which "impose" on their children a diet without meat and animal by-products. This was discussed today, 24 February, at
Festival of Food Journalism. Or rather, there was talk of how to do one
correct information in the face of these issues that ignite consciences. The discussion, moderated by the journalist of
Corriere della Sera Camilla Baresani, started from the five cases of admission to the emergency room of children of vegan children in recent months. A phenomenon that led to
criminalization of the veg world by public opinion. And, at the same time, the equally heated reaction of the vegan magazines, which have branded this news as
"Hoaxes". "Scientific information," he said
Fabio Capello, doctor and journalist, "he often has to deal with viral disinformation that finds fertile ground on the internet and on social networks on these issues. But the problem is: is science democratic? No, because it is not for everyone, but also yes "Because it is objective and does not follow the majority. But we who have competences must learn to communicate them, to transmit them. The challenge is there". "But should the media do health education?", Asked Baresani. "The media must not disinform," he explained
Sonia Giuliodori, editor of the magazine
Funny Vegan. "The veg theme is too often treated with lightness, superficiality. If we take the examples of hospitalized vegan children, who tells us that the reason for hospitalization is really their diet?". Giuliodori spoke of her experience as a mother of two children. "They follow the vegan diet, but only at home. Outside it is impossible: among the friends who offer them snacks, the grandmothers and mothers of the companions who invite them to lunch,
it would be utopian to think that one manages to stay at 100%. Unless you remain isolated from society. But the point is to educate the children, at least by offering them the diet that is deemed most appropriate at home ".
