WHO tagging vegetarianism to mental illness
MOSCOW, March 26. The World Health Organization (WHO) has published an extensive list of disorders and mental illness to be treated the doctor-psychiatrist. Thus, according to radio "Voice of Russia" in the list of diseases is now listed as raw food diet and vegetarianism. They are included in the group of disorders of habit and impulse F63.8. At the same time representatives of the WHO did not comment on the decision.
Meanwhile it is reported that the decision to rank these diets to the disease was made after it became known that the Spanish city of Malaga rawfoodist family brought their children to coma strict diet. Save the Children was barely in time due to neighbors called an ambulance. The parents were sent for compulsory treatment in a psychiatric clinic and denied the right to see his children.
In turn, the American Dietetic Association does not share this radical views on vegetarianism. Experts believe that with a properly balanced diet, it can benefit health and give your body all the necessary elements.
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