In Sochi, the case of the death of a newborn child from exhaustion is being investigated

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In Sochi, the parents of a baby who died in early March were detained – according to the preliminary data of the Investigative Committee, after a “prolonged refusal to eat.” Child's father – blogger Maxim Lyuty, who promotes a raw food diet.

On March 14, the Investigative Committee for the Krasnodar Territory announced the initiation of a criminal case under the article on causing death by negligence. The investigation claims that “due to the infant's prolonged refusal to eat and the deterioration of his health” On March 8, his parents decided to take him to the hospital, but he died before he could get there.

Two days later, the department reported on the detention of the 33-year-old mother of the baby, she was charged. The UK reported that on February 11, 2023, the woman gave birth to a child at home, “she did not go to the hospital for qualified help.” She also did not register her son with medical institutions and “did not provide an opportunity for doctors to conduct examinations of the baby necessary for the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of diseases.”

Telegram channel Mash wrote that the father of the child – 43-year-old personal growth coach and blogger from St. Petersburg, Maxim Lyuty, who promotes nutrition based on the use of raw foods. help people improve their health and deal with personal problems. Liuty's acquaintances told the publication that the blogger “ignored the basic needs of the child and tried to transfer him to pranaeedia”; – a diet in which people go without food and water for a long time.

In a pinned post by Maxim Lyuty on Instagram, where the blogger has 64,000 subscribers, it is said that he “had all the bad habits that can be be, as well as several chronic diseases already at the age of 29 – depression, apathy, constant fatigue. According to the blogger, he “seriously took up his health and completely restored himself, all the excess weight was gone and energy appeared.” He claims to have “learned everything about cleansing the body” and nutrition, conducted dozens of experiments and as a result developed his own system of recovery.

“Today, more than 1,000 people have gone through my hands and consultations individually. Several hundred have completed my group health program live”,– reported by the father of the deceased child.

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