Diet Discovery

I know they give muslims special diets and what not. But What about people that are lactose intolerant, and what about people with IBS etc. Also if some panzy claimed to be a vegan in prison would they get a diet?

Your question needs to be narrowed to a particular prison in order to be answered. You have jails in Saudi Arabia, West Texas, New York City, San Diego and their policies are all different. You have local jails, county jails, and federal jails.

Years ago, an adherent to a Macrobiotic diet was imprisoned who was following very strict guidelines. He required pure water, not municipal water with fluoride and chlorine contaminants. The food was totally unacceptable and he was imprisoned for an indefinite period of time. Therefore, he could not eat and could not drink for an indefinite period of time in a local jail. In effect, the warden considered his refusal to eat an act of rebellion. He tried to say that he was under physician’s orders, but that did not work. He was told that he had to eat what everyone else was eating.

The prison populations had bets about when he would break his fast. Finally, after five days, the prisoner was released from jail.

I believe this to be an important issue. Prison populations are vulnerable to the caprice of officials. As a whole plant based food advocate, I drink well water from a deep well. Over an extended period of time, fluorine and chlorine compounds and other pollutants have short-term effects and can cause serious illness over a lifetime that may not be correlated with the contaminated water supply. Most Americans have significant levels of pollutants in our bodies. I avoid any food that is from a bottle, can, package, or any animal based food product. Our children represent another vulnerable population, and they receive poorly balanced diet that almost certainly prepares them for a lifetime of poor nutrition habits and eventual struggles with diabetes, cancer, and vascular diseases.