Mom and her partner who 'believe in feeding on sunlight' arrested after baby dies of starvation
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SOCHI, RUSSIA: Influencer Maxim Lyutyi and his partner Oxana Mironova were arrested after their one-month-old baby died of ‘prolonged starvation'. The Russian couple, who advocate ‘feeding on sunlight’, is now under investigation and charged with causing death by negligence. The mother has been under house arrest by the judge, while the child’s father Lyutyi was taken into custody separately after resisting arrest.
The 43-year-old is described as a ‘radical raw foodist’ who like his wife ‘believe in feeding on sunlight,’ as per Zvezda News. “The preliminary version of the infant's death is severe exhaustion… that the blogger tried to instill his nutrition system in the baby,” reported the outlet. The baby died while their parents took him to hospital, suspecting of suffering pneumonia and emaciation after suffering from starvation, as per the Daily Mail.
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'The child had a home birth and was not seen by doctors'
As of now, the Russian Investigative Committee is examining the circumstances of the child's tragic death near the Black Sea resort city of Sochi, and a criminal case has been lodged. It is reported that the child had a home birth and was not seen by doctors, meanwhile, their apartment is being searched. Influencer Lyutyi is known online as an 'a propagandist of raw food' and a lifestyle trainer, claims Mash media.
'He is also an adherent of prana eating'
He has also written methods of 'cleansing the body'. The outlet also adds, “He is also an adherent of prana eating — feeding with the energy of the sun, without food or even water.” The accused parents founded a club, 'The Living Man' with an aim to help Russians “improve their health and sort out personal problems.” Many called him a “master of working with the body and consciousness” and provided his clients with “healing”.
