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A Russian influencer known for his extreme dietary beliefs and unconventional parenting methods has been handed an eight-year prison sentence following the death of his one-month-old son...
Maxim Lyutyi, described as a 'radical raw food fanatic', faced the court's judgment for the demise of his infant son, Kosmos, who passed away while he was being taken to a doctor in Sochi, Krasnodar...
He succumbed to pneumonia and emaciation, which were consequences of the bizarre dietary rules that were imposed upon him...
Lyutyi's peculiar experiment, inspired by the legendary strength of comic book hero Superman, involved subjecting Kosmos to an extreme vegan 'prana' diet, which meant the son had to sustain on spiritual energy-infused foods and sunlight...
The influencer, boasting a sizable Instagram following, openly shared his unorthodox parenting methods on social media, pressurising the child's mother, Oksana Mironova, to adhere to his stringent dietary rules that even forbade her from breastfeeding...
