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MaddenDude-- posted...

organic food doesn't fall into human rights. school children deserve organic food, they don't get it. why should we prioritize terrorists?

I don't do outpatient internal medicine anymore but I can't think of any medical condition where you have to be on an organic-only diet. I can't think of any condition where you have to eat organic grass fed chicken and not standard non-organic chicken. You can tag all the healthcare professionals on this board and ask them as well.

No clue. The only things I can think up are if he has Celiacs and a lot of the "processed" foods he likely demonizes have gluten filler? Or if he has a corn or soy allergy, causing a reaction to a lot of common food additives?
I've had patients at my hospital that have had corn/soy/egg/dairy/etc. allergies all at once and it looked like a mess trying to see what they could order from room service. One time there was a patient with all those allergies and the parents insisted on trying to get the kid into ketosis (I'm pretty sure it was a congenital heart center patient -- if it was a pediatric neurology patient they would've been assigned a keto dietitian); obviously I contacted the RD to talk to that family.
But even though they're listed in the 6 most common food allergens -- soy and corn allergies don't come up that often, especially in tandem. That being said, the inclusion of food additives doesn't necessarily mean the food is GMO, non-organic, etc.
The family probably just wants their SnOWFlAkE to eat what they perceive as healthfully in prison. Coming from having had involvement with different CSAs/farmer's markets/etc. a lot of people into food activism fall in line with libertarian politics surprisingly.

Edit: This just screams food classism to me without knowing the finer details.