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points by BeetleB 3 days ago | 0 comments

He claims this is actually due to religion. He needs the nutrition, and the only alternative is pork, which he can't eat due to his religion.

[–] echoangle 3 days ago

Which is a pretty weird claim because there’s no nutrient that only occurs in port and vegemite. Or what are all the Muslims around the world eating to not be deficient? Surely not vegemite, right? But he also dropped that argument later…

[–] n4r9 3 days ago

> McKechnie dropped the thiamine issue as “not important,” after lawyers for the prison authorities objected to his evidence.

[–] ChrisRR 3 days ago

Or you know, a multivitamin