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Mom blames Hot Cheetos, other spicy snacks for teen's health issues
CBS News ^ | July 23, 2018, 11:29 PM | Danielle Garrand

Posted on 07/24/2018 7:23:29 AM PDT by BenLurkin

Rene Craighead, 17, of Memphis, Tennessee, estimated she was eating about four bags of the popular hot chip flavors when she began feeling sick to her stomach, reports CBS affiliate WREG-TV. She was taken to the hospital and underwent surgery to remove her gallbladder. Her mother, also named Rene, thinks the spicy snacks had something to do with her health problems.

"She loves them. Every time I go out she says, 'Bring me back some Hot Takis, bring me back some Hot Chips.' I want to make her her happy, so I brought them back. She was eating big bags and would take them to school with her," the mom told WREG-TV.

However, medical experts say gallbladder problems are not caused by eating specific foods. The National Institutes of Health explains, "Being overweight or having obesity may make you more likely to develop gallstones, especially if you are a woman. Researchers have found that people who have obesity may have higher levels of cholesterol in their bile, which can cause gallstones. ... Some studies have shown that people who carry large amounts of fat around their waist may be more likely to develop gallstones."

Dr. Cary Canvender, a gastroenterologist at Le Bonheur Children's Hospital, told WREG-TV..."We do see tons of gastritis and ulcer-related stuff due to it. We probably see around 100 kids a month, easily."

(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...


TOPICS: Food; Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: gallbladder; hotcheetos
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To: jiggyboy

41 posted on 07/24/2018 7:47:50 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: BenLurkin

Child abuse.


42 posted on 07/24/2018 7:48:02 AM PDT by LouisianaJoanof Arc (#Locked and Loaded in Louisiana)
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To: BenLurkin

The devil’s in the details omitted from the article, hinted in part by “eating about four [large] bags” of the offending product (I’m not going to call Cheetos “food”).

Many bagged snacks are now using the combination of MSG and the following “E” numbered corollary flavor enhancer chemicals: Disodium inosinate & disodium guanylate. Cheetos is no exception. Fritos Chili & Cheese chips is another.

When combined, those latter chemicals magnify MSG’s effects by up to 30x. It’s a toxic cocktail for the gut, delivers excitotoxins to the brain and are toxic to other organs. Some people are more sensitive for reasons I’m not going into. Another omitted detail is that I guaran-damn-tee that this girl was overweight. Her gallbladder is just one casualty resulting from her ignorant, enabling mother; more problems will follow, as the gallbladder is more important than doctors believe and it didn’t need to be removed. The girl’s pain was a red flag; removing the gallbladder further enables this girl’s problem.

Read the labels. If you like spicy snacks on occasion, there ARE naturally-flavored snacks cooked in natural fats which don’t poison your body.


43 posted on 07/24/2018 7:48:21 AM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus-)
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To: dfwgator

ABSOLUTELY PERFECT


44 posted on 07/24/2018 7:50:44 AM PDT by jiggyboy (Ten percent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
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To: JBW1949

I watched it too but was too distracted by moms huge hoop earrings! Bigger than her head..


45 posted on 07/24/2018 7:51:19 AM PDT by rainee (Her)
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To: jjotto
“We probably see around 100 kids a month, easily.”
Wow. We're killing ourselves with worthless, nutritionally empty processed foods. There was an article several years ago re: the popularity of Flamin' Hot Cheetos among teens. There was serious talk of the ingredients containing something addictive.
46 posted on 07/24/2018 7:52:14 AM PDT by Blurb2350
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To: BenLurkin

I think I had a few cheetos once many years ago. Disgusting.


47 posted on 07/24/2018 7:53:11 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: JBW1949
😂
48 posted on 07/24/2018 7:54:20 AM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear
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To: Red Badger
Calorie breakdown: 57% fat, 38% carbs, 5% protein.

In other words Cheetos are basically vegetable oil that has taken on a crunchy solid form by adding of a bit of corn meal along with salt, spices, and food coloring. But wait, they are not only nutritious, they allow people to leave beautiful oily orange finger prints on everything that they touch. Until now...


49 posted on 07/24/2018 7:55:18 AM PDT by fireman15
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To: jiggyboy

Used to live next to a family of extremely obese people. Father, mother and 3 kids, all morbidly obese.

Would watch the kids going to the school bus in the morning eating ice cream bars for breakfast.................


50 posted on 07/24/2018 7:55:44 AM PDT by Red Badger (July 2018 - the month the world discovered the TRUTH......Q Anon)
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To: trisham
I think I had a few cheetos once many years ago. Disgusting.
Agreed. I can't halp but imagine my intestines glowing fluorescent orange. It's all GMO grain and chemicals.
51 posted on 07/24/2018 7:56:25 AM PDT by Blurb2350
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To: fireman15

Fat on a Stick!..................Cheese flavored!...............


52 posted on 07/24/2018 7:56:48 AM PDT by Red Badger (July 2018 - the month the world discovered the TRUTH......Q Anon)
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To: jiggyboy

Those would be the cheapest, smallest. The large ones the mother bought are about 10 oz. each. That’s nine ‘servings’ of 160 calories. Three dollars or more at a c-store.


53 posted on 07/24/2018 7:58:45 AM PDT by jjotto (Next week, BOOM!, for sure!)
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To: jiggyboy
Ok, which "part" of that well-balanced diet are they?

A 16-ounce bag of spicy Cheetos in one hand, and a pint of cold beer in the other. Well balanced ;-)

54 posted on 07/24/2018 7:58:57 AM PDT by IYAS9YAS (There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
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To: BenLurkin
I want to make her her happy, so I brought them back.

You want someone to blame, lady - look in a mirror.

55 posted on 07/24/2018 8:00:04 AM PDT by grobdriver (BUILD KATE'S WALL!)
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To: EdnaMode
And let’s blame the Cheetos instead of the person buying them.

Under the completely warped legal theory of "deep pockets" that is probably what will happen.


56 posted on 07/24/2018 8:04:06 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: BenLurkin
I want to make her her happy, so I brought them back.

LOL. You know what would make her more happy? Put a little booze in her drink too. Then give her your ATM card and let her take out as much money as she wants to buy whatever she wants.

57 posted on 07/24/2018 8:05:36 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: HollyB

The girl might also be feeding a half-dozen tapeworms, too.

I understand that tapeworm eggs are incorporated into the spice used in making these “hot” snacks, just as a control measure, doncha know.

Might be a contributing factor in the digestive upset problem, as well.


58 posted on 07/24/2018 8:07:38 AM PDT by alloysteel ("No" is a complete sentence. On so many levels.)
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To: BenLurkin

The mother is an enabler of her child’s eating addiction, and likely as it continued over the years is also responsible for the actual health problems leading to removal of the girls gall bladder.

Since the Left is in charge of the schools and wants to put so much “social” education in the curriculum, they could teach young people that later on as parents their children’s health will be greatly affected by their controlling what and how their children eat. Bad eating habits start early and become entrenched, and cause health problems if they are not stopped before early adulthood.


59 posted on 07/24/2018 8:11:41 AM PDT by Wuli
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To: jiggyboy

I also know two young ladies who had their gallbladders removed in their early 20s. Both were otherwise healthy, very active, and had excellent eating habits, and did not excessively use alcohol.


60 posted on 07/24/2018 8:12:00 AM PDT by NEMDF
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