Posted on 09/03/2019 6:33:47 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
A teen in the UK who has eaten nothing but french fries, potato chips and white bread since elementary school is now blind because of vitamin deficiencies and malnutrition damage.
The boy was taken to his doctor at 14 because he felt tired. He was diagnosed with macrocytic anemia and a vitamin B12 deficiency and prescribed supplements, according to a study published Tuesday in the Annals of Internal Medicine. He neither stuck with the vitamins nor changed his diet, however, and his condition worsened.Three years later, he was taken to the Bristol Eye Hospital with reported vision loss.According to the BBC, Dr. Denize Atan, who treated him at the hospital, said: "His diet was essentially a portion of chips from the local fish and chip shop every day. He also used to snack on crisps — Pringles — and sometimes slices of white bread and occasional slices of ham, and not really any fruit and vegetables.
"He explained this as an aversion to certain textures of food that he really could not tolerate, and so chips and crisps were really the only types of food that he wanted and felt that he could eat."For those not familiar with the British vernacular, chips are french fries and crisps are potato chips.
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Too stupid to live ping
How about his masturbation habits?
I remember reading about some guy about 15 years ago that became so “vegan” that he even made his cat a vegan. The cat went blind.
And 70% of this time it was cloudy!
He should have cut back when he started needing glasses.
I blame his parents for giving in to him.
let the chips fall where they may
No parents around to ensure he ate his veggies, eh?
Nasty rumor going on that if you jump off a high building your health will suffer.
What does this even mean?
A fancy way of saying “icky”.
Has he no parents?
They let him control the situation.
Now they should be prosecuted for abuse............
How are his teeth? Scurvy dog !?!
Her shoulda ate Wonder Bread. Build strong bodies in 12 ways.
My BIL did that to his dog only he was just vegetarian. The dog had non stop diarrhea and gas until he gave him decent dog food.
Vegetarians and vegans IMO are a form of anorexia.
Train a child up, from an infant by feeding it healthy food. Not that canned junk you buy off-the-shelf or stuff in little tiny jars, you got to actually cook vegetables and mashed them yourself and sources of protein. I say sources of protein other than meat because there are many sources of protein. And that’s where you’ll find the B12.
And if the mother is nursing the mother needs to eat healthy during the nursing cycle. I haven’t kept up with pediatric methods, since I no longer have children living in the home but I will say that I’m pretty sure wet-nursing is the preferred feeding regimen for infants these days. But it’s been awhile since I really read anything concerning that.
He shoulda ate Wonda Bread. Build strong bodies in 12 ways.
Other than the lack of curry, tea with cream and sugar, biscuits, and beer it does sound like the standard modern British diet.
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