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Boy who has eaten nothing but sausages his whole life has been cured
New York Post ^ | October 7, 2020 | Hannah Sparks

Posted on 10/07/2020 3:01:48 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Ever since he can remember, 15-year-old Ben Simpson has eaten only sausage.

His limited dietary preferences began when his mom Wendy Hughes began weening him off breastmilk. Soon, his pickiness gave way to several years of consuming only breakfast-style sausages and water, three times a day, every day.

Hughes, 55, told SWNS that she was at her wit’s end by the time she called David Kilmurry, a cognitive behavioral hypnotherapist who believed he could shake the teenager’s bizarre eating habits — a clinical condition called Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID).

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


TOPICS: Food; Health/Medicine; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: food; health; sausage
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To: T.B. Yoits

Yum. Bacon.


41 posted on 10/07/2020 4:08:40 PM PDT by wgmalabama
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To: All

I’d rather be this guy than Klimate Kween Greta. She only eats rice and pancakes.


42 posted on 10/07/2020 4:10:10 PM PDT by LegendHasIt
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To: nickcarraway

Watch out kid, here come the food Nazis!


43 posted on 10/07/2020 4:11:11 PM PDT by libertylover (Election 2020: Make America Great Again or Burn it to the Ground. Choose one.)
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To: Brown Bag Special

“Why is this news?”

Because all work (or all politics) makes Jack a dull boy.


44 posted on 10/07/2020 4:13:56 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom ("And oft conducted by historic truth, We tread the long extent of backward timef)
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To: irishjuggler

I thought it was the Bee.


45 posted on 10/07/2020 4:14:03 PM PDT by Hieronymus (“I shall drink to the Pope, if you please, still, to conscience first, and to the Pope afterwards.Â)
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To: nickcarraway

Call Jimmy Dean?


46 posted on 10/07/2020 4:18:41 PM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie (All I know is The I read in the papers.)
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie
Call Jimmy Dean?

James Dean....Rock On!

47 posted on 10/07/2020 4:20:29 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Lizavetta
We have four kids too, now grown. We made it real clear we were not short order cooks. There was one menu for the family meal and if they didn't want it, there was the peanut butter jar - or an empty tummy. They usually found something they would eat.

On the other hand, we never made mealtime a battle, the way I've seen some parents do. We figured the will to live being a pretty basic human instinct, they'd eat enough to meet their needs.

They're happy and healthy adults with no eating disorders.

48 posted on 10/07/2020 4:20:52 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: psjones

My parents told us fine...go to bed hungry.


49 posted on 10/07/2020 4:20:56 PM PDT by EBH (My family fought for Liberty in 1776 and we will do so again. God Save the Republic.)
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To: nickcarraway

Could have had a pica.


50 posted on 10/07/2020 4:21:14 PM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and diamonds, and harder to find.)
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To: dfwgator; Gamecock; SaveFerris; PROCON; Rebelbase
"What in the holy hell? Sausages?"


51 posted on 10/07/2020 4:25:05 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: nickcarraway

Title of article is not true if the text is read. The boy fed on breast milk till weaned...then would eat finger foods as a child. He did not eat only sausage his whole life. Nick...you may have fallen for new form of clickbait!


52 posted on 10/07/2020 4:27:11 PM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and diamonds, and harder to find.)
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To: nickcarraway; Larry Lucido; Gamecock; SaveFerris; Rebelbase
George Steinbrenner liked to eat eggplant Calzone for lunch everyday.


53 posted on 10/07/2020 4:32:26 PM PDT by PROCON (MOLON LABE)
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To: PROCON

I like Tyler Chicken!


54 posted on 10/07/2020 4:35:32 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: MinuteGal

> His head is out of proportion to his body...

Well he IS Welsh. /jk


55 posted on 10/07/2020 4:35:56 PM PDT by Do_Tar (I wish I was kidding.)
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To: AFB-XYZ

There are no more editors. And if there are, they’re terrible at their jobs.


56 posted on 10/07/2020 4:36:12 PM PDT by AmericanMermaid
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

“Why is this news?”

Because all work (or all politics) makes Jack a dull boy.
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I’d venture to say it makes Jack an informed boy.


57 posted on 10/07/2020 4:39:32 PM PDT by Brown Bag Special (Trust but VERIFY)
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To: psjones

My son was very picky, too. He went through a period where he only ate pb&j sandwiches, chicken nuggets, Mickey Dee hash browns and hot dogs. Today he is 35 and eats much more variety, but still loves those chicken nuggets and Micky Dee hash browns.


58 posted on 10/07/2020 4:40:54 PM PDT by AmericanMermaid
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To: nickcarraway

I once ate Mac & cheese for most every meal for 8 months. Mainly cause I was a bum and that was all I could afford on blood plasma money.

I called it the $2 a day meal plan. 2 boxes of mac & cheese and a 2 liter Pepsi!


59 posted on 10/07/2020 4:42:54 PM PDT by packrat35 (Pelosi is only on loan to the world from Satan. Hopefully he will soon want his baby killer back)
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To: Larry Lucido

60 posted on 10/07/2020 4:43:06 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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