Chips, Pringles and Now Blind
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-49551337
Pretty unfortunate for the person involved especially as it was totally avoidable.
The state will no doubt be picking up the bill for the rest of his life.
As this is PH let's play the blame game.
Pretty unfortunate for the person involved especially as it was totally avoidable.
The state will no doubt be picking up the bill for the rest of his life.
As this is PH let's play the blame game.
Maybe he should feature in the next Pringles ad, which normally show all those happy smiley teens gorging themselves on their products.
In a VAT case a few years ago, Pringles tried to claim they were not a potato snack (which attracts VAT at 20%). Non-potato snacks have Zero Rate VAT applied to them. Their argument was that they weren't made from actual potatoes but potato DUST. They lost their argument - but the revelation that Pringles were made from sweepings put me off them for life.
In a VAT case a few years ago, Pringles tried to claim they were not a potato snack (which attracts VAT at 20%). Non-potato snacks have Zero Rate VAT applied to them. Their argument was that they weren't made from actual potatoes but potato DUST. They lost their argument - but the revelation that Pringles were made from sweepings put me off them for life.
It's a shocking story but he did have a rare condition that meant he was hypersensitive to the texture and taste of food. I know chemotherapy can do that to you and make, for instance, garlic taste like a megastrong chilli whilst other food taste completely bland.
According to the Telegraph: Since primary school he suffered from a rare eating disorder, avoidant-restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID). Sufferers become sensitive to taste, texture, smell or appearance of certain foods. He had previously told doctors he did not like the “texture” of fruit and vegetables.
Too soon?Sadly, in his case, you have to put the bases back.
According to the Telegraph: Since primary school he suffered from a rare eating disorder, avoidant-restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID). Sufferers become sensitive to taste, texture, smell or appearance of certain foods. He had previously told doctors he did not like the “texture” of fruit and vegetables.
IanJ9375 said:
Too soon?
Edited by Hoofy on Tuesday 3rd September 11:09
over_the_hill said:
This reminds me of a similar case when I was a student (so going back a few years) where another student somewhere else in the UK went down with scurvy due to an equally crap diet - similarly living on chips and no fruit or veg.
We had an Irish girl in our block of flats, Una. Bit of an oddball, nice enough though, unhealthy fetish for Michael Stipe and very veggie.apparently 2 months of eating noting but beans on toast seriously screwed her up with an emergence hospital visit following by a swift and final return home as obviously could not handle life on her own, even with others to help her out!
(other veggies had often offered to help cook with or for her but she refused.)
Probably more depth to this story than told but based on this evidence parents indulging rather than parenting.
A bit of starvation would have made the little tyke eat what was put in front of them.
People have resorted to insects,shoes and each other when hungry. Fussy goes out the window.
A bit of starvation would have made the little tyke eat what was put in front of them.
People have resorted to insects,shoes and each other when hungry. Fussy goes out the window.
Could he not have been introduced slowly to other stuff?
It's largely a psychological issue, not always of the parents doing, I know of someone who still eats beige food as a result of being at boarding school, and a middle aged man similar through just eating crap his whole life. But f@(&, just make sure you or your kids eat a vegetable now and then
It's largely a psychological issue, not always of the parents doing, I know of someone who still eats beige food as a result of being at boarding school, and a middle aged man similar through just eating crap his whole life. But f@(&, just make sure you or your kids eat a vegetable now and then
Hoofy said:
According to the Telegraph: Since primary school he suffered from a rare eating disorder, avoidant-restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID). Sufferers become sensitive to taste, texture, smell or appearance of certain foods. He had previously told doctors he did not like the “texture” of fruit and vegetables.
Are we needlessly giving names to things when we shouldn't be? This sometimes feels like a self perpetuating cycle, in which we see a particular human behaviour, that might be rare and just habitual behaviour learned over time because of a certain set of circumstances. If so, why do we tend to label it as a disorder or deviancy? For instance, had this child lived 100 years ago, when the food options were much more limited, would this 'disorder' have manifested in the same way? Similarly, all things being equal, had this child grown up in a third world country, would he have developed this 'disorder'?It's an interesting case, and very much a first world problem.
PMacanGTS said:
Hoofy said:
According to the Telegraph: Since primary school he suffered from a rare eating disorder, avoidant-restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID). Sufferers become sensitive to taste, texture, smell or appearance of certain foods. He had previously told doctors he did not like the “texture” of fruit and vegetables.
Are we needlessly giving names to things when we shouldn't be? This sometimes feels like a self perpetuating cycle, in which we see a particular human behaviour, that might be rare and just habitual behaviour learned over time because of a certain set of circumstances. If so, why do we tend to label it as a disorder or deviancy? For instance, had this child lived 100 years ago, when the food options were much more limited, would this 'disorder' have manifested in the same way? Similarly, all things being equal, had this child grown up in a third world country, would he have developed this 'disorder'?It's an interesting case, and very much a first world problem.
Davel said:
Surely this would have been a gradual loss and he should have changed his eating habits before it became too late.
With those symptoms developing he must have seen a doctor at some stage before this
It states he went to the doctor's years ago. He was prescribed vitamin supplements but he stopped taking them.With those symptoms developing he must have seen a doctor at some stage before this
Rude-boy said:
unhealthy fetish for Michael Stipe and very veggie.
Shouldn't laugh but 
Eric Mc said:
I know a chap who is slightly older than me who will not touch any food coloured green - not even frozen peas. On the whole, he's reasonably healthy but has suffered some gout.
I'm working with a fella that will only eat bacon and cabbage on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. On Tuesdays and Thursdays he only eats cabbage and bacon. Wont't touch anything vegatable that isn't cabbage or a spud. He will eat a breakfast though, bacon, sausage and chips. Any hint of a baked bean or tomato he won't touch it.Another lad I worked with loved all foods, chinese, indian etc. His son would only eat chips or dry cornflakes. At least he was getting a few vitamins from the cornflakes. The lad's mum was a baker by trade and made the most amazing meals, but no No1 son would only eat chips and cornflakes.
I can't get my head around it, I love different foods, the one thing I turn my nose up against is fish....
Edited by JustALooseScrew on Tuesday 3rd September 12:35
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