Teenager lost sight eating junk food

[FrostOwl]

There are many reasons for eating a healthy diet, with lots of fruit an vegetables, here is yet an other reason. A 19-year-old man has lost his sight and hearing after eating junk food since he was seven. He's been a fuzzy eater, and lived on a diet of chips, white bread, processed snacks and meat. He has been diagnosed with nutritional optic neuropathy, and is now considered being legally blind. Teenager loses sight as eating disorder leads to malnutrition

 

[Laughing]

Article indicates there is an eating disorder, patient did not cooperate with treatment.

Sad but a useful warning to others, perhaps?

JMHO YMMV LRR

 

[Eloise]

He's more than just a fussy eater, he has ASD and sensory issues. My son has the same, it's very difficult (actually impossible, even with health professionals' intervention) to get him to even see the foods that he doesn't eat AS food. To him they're visual white noise.

Thankfully my son's restricted diet is restricted yet far healthier than this boy's, and he willingly takes a multivitamin supplement. But there's no judgment from me. You can't force feed someone and not letting them eat at all is not an option either, obviously.

 

[oceanstarryeyes]

America food is filled with GMO POISON.

 

[Eloise]

America food is filled with GMO POISON.

Anti-GMO is pseudoscience. Also, the child in the article is from the UK.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Blinded by junk food: Teen loses eyesight from years-long bad diet, report says

Since elementary school, the boy "had a daily portion of fries from the local fish and chip shop and snacked on Pringles, white bread, processed ham slices and sausages."

A British teenager who had been a "fussy eater" since elementary school lost his vision and suffered significant hearing loss due to his yearslong diet of junk food, according to a case report published Monday...

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Teen goes blind after eating only Pringles, white bread, fries

Scientists warn of dangers of poor diet

(CNN) - Eating a diet of french fries, Pringles and white bread was enough to make one teenage boy lose his sight, according to a case study published in a medical journal.

Scientists from the University of Bristol examined the case of a young patient whose extremely picky eating led to blindness, and have warned of the dangers of a poor diet...

 

[FrostOwl]

There is already a thread: Teenager lost sight eating junk food

 

[FrostOwl]

America food is filled with GMO POISON.

It's not about GMO, it's about malnutrition, and as the article linked in the first post the teen suffered from vitamin deficiency, especially vitamin B12, which can cause neurological damage (neuropathy), and it's probably the reason why he lost his sight. I think neither he nor his parents were aware that vitamin B12 can cause so serious permanent damage. It's easy to prevent B12 deficiency, either with tablets, or if a person can't absorb it, there are injections. The most common symptom of B12 deficiency is anemia, but the more serious symptoms are irreversible neuropathy and vision loss. Not all suffering from B12 deficiency get anemia, I've never been anemic, in my case it was discovered early on when I got tingly fingers. Vitamin B12 Deficiency: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment

 

[firebird]

He's more than just a fussy eater, he has ASD and sensory issues. My son has the same, it's very difficult (actually impossible, even with health professionals' intervention) to get him to even see the foods that he doesn't eat AS food. To him they're visual white noise.

Thankfully my son's restricted diet is restricted yet far healthier than this boy's, and he willingly takes a multivitamin supplement. But there's no judgment from me. You can't force feed someone and not letting them eat at all is not an option either, obviously.

I have a more than fussy eater. I would describe it as an eating disorder. I often wonder whether, if there were no other options, my child would eat the foods that were available rather than starve. I'm guessing so, but I've never tried it. Fortunately, the situation isn't as extreme as this one, but I did send the article