Stacey Irvine Chicken Nugget Addiction 'Will Kill Her,' Doctors Warn
A teenage girl who was rushed to the hospital this week, has admitted that her serious addiction to chicken nuggets may have adverse health effect. Doctors have warned the girl that her fast food diet will kill her.
Stacy Irvine, 17, has refused to eat anything but chicken nuggets since she was two-years-old. Her 39-year-old mother Evonne insists that she has done whatever possible to get her daughter to change her diet, even attempting to withhold food from her. According to Daily Mail the mother has two other children that eat perfectly healthy, but Stacy claims that her mother has given up trying on her.
"I loved them so much they were all I would eat," she told Daily Mail. "I just couldn't face even trying other foods. Mum gave up giving me anything else years ago."
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Earlier this week the teen collapsed after struggling to breathe and was immediately rushed to the hospital. Doctors found that the teen's 15-year addiction to chicken nuggets had left her with anaemia and inflamed veins on her tongue. Doctors were forced to pump vitamins into her, and she has now been placed on a strict heavy vitamin routine.
Irvine told Daily Mail that she has never eaten fresh fruit or vegetables and only substitutes her chicken nugget diet with the occasional piece of toast or bag of chips.
Irvine also said that she eats mostly McDonald's chicken nuggets because she likes them best. "McDonald's chicken nuggets are my favorite," she said. "I share 20 with my boyfriend with chips. Dieticians recommend a diet of 56g of fat per day. A 20-piece portion of McNuggets contains 58g of fat and 926 calories.
The incident is reminiscent of the 2004 documentary "Super Size Me." Morgan Spurlock, an American independent filmmaker, attempted a 30-day fast food diet in which he took all three meals at McDonalds. As a result, the then-32-year-old gained 24½ lbs. His cholesterol level reached an unhealthy high of 230 and he reported mood swings, sexual dysfunction, and fat accumulation in his liver. It later took Spurlock 14 months to lose the weight that he had gained in only 30 days.
