Georgi Readman, 18, of the Isle of Wight, U.K., refuses to eat fruit and vegetables and exists solely on packaged noodle soup, a snack that often contains high amounts of fat, saturated fat, and sodium. One package typically boasts 400 calories and 20 grams of fat.
Readman, who is 5'3'' and 98 pounds, told the Daily News that she became hooked on the noodles when she was five-years-old and her mother still buys her packages by the dozens. She estimates eating 30 miles of noodles per year and the thought of eating anything else makes her sick.
“I hate the texture of fruit and vegetables," she said. “I can’t go to my friends' for dinner or go out for meals because I don’t want them to see me freak out if the side salad touches the stuff I eat. Mum goes to the supermarket and brings back as many packets as she can afford. I always fancy noodles and could easily eat two packets at once. I’ve even eaten them dry and uncooked before!”...
...Readman could not be reached for comment but according to her doctors, she is malnourished and has the health of an 80 year old.
"That sounds like an accurate assessment," says Lisa Kaufman, a pediatrician at Village Pediatrics who has not treated Readman. "A diet of instant noodles has likely wreaked incredible amounts of havoc on her organs. The body—especially one that's still developing—needs protein, minerals, and nutrients to grow; that's just basic common sense. Without it, this girl has probably suffered stunted growth and IQ, osteoporosis, heart and kidney damage, and high blood pressure. Her lifespan has likely been shortened as well."
Kaufman adds, "Kids would eat ice cream every day if they could but it's the parent's responsibility to broaden their palates, introducing various foods and textures to them."
At 18 years old, Readman's eating habits are so ingrained that it would likely take a major mental and physical overhaul to improve her health. "In order to get off the noodles, she may need hospitalization and an education in nutrition," says Kaufman.
For some reason this article made me think of Dakka.
Well, she is still alive so its only child abuse for now
Well, think about it this way;
Now we know that you can survive 13 years with just noodles as food.
Those of you fearing a nuclear apocalypse triggered by a certain Far-Eastern state, take note.
Well, she is still alive so its only child abuse for now
Well, think about it this way;
Now we know that you can survive 13 years with just noodles as food.
Those of you fearing a nuclear apocalypse triggered by a certain Far-Eastern state, take note.
Well, she is still alive so its only child abuse for now
Well, think about it this way;
Now we know that you can survive 13 years with just noodles as food.
Those of you fearing a nuclear apocalypse triggered by a certain Far-Eastern state, take note.
Lack of nutrition in general kills you slowly.
Well, yeah. Hence the story about those rabbit-hunters who died of eating, well, rabbit and nothing else.
I thought it was pretty obvious my statement was a joke. -shrug-
Well, she is still alive so its only child abuse for now
Well, think about it this way;
Now we know that you can survive 13 years with just noodles as food.
Those of you fearing a nuclear apocalypse triggered by a certain Far-Eastern state, take note.
Lack of nutrition in general kills you slowly.
Well, yeah. Hence the story about those rabbit-hunters who died of eating, well, rabbit and nothing else.
I thought it was pretty obvious my statement was a joke. -shrug-
I know it was a joke but I just wanted to sound smart.
Well, she is still alive so its only child abuse for now
Well, think about it this way;
Now we know that you can survive 13 years with just noodles as food.
Those of you fearing a nuclear apocalypse triggered by a certain Far-Eastern state, take note.
Lack of nutrition in general kills you slowly.
Well, yeah. Hence the story about those rabbit-hunters who died of eating, well, rabbit and nothing else.
I thought it was pretty obvious my statement was a joke. -shrug-
I know it was a joke but I just wanted to sound smart.
Ugh, that's pretty gross. Even when I resort to eating a noodle bowl type thing, I always at least bother to stir-fry up some veggies to go along with it, at a minimum.
daedalus wrote: Ugh, that's pretty gross. Even when I resort to eating a noodle bowl type thing, I always at least bother to stir-fry up some veggies to go along with it, at a minimum.
Don't some ramen bowls come with packages of dried out veggies?
Of course, it does make you wonder how long, say, a properly nutritioned and fully developed adult could survive on nothing but Ramen. Could an adult, who has had proper or average nutrition, live on Ramen for years on end without major side effects?
Naturally its bad if you lack nutrition in the early years but after major growth is finished what is the limit.
Not that anyone would ever volunteer for such an experiment, you'd have to get someone crazy to do it. Ramen's ok, but no sane person is going to enjoy it for years on end.
daedalus wrote: Ugh, that's pretty gross. Even when I resort to eating a noodle bowl type thing, I always at least bother to stir-fry up some veggies to go along with it, at a minimum.
Don't some ramen bowls come with packages of dried out veggies?
Well, that's what the label says. I'm still not certain that's what those are.
daedalus wrote: Ugh, that's pretty gross. Even when I resort to eating a noodle bowl type thing, I always at least bother to stir-fry up some veggies to go along with it, at a minimum.
Don't some ramen bowls come with packages of dried out veggies?
I'd hesitate to label them veggies
a couple peas, carrot chunks, and corn pieces don't really count IMO.
I wonder what she drinks, as that could make all the difference in the world for her diet. Dieticians tell me my diet is insane at first glance, then when I tell them what I drink on an average day they get somewhat less flabbergasted.
Ratbarf wrote: I wonder what she drinks, as that could make all the difference in the world for her diet. Dieticians tell me my diet is insane at first glance, then when I tell them what I drink on an average day they get somewhat less flabbergasted.
That's weird, my doctor has the opposite reaction when i tell him what i drink....maybe i SHOULD try Canadian club!
Half the teenagers buzzing around the house have weird diets. I do believe my boy exists on ribs, fish, popcorn, chocolate, protein bars, and milk. Seeing as he can bench press a Buick I guess he's doing ok.
Genghis Connie has a big container of Nutella "hidden" in her room she likes to munch on. Team Wienie would like to help her with that...
Yeah her future should be measured in years at best. Personaly i did use to survive on plain pasta and marmite sandwiches but then, meh thats me (i once downed a bottle of calpol as a toddler and suffered no worse than i would if it had been a bottle of water except my mum wasnt impressed).
Someone sweriously needs to do something like, say remove all the noodles in the house, supply much healthy stuff and if nesciary force feed the healthy stuff. It may sound OTT but in this case something needs to be done and extreme measures are called for.
Frazzled wrote: Half the teenagers buzzing around the house have weird diets. I do believe my boy exists on ribs, fish, popcorn, chocolate, protein bars, and milk. Seeing as he can bench press a Buick I guess he's doing ok.
Genghis Connie has a big container of Nutella "hidden" in her room she likes to munch on. Team Wienie would like to help her with that...
Frazz, don't let the dogs anywhere near chocolate, especially not that stuff, it's got a very high concentration of theobromine in the concentrated cocoa, it's likely to be lethal, especially in little dogs.
Y'know, I can understand not liking texture, Heck, I dont like texture of most fruit or veggies, that is why i make smoothies out of them, easier to down and they taste great.
Only veggies i cant stand are Aspargus(Its slimey) and Brusselsprouts.
Frazzled wrote: Half the teenagers buzzing around the house have weird diets. I do believe my boy exists on ribs, fish, popcorn, chocolate, protein bars, and milk. Seeing as he can bench press a Buick I guess he's doing ok.
Genghis Connie has a big container of Nutella "hidden" in her room she likes to munch on. Team Wienie would like to help her with that...
Frazz, don't let the dogs anywhere near chocolate, especially not that stuff, it's got a very high concentration of theobromine in the concentrated cocoa, it's likely to be lethal, especially in little dogs.
Be careful of onion and garlic as well, in larger amounts they can also be toxic to them. The onions sort of create clumps in the blood or decrease the red blood cell's life span thus leading to the dog possibly becoming anemic. While it'll probably take a bit to kill it, it can make them pretty sick and appear fatigued at least. It's not as well known as the chocolate so I thought I'd just chime in with it while the thread was swung this way.
Be careful of onion and garlic as well, in larger amounts they can also be toxic to them. The onions sort of create clumps in the blood or decrease the red blood cell's life span thus leading to the dog possibly becoming anemic. While it'll probably take a bit to kill it, it can make them pretty sick and appear fatigued at least. It's not as well known as the chocolate so I thought I'd just chime in with it while the thread was swung this way.
I know about chocolate. I didn't know Nutella had chocolate in it. No one lets me get close to it. Those little bastards er, my loving children pull a gollum and scurry off with it....
Didn't know about garlic and onions though. Thanks again!
Sir Samuel Buca wrote: I'm moving to the Isle of Wight, I'd love to meet someone with a worse diet than me, and is also thin and short. I may take an engagement ring.
Just think of your beautiful, malnourished, under developed children
Sir Samuel Buca wrote: I'm moving to the Isle of Wight, I'd love to meet someone with a worse diet than me, and is also thin and short. I may take an engagement ring.
Just think of your beautiful, malnourished, under developed children
Sir Samuel Buca wrote: I'm moving to the Isle of Wight, I'd love to meet someone with a worse diet than me, and is also thin and short. I may take an engagement ring.
Just think of your beautiful, malnourished, under developed children
Gymnasts?
have you ever met ballet dancers up close? The troop here in Houston sometimes wanders into the tunnels by work. They're almost freaky. Short, thin, no muscle tone, definitely strange, almost dollike.
Maybe she should just drink v8 or something Anyways if its really only ramen she likes its her own fault shes dying slowly. I bet her skin is drained of all moisture- like sid here
n0t_u wrote:Be careful of onion and garlic as well, in larger amounts they can also be toxic to them.
Although a small amount of garlic in their food is awesome if you have problems with fleas...
Albatross wrote:Oh, and Grapes. Grapes are poisonous to dogs.
Yeah, my sister's cavalier ran afoul of that one...
kronk wrote:
Dreadclaw69 wrote: Just think of your beautiful, malnourished, under developed children
Gymnasts?
Having lived in the same house as a 16-year-old gymnast who was for a time in training for the olympic squad, I can confidently say they are anything but malnourished and under-developed. I don't know about a Buick, but she could have bench-pressed her elder brother...
See I've heard garlic is positive for dog's digestion if you're feeding them a meat based diet (that's what I heard from a musher friend of mine any way)
As to this girl... someone needs to stick a vitamin IV in her arm and force feed her some actual freaking FOOD! Maybe start with REAL ramen.
You'll notice large amounts of animal flesh and veggies in there, recipes vary by animal, some places get exciting and add egg... I personally like to add some spices to mine when I'm eating at a restaurant.
Note to self: Learn how to cook actual ramen at home.
Our dog ate an entire bag of Hershey's kisses - foil and all - and washed it down by licking up the entire bottle of Resolve carpet cleaner she had knocked off of the counter and broken while getting to the aforementioned kisses.
Boxers are tough.
As for the topic at hand, I'm not sure I buy it. If true, I'm not sure what we do with that gene pool.
Seaward wrote: Our dog ate an entire bag of Hershey's kisses - foil and all - and washed it down by licking up the entire bottle of Resolve carpet cleaner she had knocked off of the counter and broken while getting to the aforementioned kisses.
Boxers are to stupid to die!
As for the topic at hand, I'm not sure I buy it. If true, I'm not sure what we do with that gene pool.
I fixed that for you , and whilst I'm really glad your dog is well, chocolate is bad for dogs and can kill them. Whilst milk chocolate is less toxic than dark or drinking chocolate, it's still bad for a dog and can cause heart attacks and will likely give the dog discomfort and the gaks.
The sensible solution is to just avoid it for dogs.
Also, little known fact, avocado is intensely lethal to birds.
Seaward wrote: Our dog ate an entire bag of Hershey's kisses - foil and all - and washed it down by licking up the entire bottle of Resolve carpet cleaner she had knocked off of the counter and broken while getting to the aforementioned kisses.
Boxers are tough.
As for the topic at hand, I'm not sure I buy it. If true, I'm not sure what we do with that gene pool.
My dog once devoured a roll of toilet paper and several teabags (of the herbal kind) she seems to be doing fine though...
We had a puppy that ate a small tin (maybe 500ml) of red oil based paint and survied (but his gak was bright red for weeks). Dogs seem to be quite resilient.
I presume that the sad little bits of dried 'green' in the noodles contain just enough vitimin C to keep scurvy at bay.
It is unfortunate that it seems many (probably most) Americans probably wouldn't know real ramen from.... uh, something else that begins with 'r'.... Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, and probably think of the instant noodle packets when they hear the word.
It is true, When i hear ramen i think instant noodles.
I know it exist, but compared to the availability in most places of ramen compared to noodles, we use ramen as noodles.
Interesting, A bowl of ramen at my work(Instant) costs as much as a burger.
Can I get my Intense Noodles served on the back of a live Kodiak Brown Bear while sky diving? The wolverines are kinda ho hum without the extra adrenaline rush.
Also again here in the states instant noodles are packaged and marketed as "ramen" so we call'em that for the same reason anything else with a label is called what it is.
texture based dislikes are quite interesting. My wife hates some textures (spandex and latex, also mushroom and seeds and so forth)
The thing is though, that to actually have a good lifestyle with this sort of dislike is actually quite easy. Smacks of *young child throwing gak fits every time a vegetable is on their plate"
Albatross wrote: FYI, if you ever want to try to look for a picture of a bird eating guacamole out of a non-stick pan on Google, don't bother. There aren't any.
Something exists without a picture on Google!!! is that like dividing by zero for the interwebs?
Albatross wrote: FYI, if you ever want to try to look for a picture of a bird eating guacamole out of a non-stick pan on Google, don't bother. There aren't any.
Something exists without a picture on Google!!! is that like dividing by zero for the interwebs?
It must be- google even had pictures of that island that didn't exist on there for years.
Frazzled wrote: Half the teenagers buzzing around the house have weird diets. I do believe my boy exists on ribs, fish, popcorn, chocolate, protein bars, and milk. Seeing as he can bench press a Buick I guess he's doing ok.
Genghis Connie has a big container of Nutella "hidden" in her room she likes to munch on. Team Wienie would like to help her with that...
Frazz, don't let the dogs anywhere near chocolate, especially not that stuff, it's got a very high concentration of theobromine in the concentrated cocoa, it's likely to be lethal, especially in little dogs.
Good to know MGS. THANKS!
It does depend on the type of chocolate and the size of the dog, but in general, pets shouldn't eat human chocolate. That's why they sell dog chocolates made of carab. Same taste, no pet poison.
We actually had one of our dogs get a hold of a 1kg block of chocolate at easter. We pried most of it away, but it ended up chowing down on a good third of the block. We took it to the vet, he saw the size of the dog (it was an 80kg Bull Mastiff), asked what chocolate it ate (basically confectionary chocolate, low cocoa content), and pretty much laughed it off.
I wish I knew, it looks so fracking terrible I just HAVE to see it. I can tell ya, Dolph looks a bit old in that image, so Id just look back at his movies within the past few years and see if anything sounds along the lines of " SHOOTING PEOPLE TO DEATH!!!" Though thats probably all of them
is that like dividing by zero for the interwebs? 