vocabulary 890 Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 'I ate 15 bags of crisps a day for three years. I was addicted and it nearly killed me' When Gina Gough was rushed into hospital in agony, with severe abdominal pains and jaundice, doctors initially suspected hepatitis and put her to an isolation ward. Gina Gough In fact, the 22-year-old's condition was the result of a three-year diet that consisted almost entirely of crisps. She was eating up to 15 bags a day and went into hospital weighing 14st. Her case demonstrates the potential dangers of a junk-food diet and follows last year's controversial film Super Size Me, in which a documentary-maker ate nothing but McDonald's food for a month and monitored the subsequent deterioration in his health. It is likely to renew fears that Britain's younger generation faces unprecedented ill-health and early death due to poor diet. Miss Gough, a nursery nurse from Cannock in Staffordshire, said: "My mum used to tell me that all the crisps I ate would make me ill, but I shrugged her off because I didn't think anything this bad could happen to me. I could have died." Advertisement She developed gallstones up to an inch-and-a-half in diameter, which formed from the excessive amounts of cholesterol in her body. Most gallstone patients are twice Miss Gough's age. When her gall bladder was removed in a four-and-a-half hour operation last autumn, surgeons were shocked to discover that it had filled with stones and swollen to the size of a tennis ball. They said it could have exploded at any time. Gina Gough Miss Gough has since started to eat low-fat meals and take regular exercise, and she hopes that her story will be a warning to others. She now weighs 12½st. Her appetite for the snacks developed after she was made redundant in 2000, and began spending her days in front of the television. "I'd start off with a packet of crisps for breakfast, and then I'd have a second packet. I wasn't tempted by any other food. I was depressed after losing my job, but I felt good after eating a packet of crisps," she said. She put on five stone and she said her personality changed: "My concentration slowed and I felt tired all the time. I was a very happy-go-lucky person before, but I started to get mood swings and I became very snappy." Miss Gough believes that she was addicted to "highs" generated by the fat and chemical additives in the crisps. In 2003, a study by the Rockefeller University in New York, suggested that biochemical changes caused by large quantities of fat and sugar were comparable to the addictive reactions caused by heroin and cocaine. Researchers found that snack foods could "reconfigure" the body's hormones to crave more fatty food. Now Miss Gough is calling on crisp makers to put warning labels on their products. "I didn't listen to my parents, but official labels, telling people to eat crisps in moderation and warning about possible adverse effects on health, would certainly have got me thinking. Children are eating foods such as crisps with no idea about what they could be doing to their bodies." Dr David Haslam, the chairman of the National Obesity Forum, said that Miss Gough had the worst diet he had ever come across. "She was lucky it was her gall bladder that nearly exploded, and not her heart. Poor eating habits cause obesity and illness. Crisps should be eaten once every couple of weeks - not to the exclusion of everything else." A spokesman for the Food and Drink Federation, which represents several crisp manufacturers, said: "Eating too much of anything - even fruit - is not a good idea. Snacks and treats can always be enjoyed in moderation. "The idea of putting health warnings on any food simply isn't justified as it would not help consumers understand how that product can fit into their daily diet." http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1493248/I-ate-15-bags-of-crisps-a-day-for-three-years.-I-was-addicted-and-it-nearly-killed-me.html Sorry for posting another article on chips. I'm trying to convince myself to stop binging on chips. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicophos 1,660 Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 jesus christ. that... is wow. sureal. when i eat even a single chip, i have urges to drink lots of water and brush my teeth afterwards. is she okay? i mean thats gotta be a bit unhealthy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoonability 4,159 Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 ''She developed gallstones up to an inch-and-a-half in diameter, which formed from the excessive amounts of cholesterol in her body. Most gallstone patients are twice Miss Gough's age. When her gall bladder was removed in a four-and-a-half hour operation last autumn, surgeons were shocked to discover that it had filled with stones and swollen to the size of a tennis ball. They said it could have exploded at any time.'' Omg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konjo 2,411 Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 wtf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The King 2,091 Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 "official labels, telling people to eat crisps in moderation and warning about possible adverse effects on health, would certainly have got me thinking. Children are eating foods such as crisps with no idea about what they could be doing to their bodies." No child is going to read those labels or care Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarlette007 5,232 Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 She was made "redundant." We in US use the work terminated or laid off ... "made redundant" just sounds clinical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non. 2,559 Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 I do that like everyday and i'm still alive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vocabulary 890 Posted September 22, 2016 Author Share Posted September 22, 2016 I do that like everyday and i'm still alive Chingu, eating a bag (or two) of chips daily (with other food) and (almost exclusively) eating 15 packs of chips daily is different But r u srs?? If so, not for long tho so follow follow me if u want that good life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victaorious 2,923 Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 I hate how these people try to blame the snacks. You knew you were only eating snacks. Her mom told her it was unhealthy, a label ain't gonna stop her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feel it yum 2,630 Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 The issue is she didnt eat in moderation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisiblecc 323 Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 I mean, it's bad that it got at this point for her, but how couldn't she know having a diet that consists only of 15 packs of chips daily is bad? Wasn't she a nurse? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vocabulary 890 Posted September 23, 2016 Author Share Posted September 23, 2016 I mean, it's bad that it got at this point for her, but how couldn't she know having a diet that consists only of 15 packs of chips daily is bad? Wasn't she a nurse? There's a reason why she was "made redundant" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Decretum 120 Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 She wants warning labels on the food. What makes her think that will be any different? She was too ignorant to listen to her family, friends, and almost everyone else about how eating 15 packs of crisps a day is unhealthy for her. Does she not believe that someone of the same ignorance will do the same? On top of that, I don't think she has learned anything from this experience. She is practically blaming the companies for this, instead of saying something like, "Yeah, I should have watched what I ate. I messed up.". It reminds me of that one lady who sued McDonald's because they didn't have a warning label on the lid that said the coffee was dangerously hot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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