Posted on 07/04/2005 5:07:18 PM PDT by Cowman
Snacks yer lot, Gina By JEROME STARKEY A WOMAN nearly died after eating nothing but CRISPS for three years. Gina Gough, 22, was rushed to hospital with severe stomach pains after scoffing 15 packets a DAY. She suffered jaundice and her weight had ballooned from 9st to 14st. Doctors first thought she had picked up the highly infectious liver disease hepatitis and sealed her in an isolation ward. But they later discovered her condition was a result of an addiction to high-fat, chemical-rich potato snacks. Gina, a nursery nurse, from Cannock, Staffs, needed four-and-a-half hours of emergency surgery to remove a massively inflamed gall bladder. It had swollen to the size of a tennis ball and could have exploded at any moment. After the operation, surgeons found gall stones almost 1½in across. Talking about her crisp addiction, Gina said yesterday: “I’d start off with a packet for breakfast and then I’d have a second one. I wasn’t tempted by any other food.”
Gina began snacking on crisps after losing her job in 2000. She said: “I was depressed but felt good after crisps. “My mum used to tell me that all the crisps I ate would make me ill but I shrugged it off. “I didn’t think anything this bad could happen to me — but I could have died.” Gina insists she got high on the fat and chemical additives in the crisps. She is calling for health warnings on packets. Gina is now eating low-fat meals, regularly exercising and has lost more than 20lb. She said: “I used to be a very happy-go-lucky person but I started to get mood swings and became very snappy.”
Research by US scientists suggests fat and sugar in high quantities have a similar affect on the brain as heroin and cocaine. Dr David Haslam, chairman of the National Obesity Forum, said Gina was lucky to be alive. He added: “Crisps should be eaten only once every couple of weeks.”
I feel her pain.
I decided to go on a diet after today and trying to get rid of all the "bad stuff" is making me sick - cake, chocolate, cookies, ice cream.......
A woman moron nearly died after eating nothing but crisps potato chips for three years. Gina Gough, 22, was rushed to hospital with severe stomach pains after scoffing scarfing 15 packets bags a DAY. She suffered jaundice turned yaller and her weight had ballooned from 9st 126 pounds to 14st 196 pounds. Doctors first thought she had picked up the highly infectious liver disease hepatitis and sealed her in an isolation ward. But they later discovered her condition was a result of an addiction to high-fat, chemical-rich potato snacks. Gina, a nursery nurse, from Cannock, Staffs, needed four-and-a-half hours of emergency surgery to remove a massively inflamed gall bladder. It had swollen to the size of a tennis ball blowed up real good, and could have exploded at any moment. After the operation, surgeons found gall stones almost 1½in across. Talking about her crisp tater chip addiction, Gina said yesterday: “I’d start off with a packet bag for breakfast and then I’d have a second one. I wasn’t tempted by any other food.”
Gina began snacking on crisps chips after losing her job in 2000. She said: “I was depressed but felt good after crisps tater chips. “My mum Momma used to tell me that all the crisps chips I ate would make me ill but I shrugged it off. “I didn’t think anything this bad could happen to me — but I could have died assumed room temperature.” Gina insists she got high on the fat and chemical additives in the crisps chips. She is calling for health warnings on packets. Gina is now eating low-fat meals, regularly exercising and has lost more than 20lb. She said: “I used to be a very happy-go-lucky person but I started to get mood swings and became very snappy a fat bitch.”
Research by US scientists suggests fat and sugar in high quantities have a similar affect on the brain as heroin and cocaine. Dr David Haslam, chairman of the National Obesity Forum, said Gina was lucky to be alive. He added: “Crisps Potato chips should be eaten only once every couple of weeks.”
Speaking of dosage charts..... ^-^
Thank you for explaining that. I had no idea what a 9 st or a 14 st was.
>>>Maybe it was the MSG and other artificial flavorings that caused the addiction.
IMO, it is the nicotine. Potatoes are a nightshade plant. Even though most of the nicotine is in the leaves, it does get to the fruit too.
Keep up the good work - I eat more than my fair share of them.
Nah thats the Captain, the Caftan is the thing all those sailors walk around to pull up the anchor.
Heck no. A Caftan is what you get when you sit out in the pasture in the sun all day.
I'm a city boy and even I know that!
LOL.
Reminds me of South Park.
lol!
*sigh*
Oh yes. Sorry. Technically it is a Tuber. I was kind of trying to make a broad sweep meaning fruit as in 'result of'. I was trying to include all the plants like peppers, potatotes, tomatoes, artichokes and such.
But a potato is a tuber :)
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