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News: 17-Year Old Girl Eats Nothing but McNuggets.
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17-Year Old Girl Eats Nothing but McNuggets.
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When the kids are wailing, the boss wasn’t happy with your presentation, and the kitchen is anything but pristine, what mom hasn’t thrown up her hands and given in to demands for chicken nuggets? Like, three times a week?
Maybe Mom should tell the kids: Be careful what you wish for.
This week 17-year-old British factory worker Stacey Irvine was rushed to the hospital when she collapsed, struggling to breathe. During the exam, doctors were stunned to learn that Ms. Irvine had never in her life eaten fruit or vegetables; instead she had eaten almost nothing but fast-food chicken nuggets since she was two years old.
Her mother, Evonne Irvine, told reporters she had gone to great lengths to try to feed her daughter more nutritious food, at one point even trying to starve the girl, but it hadn’t worked. Stacey responded that, once she started eating nuggets, she “loved them so much they were all I would eat.”
What’s so bad about nuggets?
They would be bad enough if they were merely chunks of chicken that had been breaded and deep-fried in oil. One documentary describes McDonald's nuggets as chickens “stripped down to the bone, and then 'ground up’ into a chicken mash, then combined with a variety of stabilizers and preservatives, pressed into familiar shapes, breaded and deep fried, freeze dried, and then shipped to a McDonald’s near you.”
Aside from chicken and oil, those “stabilizers and preservatives” are said to include dimethylpolysiloxane, a form of silicone also used in cosmetics. Another additive is tertiary butylhydroquinone (TBHQ), a form of butane. According to one report, chicken is only about 50 percent of a McNugget; the remainder is a mixture of corn-derived ingredients, sugars and synthetic substances.
If a four-piece serving of Chicken McNuggets carried a nutrition label, at first glance it wouldn’t seem too scary: 190 calories, 12 grams of carbs and 12 grams of fat. But consider that more than half of those calories (56 percent) are from fat—and protein accounts for a mere four percent. Add a whopping 360 mg sodium, and its image as “the more nutritious fast-food snack” fades.
What’s the worst that can happen?
Aside from collapsing and gasping for air, as Stacey Irvine did? Doctors also discovered that the veins in Ms. Irvine’s tongue were swollen and she was diagnosed with anemia. Further, such a high salt intake can increase a person’s blood pressure (which ultimately can put them at risk for a stroke or heart attack).
McNuggets are low in nutrients everyone needs, such as calcium, fiber, vitamins, antioxidants and healthy fats, so a steady diet of nuggets means missing out on the health benefits of those ingredients.
So what’s a parent to do?
If your kids are hooked on nuggets, experts offer these suggestions for steering them towards healthier eating:
•Serve a variety of healthy foods at home to prevent “picky eater” habits from forming. Taking them grocery shopping, teaching them to find and choose foods, and involving them in meal planning tells them you want to prepare meals they will enjoy.
•Set realistic goals. If the child bristles at eating a side portion of veggies, make a game to get him to take one bite of the new-tasting food.
•Make your own chicken snacks at home, using healthy dipping sauces like marinara sauce, yogurt or mustard. If you must bread the nuggets, dip them in an egg, roll them in cornflake crumbs and bake, don’t fry.
•If you’re eating out, cut out half of the trans and saturated fat by ordering a grilled chicken sandwich instead of nuggets. Order for your child from the adult menu, or share your sandwich with her, so the nuggets issue doesn’t come up.
•Be consistent and firm, but encourage and praise the child every time she tries a new, healthier food. And be a good role model—don’t expect children to eat healthy when one or both parents snack on salty chips or fatty, processed foods.
•Keep healthy foods in the meal, even when you give in and allow your child to order nuggets. Serve it with a side salad, fruit, or a slice of whole-grain bread.
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They get nasty after a while. I craved Chicken Nuggets a few weeks ago and ordered them everyday for about a week,now i hate those bitches. I don't understand how she eats them every ****ing day. I know her breath be on hit
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Originally posted by iLays
They get nasty after a while. I craved Chicken Nuggets a few weeks ago and ordered them everyday for about a week,now i hate those bitches. I don't understand how she eats them every ****ing day. I know her breath be on hit
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All she eats since she was 2 YEARS OLD. That's 15 years of all nuggets, no fruits or vegetables.
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Originally posted by iLays
They get nasty after a while. I craved Chicken Nuggets a few weeks ago and ordered them everyday for about a week,now i hate those bitches. I don't understand how she eats them every ****ing day. I know her breath be on hit
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The little snacker thing they have is great!
It's like Mini-McNuggets.
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They are so delicious tho!
Nuggets>>>>>Burgers
But I hope she eats other foods 
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Originally posted by MusicTalker
All she eats since she was 2 YEARS OLD. That's 15 years of all nuggets, no fruits or vegetables.
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Right.Disgust
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Originally posted by DeathRevisited
The little snacker thing they have is great!
It's like Mini-McNuggets. |
Oh yeah,i had some of those recently. They actually taste better than tha McNuggets to me. They taste like mini McChickens
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Originally posted by lancelovesgaga
They are so delicious tho!
Nuggets>>>>>Burgers
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Nope. Nothing. All nuggets.
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I'm not about that life. 
Wendy's Spicy Nuggets on the other hand. 
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Originally posted by Chickenchiki
She must be skinny
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I fail to believe that every single piece of food she's EVER eaten is a McDonalds chicken nugget.. and that 2, 3, or however many times a day- her parents run over to Mickey D's just to get some more.
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Originally posted by Deemy
I blame the mother.
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Me too
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Originally posted by Deemy
I blame the mother.
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Me too.
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Originally posted by Chickenchiki
She must be skinny
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Actually, she kinda is.
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Well... Her mother couldn't afford any anything but McNuggets. I hope she gets better and her ma can afford to feed her good food. 
She's gonna have a heart attack by 21 
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I find this hard to believe. Unless the mother and father were psychotic abusers that didn't allow her to eat anything but McNuggets and are lying, it's impossible for her to have eaten nothing but McNuggets.
If they really cared about her, they would have taken her to get help and the problem would have likely been fixed.
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Her mother, Evonne Irvine, told reporters she had gone to great lengths to try to feed her daughter more nutritious food, at one point even trying to starve the girl, but it hadn’t worked.
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Originally posted by Feather
Actually, she kinda is.
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She looks.... surpisingly healthy. But the article makes it clear she wasn't.
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