Junk food kills a man

by Nicole Weston, Posted Jan 17th 2006 @ 11:01PM

Scott Martin, age 20, was killed by his diet of French fries, white toast and, on occasion, a tin of baked beans or spaghetti. He refused all fruits and vegetables. The young British man was stricken with cirrhosis and autoimmune hepatitis, caused by malnutrition brought on by an unhealthy diet. Both diseases destroyed his liver and his body's ability to stave off infection, ultimately resulting in his death. Scott was told that he needed a liver transplant last year, but was afraid of surgery and unwilling to change his diet. His family reported that Scott did not drink and that his preferred activity was watching Manchester United on television.

To make a gross understatement, this is a very sad story. I feel for the family of this young man. Wouldn't you change your diet if your life depended up on it?

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1-18-2006 @1:22AM Berkana said... That is truly sad. I just saw his age: 20. 20! He killed himself with junk food at the age of 20. I just don't know what to say. An he was a stubbourn fool too.

There's pleny of delicious food that's great for you. If he wanted toast, he could have at least have eaten some fruit on the side. It's hard to beat a fresh ripe peach, or a glass of fresh fruilt juice. Such an unneccessary death. May his sad fate not be in vain, and may this serve as a warning to others.
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1-18-2006 @1:24AM Berkana said... . . . He wasn't even living in a famine stricken third world country nor serving as a sailor back when scurvy was a threat. He was living in a wealthy first world country with a booming organic and fresh food revival.
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1-18-2006 @1:27AM Berkana said... When I read "junk food kills a man" I expected to hear that a pallet of chips accidentally landed on him or something like that. Rather, his stubbournness killed him.

Junk food almost killed Morgan Spurlock when he went on his MacDonald's binge for his documentary "Supersize Me." I guess it's not that unique.
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1-18-2006 @1:39AM Ken Sloan said... I've always been concerned at some of the atrocious eating habits of friends of mine, but this really puts that concern into perspective. If white toast and beans guy can drop dead at 20, then surely my chocolate bar and french fry people could do the same a few years later :
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1-18-2006 @7:05AM Hawk said... This makes me wonder if he had any mental issues, such as perhaps autism or aspergers? One of my coworkers has children with aspergers and getting them to eat anything other than the one thing they like is like pulling teeth from a large ravenous beast. We are talking literally like, if not prodded, her son will eat only peanut butter and bread sandwiches, etc.
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