- Georgi Readman, 18, has consumed so many instant chicken noodles that they would stretch from London to Glasgow
- She only eats M Savers chicken noodles from Morrisons – because she doesn’t like other brands
- Teenager suffers from Selective Eating Disorder and weighs just seven stone
- Georgi’s fear of other foods can be traced back to severe food poisoning she suffered on holiday aged eight
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Rob Cooper
05:54 EST, 9 April 2013
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06:45 EST, 9 April 2013
Noodle diet: Georgi Readman, 18, eats nine packets of M Savers chicken noodles from Morrisons each week
A teenage girl survives on a diet of 11 pence packets of noodles because she is scared of fruit and vegetables.
Georgi Readman, 18, eats 30 miles of the cheap snack every year because she suffers from Selective Eating Disorder which means she can’t bring herself to eat other foods because she is scared of being sick.
She has consumed so many instant chicken noodles that laid out they would stretch from London to Glasgow.
Georgi, from Shanklin, Isle of Wight, is 5ft 3in tall but weighs just seven stone. She lives on a diet of nine packets of M Savers chicken noodles from Morrisons each week and doesn’t like other brands because some of them have green flavouring.
She often eats two packets in one go and has an entire kitchen cupboard filled with her supplies.
The teenager also occasionally eats potatoes and small bits of chicken.
Georgi got hooked on noodles when she was five after watching her brother Jason, now aged 25, eat them.
She said: ‘I just love noodles. Mum goes to the supermarket and brings back as many packets as she can afford. Luckily they’re only 11p.
‘I always fancy noodles and could easily eat two packets at once. I’ve even eaten them dry and uncooked before.
‘I can eat other noodles but I would have to sieve them to get rid off all the horrible green bits.
But Georgi’s food obsession has left
her so malnourished that her doctor thought she had leukemia and told
her she had the health of an 80-year-old woman.
She said: ‘I have such a big issue with fruit or veg because I hate the texture.
Stash: Georgi’s cupboard full of noodles. The teenager suffers from Selective Eating Disorder and has a fear of other foods
Eating disorder: Georgi, 18, is 5ft 3in tall and weighs just seven stone and is malnourished because of her condition
Diet: If the noodles Georgi has eaten in her lifetime were stretched out end to end they would go from London to Glasgow
‘When I try and eat it I go into panic and get the sweats, and then start heaving when I try to swallow.
‘I can’t go round my friends’ for dinner or go out for meals with them because I don’t want them to see me freak out if the side salad touches the stuff I do eat.
‘I hate having to put up with this all day everyday. My dream is to eat healthily and put on weight.’
Hairdressing student Georgi said that she has always been a fussy eater – but started consuming a diet of noodles when she was aged seven.
Diet: To raise awareness about her condition Georgi wants others to know her SED has had devastating effects on her health and career
Reserve: Georgi’s supplies in a cupboard just above the oven in her home in Shanklin, Isle of Wight
She said: ‘It started off as fussy eating. I would just eat bits of my meal and pick it to pieces because vegetables looked strange.
‘I wouldn’t eat anything that was green and vegetables just did not seem like food to me. I couldn’t even try other food without feeling sick or heaving.’
After several visits to her doctor, Georgi was finally referred to a specialist for cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT).
CBT taught Georgi that her eating disorder can be traced back to when she was eight and suffered from food poisoning on holiday.
Horse fan: Georgi, 18, hopes to become a jockey. She has suffered from her eating disorder since she suffered food poisoning as a child
She said: ‘I was so ill that I was collapsing on the train home. It was so bad that I was nearly hospitalised. Since then I’ve been really afraid of being sick and that’s why I can only eat certain things.’
To raise awareness about her condition Georgi wants others to know her SED has had devastating effects on her health and career.
She suffers from a severe lack of energy and a fragile immune system.
She said: ‘I’ve been riding horses ever since I was old enough to bug my mum for lessons.
‘I’d love to be a jockey and race professionally but you have to weigh at least nine-and-a-half stone.
‘I’ve
got an interview next month for a place at the British Racing School. I
just want to put on weight and become physically fit so I can ride.’
Eating disorder: Georgi said her food poisoning as a child was so bad that she was ‘collapsing on the train home’
THE RARE EATING DISORDER WHICH STARTS IN CHILDHOOD
Potato diet: Claire Jones, 23, who lives on a diet of jacket potatoes
Georgi suffers from a condition called Selective Eating Disorder which typically starts in childhood or early adolescence.
It is most commonly found among people within the autistic spectrum and in combination with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
The most common cause of the condition is a development of extra sensitive taste sensation, which is caused by an increase in fungiform papilla – taste buds – throughout childhood.
In Georgi’s case, her food phobia has been traced back to a bout of food poisoning she suffered aged eight.
The MailOnline reported on how Abi Stroud, 18, had lived on a diet of cheese and chips for eight years.
And we also covered the case of Claire Jones, 23, (pictured) who survives on a diet of jacket potatoes.
Claire, from Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, will only eat Maris Piper potatoes, mild cheddar cheese and Tesco Finest coleslaw.
Very occasionally she will try some bread, sausage or a burger, but even this slight change in her diet makes her feel sick – as does the smell of cooking.
Typically people suffering from SED prefer to eat bland ‘comfort foods’ which are high in carbohydrates – such as pizza, cheese and chips, often from particular brands or food outlets.
Sufferers will typically eat just ten different types of food and in extreme cases they will only eat one or two different meals.
People with SED are often treated with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.
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Well at least she can live on £53 a week in benefits….
thebull_politics 2
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09/4/2013 13:18
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Bless her,she’s a beautiful girl…I can’t criticise her,she has an eating disorder…not her fault.
Kirl
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Victoria, Seychelles,
09/4/2013 13:16
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I am sorry I have absolutely no sympathy for these people. Why oh why cannot parents, friends, schools step in at the first signs of a problem, and rectify them ? They look pleased with themselves, are they totally mad, and now the NHS will have to spend thousands trying to make them “betterâ€. Totally disgraceful that they have to got to the age they are without earlier professional advice – boot camp, would that not have helped ?
ck
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09/4/2013 13:13
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See a shrink and get healthy before it’s too late.
Jo
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09/4/2013 13:10
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Wow, someone’s proud of themselves.
Dino Fancellu
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09/4/2013 13:09
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My daughter has this. She is ten. It is a nightmare. Treatment via CBT and occupational therapy for the texture issues. About the only positive is that she is unlikely to become obese because she only eats small quantities of the food she will eat.
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09/4/2013 13:01
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grow up
matt
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09/4/2013 12:53
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Stems back to age 8 eh? I’m sure it does. Parents who indulge their little darlings and allow them to have these fads.
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09/4/2013 12:27
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