Shocking! Teenager turns deaf and blind due to eating excessive junk food

If reports are to be believed, the 17-year-old, described as a “fussy eater,” was suffering from vitamin B12 deficiency since he was 14 and was under treatment. When he turned 15, his hearing and vision capacity decreased, and it got worst with time and according to Live Science, at 17, he was declared blind. The tests reveal that his optic nerve was damaged due to low levels of copper and vitamin D and as doctors enquired about his eating habits, it was revealed that his daily diet consisted of fries, chips, white bread, and processed meat. He was eventually diagnosed with nutritional optic neuropathy (NON). At present, he is suffering from an eating disorder called ARFID (avoidant-restrictive food intake disorder). In this, the patient avoids food with a certain texture, smell, taste or appearance, or only eats it at a certain temperature.

Nutritional Optic Neuropathy, also known as Deficiency Optic Neuropathy is basically a dysfunction of the optic nerve that happens because of improper dietary content of certain essential nutrients that are necessary for normal functioning of the nerve fibres. According to experts, it happens because of folic acid and vitamin B complex deficiency associated with malnutrition or poor dietary habits.

We all know that junk food is bad and this case is a live example and a warning sign that it is important to wipe off junk food from our daily diet. Here we have also listed other common health issues that people fall prey to due to excessive junk food intake.

One of the most common side-effects of consuming junk foods is increased obesity. It is believed that it happens because of excessive sugar content, calories and fats in such food, which often s results in diabetes, joint-pain and heart diseases.

According to a study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, junk foods can deteriorate your memory and can leave you with a weaker brain. It happens because of sudden inflammation in the hippocampus in the brain.