The girl who must eat every 15 minutes to stay alive

**Prince** · 06-28-2010, 06:55 PM

The girl who must eat every 15 minutes to stay alive

Lizzie Velasquez weighs just four stone and has almost zero per cent body fat but she is not anorexic.

Lizzie Velasquez has a rare and undiagnosed syndrome that prevents her from putting on weight.
In fact, the 21-year-old from Austin, Texas, must eat every 15 minutes to stay healthy.

Miss Velasquez has a rare condition which prevents her from gaining weight even though she eats up to 60 small meals a day.

Despite consuming between 5,000 and 8,000 calories daily, the communications student, has never tipped over 4st 3lbs.

"I weigh myself regularly and if I gain even one pound I get really excited," said 5ft 2 ins Miss Velasquez, who wears size triple zero clothes. I eat every 15-20 minutes to keep my energy levels up. I eat small portions of crisps, sweets, chocolate, pizza, chicken, cake, doughnuts, ice cream, noodles and pop tarts all day long, so I get pretty upset when people accuse me of being anorexic."

She was born four weeks prematurely weighing just 2lb 10oz. Doctors found there was minimal amniotic fluid protecting her in the womb.

"They told us they had no idea how she could have survived," said Miss Velasquez's mother Rita, 45, a church secretary.

Doctors speculated Lizzie might have the genetic disorder De Barsy syndrome but soon ruled it out as it became clear she did not have learning difficulties.

"They kept on trying to figure out what was wrong with her but we treated her like any other child," said Mrs Velasquez, who charted her daughter's health in dozens of notebooks.

She was taken to see genetic experts but they still could not diagnose her.

Miss Velasquez's case has fascinated doctors all over the world and she is part of a genetic study run by Professor Abhimanyu Garg, MD, at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas.

Professor Garg and his team now believe Lizzie may have a form of Neonatal Progeroid Syndrome (NPS) which causes accelerated ageing, fat loss from the face and body, and tissue degeneration. People with PRS often have triangular and prematurely aged faces with a pointy nose.

He said:
"I am aware of a small number of people that have similar conditions to Lizzie but each case is slightly different.
We cannot predict what will happen to Lizzie in the future as the medical community are yet to document older people with NPS."

"However Lizzie is lucky to have healthy teeth, organs and bones so the outlook is good. We will continue to study her case and learn from her." Miss Velasquez has helped to write a book about her incredible experiences.
It is due to be released in September.

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**maniclion** · 06-28-2010, 07:16 PM

Needs some Hard Gainer supps, stat!

**KelJu** · 06-28-2010, 07:31 PM

Originally Posted by maniclion

Needs some Hard Gainer supps, stat!

Lol, that's fucked up, but yeah, the first thing I thought of was "hardgainer".

**Dark Geared God** · 06-28-2010, 08:05 PM

Originally Posted by maniclion

Needs some Hard Gainer supps, stat!

Some beta-al should cure that..

**MuskokaGirl** · 06-29-2010, 08:55 AM

That is truly sad - I have never heard of this disease

**SYN** · 06-29-2010, 09:12 AM

**ROID** · 06-29-2010, 09:26 AM

steroids

**AKIRA** · 06-29-2010, 11:08 AM

She has tits...

**AKIRA** · 06-29-2010, 11:10 AM

On a serious note, she has tits!

On another serious note, research could maybe come up with a dietary supplement from her...

**toothache** · 06-29-2010, 12:30 PM

That's sad.

**DOMS** · 06-29-2010, 12:39 PM

For the love of god, someone please put some pants on that thing!

**maniclion** · 06-29-2010, 12:56 PM

Originally Posted by KelJu

Lol, that's fucked up, but yeah, the first thing I thought of was "hardgainer".

You should have read what I first wrote and then erased to write the less harsh comment....

**sprayherup** · 06-29-2010, 01:41 PM

Who here would fuck her?

**ceazur** · 06-29-2010, 04:15 PM

Originally Posted by sprayherup

Who here would fuck her?

Gears

**World-Pharma.org** · 06-29-2010, 04:15 PM

wow

**PainandGain** · 06-29-2010, 04:36 PM

Hey cool!
I go to the same college as lizzie, here in San Marcos Tx...
I have seen her around campus and i'm on her facebook page.

**unclem** · 06-29-2010, 04:55 PM

ahhh thats sad. dont drs know that maybe steroids would help put weight on this soul. just because there afraid of losing there license to practice there leting this girl be that thin. thats not good on your organs to be that thin.

**TheGreatSatan** · 06-29-2010, 06:23 PM

Can't they inject her with fat?

Seriously, how much does a fucking stone weigh? It's the 21st century and the brits are still using stones for weight measurement?

**Curt James** · 06-29-2010, 09:38 PM

Originally Posted by TheGreatSatan

stone weigh?

Fourteen pounds.

I question whether she couldn't be eating something healthier than "crisps, sweets, chocolate, pizza, chicken, cake, doughnuts, ice cream, noodles and pop tarts".

she is part of a genetic study run by Professor Abhimanyu Garg, MD, at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. Professor Garg and his team now believe Lizzie may have a form of Neonatal Progeroid Syndrome (NPS) which causes accelerated ageing, fat loss from the face and body, and tissue degeneration. People with PRS often have triangular and prematurely aged faces with a pointy nose.

**Mudge** · 06-29-2010, 11:52 PM

Originally Posted by TheGreatSatan

Can't they inject her with fat?

From who, or what? Even when fat is moved from one part of the same persons body, to another, the body eventually balances itself out and returns to its normal size (in that area).

**Mudge** · 06-29-2010, 11:53 PM

Originally Posted by TheGreatSatan

Seriously, how much does a fucking stone weigh? It's the 21st century and the brits are still using stones for weight measurement?

And only American drug addicts, alcoholics and scientists use the metric system.

Oh well.

**Curt James** · 06-30-2010, 12:54 AM

Originally Posted by Mudge

From who, or what? Even when fat is moved from one part of the same persons body, to another, the body eventually balances itself out and returns to its normal size (in that area).

Pretty sad.

Injecting fat is not the answer, but some calf implants might not be a bad idea. And surgeons can perform facial surgery to build up sunken cheeks, etc.

Appearance is not as important as health, but...

**sprayherup** · 06-30-2010, 09:51 AM

A diet high in semen could help.

Stack that with some discounted beta alanine and she'd be fat as fuck.

**DOMS** · 06-30-2010, 10:15 AM

Originally Posted by sprayherup

A diet high in semen could help.

Stack that with some discounted beta alanine and she'd be fat as fuck.

You're over-thinking it. Just get her married.

**GFR** · 06-30-2010, 12:25 PM

The good news is in 10 years after you wed her she wont be a fat pig like my ex wife was.

**DOMS** · 06-30-2010, 01:00 PM

Originally Posted by Curt James

Pretty sad.

Injecting fat is not the answer, but some calf implants might not be a bad idea. And surgeons can perform facial surgery to build up sunken cheeks, etc.

Appearance is not as important as health, but...

.

**TheGreatSatan** · 06-30-2010, 03:32 PM

I think swallowing a lot of cum would fatten her up a bit

**Curt James** · 06-30-2010, 04:23 PM

Originally Posted by DOMS

.

Marilyn Manson's niece?

Originally Posted by TheGreatSatan

I think swallowing a lot of cum would fatten her up a bit

She needs muscle not fat. Her abdomen is not as tight as you would expect of someone that thin. That form of Neonatal Progeroid Syndrome is apparently a serious mess.

**SYN** · 07-19-2010, 10:01 PM

Originally Posted by AKIRA

She has tits...

They are probably fake.....

**blergs.** · 07-20-2010, 01:26 AM

WOW for her condition docs really should give her soem kind of steroid treatments cycles a few times a year to help wiht strangth and mass.

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