There’s nothing like a good nostril-full of food, apparently. A Virginia woman named Kathryn is getting attention for her unusual eating habit: she blends her food and snorts it through her nose instead of chewing. She will appear on the new season of TLC’s “My Strange Addiction,” which premiered this week. Kathryn says she doesn’t have a problem with chewing itself, but hates the textures that come with eating food the normal way. She calls chewing “primitive.”
Kathryn believes snorting her meals has benefits, including no risk of choking, eating fewer calories, and not overeating. However, she admits the habit has cost her friendships because no one accepts it. She will eat food normally if she has to, but tries to avoid events where that’s expected. Doctors have not commented publicly on the health risks of snorting food, but inhaling particles into the nasal passages can pose dangers.
Source: NY Post
