A 14-stone chef saw his weight plummet to just six stone after he developed a fear of swallowing food.
Father-of-seven David Chalton, 39, choked on beef twice in two weeks and, as a result, was unable to eat food and survived on nothing other than Yazoo strawberry milkshakes.
Despite still feeling hungry and wanting and trying to eat food, the 39-year-old was unable to and saw his weight drop from 14 stone to just six stone.
David first choked on a piece of meat he was testing while he was working as a head chef in Surrey, two weeks later the same thing happened again as he was walking through Oxford trying to eat a burger – on both occasions David found himself unable to breath until he was saved by a member of the public.
After the experiences David found he was unable to swallow food – no matter how hungry he was or how hard he tried.
David tried blending his food but still he couldn’t eat until one day, he was taken onto a stage and cured – an experience which left David “gobsmaskingly amazing”.
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