Not only does consuming cotton balls in
place of food deprive the body of nutrients, eating anything that isn't actually food can cause blockages in your intestines.
Not exact matches
They are being fed an indigestible
food in
place of a nutrient - dense meal, something their body can't use and
depriving them
of the nutrients they need to grow a healthy brain, nervous system, and bone structure.
In the lab, though, apparently all bets are off if the cannibals are
deprived of food and then
placed in a tank with other tadpoles.
A nutritionally inadequate diet that is high in sugar, caffeine and junk
food places daily stress on the body that the adrenal glands have to respond to and, at the same time,
deprives the adrenals
of the nutrients they need to function.
End -
of - life treatment includes terminal palliative sedation, which
places patients in a state
of unconsciousness and where they are
deprived of food and water, and would require written consent beforehand in writing and filed in the patient's record.