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Girl Who only Ate Chicken McNuggets Cured Thanks to Hypnosis

After a two-hour hypnotherapy session, nine-year-old Livana McCallum expanded her diet from exclusive McDonald's chicken nuggets to more than 20 new foods, overcoming ARFID.

  • Livana McCallum, a nine-year-old from Coventry, only ate McDonald's chicken nuggets daily for seven years until recent treatment.
  • Her mother Kelly sought help in July due to Livana's extreme food phobia diagnosed as avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder .
  • Cognitive behavioural hypnotherapist David Kilmurry conducted two two-hour sessions, after which Livana swallowed a grape and ate noodles with stir fry sauce the same day.
  • Following hypnosis, Livana tried around 20 new foods, including fruit and a jacket potato, showing progress in expanding her diet.
  • Kilmurry described Livana's attitude as fabulous and highlighted her heartwarming improvement in eating normal foods beyond McDonald's nuggets.
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Girl who only ate chicken McNuggets cured thanks to hypnosis

She has avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder, a condition that limits her from eating over fears of touch, taste, smell and looks.

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Coventry Telegraph broke the news in Coventry, United Kingdom on Monday, September 1, 2025.
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