Susan Reynolds, 29, from Edinburgh eats nothing but raw fruit, vegetables, nuts and berries and says that the extreme eating plan has kept her healthy and young-looking. Her daily diet consists of green juice for breakfast (left), raw chocolate, green juice and fruit and vegetables for lunch (right), and a large green salad and cold soup for supper (centre). Susan even managed to create a raw Christmas dinner for her parents and boyfriend Louie, 22, which included mince pies made from nuts, seeds and fruit. ...read
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Max Blakely, from Inverclyde, Scotland, behaves badly against his will because of a rare chromosome defect identified only as '2p16.3 microdeletion'.
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Dan ‘Woody’ Woodgate, 52, drummer in legendary British pop group Madness, has found a dark humour in even the bleakest moments. His younger brother Nick, 51, also a musician, has schizophrenia. He was hospitalised in his 20s, and attempted suicide more than once. ...read
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