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U.K Teen Survives (For Now) on Chicken McNuggets; Axe Serves Weekday Breakfast

• A U.K. teen who has subsisted solely on chicken nuggets since she was two was rushed to the hospital with all kinds of weird health issues. So, Twinkie Diet adherents shouldn’t get any ideas. [HuffPo]

• The USDA’s “Plant Hardiness Zone Map” for gardeners, which hadn’t been updated since 1990, shows that warm zones have drifted northward. Cough, climate change, cough. [Salt/NPR]

• A new Spanish study suggests that fried food is not inherently unhealthy. Sounds too good to be true. [Times of India]

Axe is now serving breakfast every Wednesday through Friday morning. [Eater]

• Ugh. Here’s another one of those “tips for tourists” stories on L.A. that recommends you go to Gladstone’s and Pink’s, more or less The Grauman’s Theater of L.A. food destinations. [ABS]

• The California Department of Insurance is launching an investigation into 1-800-GET-THIN, looking for possible fraud against its members. [LAT]

• L.A. Weekly introduces coddled egg in a jar by The EggSlut Truck. If it didn’t already have us by “egg,” it surely would have had us by “slut.” [Squid Ink]

• Burger King’s new burger could possibly be less healthy than those Spanish fried foods: The Smoked Bacon and Cheddar Double Angus packs more than 1,000 calories. [NYDN]

U.K Teen Survives (For Now) on Chicken McNuggets; Axe Serves Weekday Breakfast