Woman, 20, fed through heart after deadly illness makes her allergic to all food

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The Daily Star's FREE newsletter is spectacular! Sign up today for the best stories straight to your inboxLauren Wittering is allergic to ALL foods.Even the smell of food can bring on a potentially life-threatening allergic reaction.Medics were forced to fit a feeding tube into her stomach, but she even became allergic to that.So now the 20-year-old, who has lost five stone in two years, is fed through a tube that goes straight into her heart.Lauren, who suffers from a condition known as mast cell activation syndrome, or MCAS, said: “I loved food so much, and now I can’t even be near it.“Just the smell of food will send me into anaphylaxis (severe allergic reaction).“If I come into contact with something I am allergic to, hives will quickly.