The mother of a 20-year-old who died through eating too much junk food has told how she tried to wean him off his fatal diet.
Ignoring all warnings, Scott Martin lived on chips, toast and baked beans - all high on salt.
His mum Margaret says she tried desperately to get him to eat more healthily.
But he refused and developed a liver condition which killed him.
Mrs Martin told the Daily Mirror: "He was fine when he was younger. I could get him to eat properly.
"But as he got older he ended up with just toast, beans, chips and the odd tin of spaghetti."
Scott was told a liver transplant could save him but he was too frightened to have the operation.
He developed auto-immune hepatitis, which attacks the liver and causes thinning of the blood.
His condition got so bad that when surgeons removed three infected teeth he slowly bled to death.
Scott, who lived with his mum and two sisters in Sunderland, was buried last week.
His mother said: "He did not deserve to die like that. It was terrible."
The Institiute of Optimum Nutrition described Scott's diet as a "recipe for death".
It added: "Young people are at a vital stage where a good diet is a must."
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