A woman has revealed the reasoning behind her unusual eating habits in a bid to help others – despite social media users calling her "strange."

Manon Alias Onboou has achieved viral status online after revealing her bizarre cravings, which make up most of her daily diet: one kilogram of butter and a litre of cooking oil.

While her snack choices have confused many users on TikTok, which costs her an estimated £400 per month, the 24-year-old has shared the reasoning behind this.

Since 2020, the teacher has battled with multiple eating disorders, where she struggled to find a balance between food restriction and binge eating, followed by purging after each meal.

Now, she eats copious amounts of butter, oil, fries and chocolate, which help her fight panic attacks and with her overall recovery.

Manon hopes that sharing these videos will help raise awareness with her ordeal.

"I eat one kilogram of butter and one litre of cooking oil per day," Manon, from France, told NeedToKnow.Online.

"I started eating butter and chocolate together whenever my eating disorders got worse, because I would simply empty my pantry otherwise.

"This mix of butter and chocolate came up without me being able to get rid of my other [eating] habits.

"Everyone has their own specific little combinations, which are sometimes a little bit weird."

Manon combines these two foods as she claims the fat helps her salivate which she finds difficult due to medication side effects.

She also claims that the combination also helps her control her binge eating as butter "grosses" her out.

In a clip, which has racked up 34.8 million views and 2.3 million likes, Manon films herself eating the combination.

Users flocked to the comments to share their mixed feelings about the butter and chocolate snack.

One person said: "I have so many questions."

"How'd you even find that combination," said someone else.

Another user wrote: "Why does that actually look so good?"

"Butter is much nicer on toast," another person said.

One person wrote: "Forgive me but I actually want to try this."

"Okay but is it good?" someone else said.

Manon added: "I made the decision to share this online in order to feel less alone with my illness.

"Although many people suffer from this, I used to hide myself and feel ashamed, as well as guilty.
"Speaking up about it to my family when I felt the necessity saved me.

"It allowed me to turn myself towards a path of care and healing with healthcare professional who are used to dealing with this disorder.

"For those who don't suffer, it allows them to see the living hell some people go through and possible be more aware of pathological behaviours they could notice from their friends.

"I like showing the reality that the patch to recovery is not linear – it doesn't go from everything to nothing.

"There are hard times to go through and ups and downs.

"Sharing on social media has allowed me to be supported in every little victory."
ENDS

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