A U.S. teenager has a “dream diet” that makes him the envy of his friends.

The 15-year old boy consumes mountains of fry-ups including 56 sausages, 24 rashers of bacon and 24 burgers fried in a liter-and-a-half of olive oil every week. But he is no grease-lover -- he eats fatty foods to survive.

Lee Jones suffers from a rare disease, contracted by just one in 14 million people, called GLUT1 that means he can’t process glucose and has to eat lots of high-fat foods to survive. 

Without his special diet the condition would lead to brain damage, seizures and other long-term problems.

Doctors prescribed the special “ketogenic” diet for Lee that has improved his epilepsy and led to better focus at school. 

Lee can eat as many fry-ups as he likes but is banned from anything sugary such as sweets, bread and pizza.

“Most of my friends are jealous that I get to eat loads of fried stuff. But I do miss my old food. I used be able to eat whatever I wanted, whenever I wanted,” Lee said.

(From news reports)