October 8, 2008
- Common Eating Disorders
With how society views beauty today, it is no wonder eating disorders are as common as they are. (…)
September 26, 2008
- Treatment for Eating Disorders
Shockingly, eating disorders are becoming an increasingly popular way of losing weight. (…)
- Causes of Bulimia
Eating disorders are some of the most dangerous ways to lose weight. (…)
September 9, 2008
- Side Effects of Bulimia
During the early stages of bulimia, the side effects caused by this illness are not always obvious. In many cases the sufferer of this illness will complain of a stomach ache and nothing else. However, as time passes and they continue to binge and purge their body of sustenance then the bulimia side effects will become far worse. (…)
September 8, 2008
- Anorexia Side Effects
There is without a doubt, many pressures, especially on young women to be thin. (…)
December 9, 2007
- Eating Disorders Bulimia
Bulimia Nervosa is when a person tries to lose weight through purging or other excessive means. Bulimia is often associated with binge eating, though unlike the binge eater, bulimics will resort to drastic measures for losing the calories consumed. The most common way this is done is through purging though they may also use diet pills, diuretics, laxatives and exercise. If a bulimic doesn’t purge they are known as non-purging, though this form of bulimia is not as common. In either case the bulimic will not starve themselves like an anorexic would.
When it comes to weight, many bulimics do not have the same appearance as the anorexic. This is because through binge eating, bulimics are able to consume enough calories to maintain a ‘healthier’ weight, (though some bulimics might even be overweight). And with a healthier weight, most bulimics won’t get amenorrhea, (cessation of the menstrual cycle). However, they do suffer complications. These complications include: digestive problems, complications with the esophagus, voice damage, electrolyte imbalance, pancreatic problems, throat cancer, seizures, kidney infection and heart failure. Death can occur for a variety of reasons some of which include heart or liver complications, stroke, gastric rupture, or internal bleeding. (…)
- Eating Disorders Causes
In nations where food is plentiful, the average person won’t have many issues when it comes to eating. They will eat when they are hungry, and won’t eat when they aren’t hungry. However, there are some groups of people that are unable to eat normally. They either starve themselves, eat non-food items, overeat and/or purge any food that has been ingested. The reason behind such behavior is usually psychological, though occasionally there are health conditions that are the culprit. For example, pica, (a condition where a person eats materials that are not food), is caused by a nutritional deficiency. Other health conditions might deteriorate a person to the point that they naturally don’t have an appetite or possess too much of an appetite. But in these situations, they are not eating or eating too much because their body is not properly registering appropriate hunger feelings. For individuals that have eating disorders, the physiological mechanisms controlling hunger are normal, so they do have ravaging hunger if they are starving themselves. (…)
