Bulimia Symptoms and Treatment
Posted by Navin on Mar 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Bulimia is an eating disorder. People with bulimia usually have a normal weight, but perceive themselves to be fat. Or they may feel intense guilt or self-disgust when they eat. These feelings are so strong that people with bulimia throw up much of the food they eat.
Bulimia is not exclusively caused by the changes of puberty, nor is it exclusive to women. Although 90 percent of bulimia cases occur in women, and...
Good Riddance To Your Eating Disorder Problems
Posted by Navin on Nov 04, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Problems with eating disorders are a global concern for health issues.
Mental illness affects a person mentally, as well as physically. A person’s eating habits are indicative of his mental state in the usual life.
For example, a person who is depressed because of relationship problems may eat more to relieve the stress. In general, eating disorders totally wears out a person’s life and self-esteem.
Studies show...
Acupuncture Can be a Solution to Eating Disorders
Posted by Navin on Sep 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Many western health care providers do not agree with the potential advantages of alternative treatment methods. When there are natural treatment options where a person can stop using medications and try to use natural alternatives, these options should be explored. This is very true when it comes to eating disorders.
The two most common eating disorders are anorexia and bulimia. Anorexia is a condition characterized by...
Is Emotional Eating an Eating Disorder?
Posted by Navin on Sep 10, 2009 | 1 Comment
If you use food to manage your mood or if you eat in response to your feelings, you may be someone who is suffering from emotional eating disorder. Emotional eating usually occurs when you eat on impulse because of a triggered feeling.
Although it is not defined as an eating disorder, some medical experts think that it is still akin to an eating disorder because the patient has an unbalanced outlook or relationship...
Overeating as an Eating Disorder
Posted by Navin on Sep 06, 2009 | Leave a Comment
As commonly known to most of us, Anorexia and Bulimia are the most common forms of eating disorders. While this is true to a large extent, Compulsive over Eating is another type of an eating disorder which is slowly becoming very common too.
The symptoms are the exact opposite to that of Anorexia and can cause serious damage to one’s health. It too is basically a mental problem and has been found to be difficult to...
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