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Dying
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A serious look at Anorexia
& Bulimea
Diet Bites
concentrates on motivating individuals to lose weight in an uplifting, humorous
mode. We rarely get scary-serious, so this article is one of our rare exceptions.
Actually, we are going to get deathly serious.
If you are
currently starving to lose weight, this article might be of help because quite
frankly, you are dying to lose weight - literally.
Some readers
have asked, "Why would
someone starve to death on purpose?"
1. The
American Medical Association's Home Medical Encyclopedia explains it like this:
"Anorectics
are often highly conforming people and anxious to please, even obsessional in
their habits. As their bodies change with puberty, anorectics try to take
control over their lives by dieting stubbornly. It seems as if they do
not wish to grow up and are trying to keep their childhood shapes. The
exercise of control also helps anorectics compensate for a general sense of
ineffectiveness."
And then,
we at Diet Bites have considered these possibilities:
2. In this
day and age, slimness seems to be superimposed with beauty. Simply
put, an anorectic sometimes believes that if one is not thin, they are not beautiful.
Keep in mind that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, whether it's through
a looking glass at one's own self, or through the wise eyes of others.
3. The underlying
fear is generally that of becoming fat.
4. As this
disease most always occurs in young people who are at a sensitive age, seeking
an identifying factor to define a distinct personality, many times
they take on an eating disorder to obtain attention from peers or parents.
The sad fact
is that 5 to 10 percent of anorectics end up dying from starvation or suicide.
How is anorexia
treated?
This is an
extremely serious disease, as it is life-threatening. Most of the time,
hospitalization is required for treatment.
If a person
has an eating disorder will they always appear underweight?
NO! In
fact, many people with bulimia are normal weight or slightly underweight.
If you are
concerned about having an eating disorder, or if you know someone who does,
you should seek medical help immediately OR encourage that friend to do such.
Unfortunately, Diet Bites doesn't have a magic pill containing a cure
although we wish that we did.
If you are
finding yourself entertaining thoughts of vomiting after eating or taking laxatives
or exercising excessively,
please talk to someone who can help guide you - such as a parent or teacher.
Once you start this cycle, it's almost impossible to break and you may
find yourself dying to lose weight.
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