Anorexia Nervosa

Starving oneself is not the best way to lose weight. Take it from someone who lost 40 lbs in six weeks...me! If you starve yourself, your brain will shut down your metabolism in an effort to save energy, and your weight loss actually becomes slower.

First of all, avoid sugar and caffeine. Consuming sugar or caffeine will simply make your body burn that for energy first, and not burn fat. Also avoid high fat foods.

Eat small meals, several times a day. Mostly eat vegetables, with very little meat. When you do eat meat, stick with fish and poultry, which are low in fat. Eat breakfast! That jump starts your metabolism in the morning. What you are trying to do is teach your brain that you are going to give it some fuel several times a day, so it won't be as likely to store fat, because it will learn the pattern that there is another small meal coming shortly.

When I say small meals, I mean very small, snack size meals. The ideal is to actually decrease the overall amount of intake, AND spread it out across the day evenly. Also, don't eat after dark. You need not give your body anything to store over night while you are sleeping.

Anorexia is noted for its sufferers eating very little, sometimes to the point where they are lliterally staving themselves. Most anorexics will strictly limit what they eat to low-cal foods. Lots of liquids are consumed, because they fill you up and can easily come with falvor without the calories. (water, flavored water, most teas, diet sodas, ect.) Also, any food is usually monitered by the person for the exact calorie count so that they know how much to work out (to burn it off) later on in the day. While eating with others (which anorexis often do, so people think that they eat more often then they really do), anorexics may play with their food or sneak it, to make it look like they are eating when they aren't.

In the United States, at least 1,000 people die each year from anorexia (not including other eating disorders). over 5 million people, men and women, suffer from anorexia alone. these numbers aren't counting other countries, but im sure the number would increase 10 fold. however, the united states houses the most eating disordered people (europe is close behind, along with australia), so the US can always be sure it'll win that competition.

About every 1 out of every 100 teenage girls and young women suffer or have suffered from anorexia. The average age of onset is 17. Approximately 1% of individuals with anorexia are male. This disorder affects all races and ethnic backgrounds but is most common among Caucasians

No this is not save, there is a problem with starving your self. It is called anerexia and it does not have a good out come. Please do not stop eating for twenty days it can lead to may problems and if you don't do it for twenty days, it can get into your head and you can be addicted to not eating. SO DON"T

Anorexia is not a physical disorder but a psychological syndrome. Psychological or psychiatric counseling or group therapy are recommended. In some cases a person may overcome this situation with the appropriate reading and practice of professional advice Ans) Anorexia's treatment varies from person to person. It also depends on what anorexia stage you're in. typically, anorexia treatment consists of private counseling, psychiatric care, nutritional education, medical care, and family therapy. Refer to some useful online resources to know more about it.

About 10% of all teens with eating disorders will die directly from the disorder.

Yes, often there will be a significant weight gain. The time it takes to gain that weight depends on how much is being consumed and various factors about the individual person.

• • Diet pills. sometimes some yogurt. if you starve yourself your body goes into starvation mode. it begins by eating your muscles away til they're gone. the second you start eating again, it latches onto the energy and stores it improperly causing you to gain weight, maybe even more than before you lost weight. Anorexia is a terrible, terrible way to lose weight. there are much much much much healthier ways. Do not aim for skinny and unhealthy, aim for fit. try to be toned, not itty bitty twig. if you are working out and building muscle (low weight high reps, strong, long, and lean muscles, very attractive) you need to eat protein at every meal. One third of your diet should be carbs, and no more. once you reach your target, a little less than half of your diet should be carbs for healthy food intake. eat a banana for dessert instead of cake, it helps your muscles.
  • I have a Goddaughter that has Anorexia and the one thing I have noticed is Anorexics often love to cook for others, but seldom eat what they cook. She sticks to more fruits, veggies, salads, no protein, waters down her orange juice and spreads her food on her plate to make it look like more. She also will use ways of getting one's attention onto something else other than her eating. When not eating properly young women with Anorexia will cease to have their periods and this is not healthy and can cause a myriad of health problems as they grow older. She is in counseling and not one of us mention her eating habits when we are around her. It only agitates the situation. Of course we are keeping an eye on things for her healths sake. She is tall and putting on a little more weight slowly. She is also active. It truly amazes my husband and I as she loved all cultures of food. Her mother is Asian, her father Caucasian and they loved food and ate anything from Greek, Asian foods and so did my Goddaughter. Now it troubles us to see her eat very little and it all started when she was around 14. Protein such as meats, seafood, dairy and beans are great for the brain and without it, the brain starves. The person may become light-headed or dizzy and finds it difficult to concentrate thus, they can do poorly in school or in the workplace. Leafy green vegetables and grains are excellent to clean out the body and keep the intestines and colon clean. Water (8 - 8 ounces of water) helps to flush out fats and other toxins in the body and keep liver and kidneys clean and healthy. Other vegetables are also a necessity for the body. Anorexia is a mental disorder. Generally a person with Anorexia feels they don't have their total independence or any control over their lives and they have usually be regimented in their past daily lifestyle. The only control they have is what they eat or don't eat (this also can include the elderly in nursing homes.) The person sees themselves as "too fat" or "not perfect." We can thank their peers, advertisers, actors, models for this. Even clothes designers can be blames for the skeletal look in young women. The good news is that "wholesome, well-rounded figures are now in and the twiggy look is out!" Western countries are now looking more into the diets of all of society ... some too over-weight, others too thin or in an Anorexic or Bulimic state. There is no such thing as "Perfection" and thus, striving to attain it through body imagine is a useless cause. If one eats well, drinks that water, exercises then what they turn out to be is who they should be. It is also noted by a panel of young men in a study that they don't enjoy dating girls that are under-weight and refuse to eat a decent meal they have paid for and find it annoying when a young woman picks at her salad and then says she's full. If you or anyone you know has Anorexic or Bulimic qualities about them it's important to let them know there is help out there if they want it.
  • One Diet is to eat only buttered bread and pints of water. In around four days you will start too see your rib cage. you MUST Stop when you see your ribs and eat mainly celery and very low calorie food. If you tell people about your 'diet' they may think you are doing it for attention or your a poser. If you know anyone Who is anorexic or bulimic tell a person you trust. Remember : Anorexia is a psychological problem.

• Would you rather look good for a little while, or wear a size ten and be able to take advantage of a full lifetime of opportunities? I'm 20 years old, and also suffered from anorexia when I was 15, before it became as publicized as it is now. When I was admitted into the hospital, the doctor's said my heart was 2 days away from stopping, and my blood pressure was so low I should be on the ground convulsing. I weighed 70lbs. I didn't realize until after I was out of the hospital 2 1/2wks later, how bad i looked before when I saw a picture of myself. It truly is a psycological problem, things that happened in my life that i didn't deal with at the time brought me to this. I'm so blessed to still be alive, and i couldn't imagine missing out on my life because of this disease. I don't believe these are "tips" on how to be anorexic, I believe there more of warning signs, because all of the things listed above, I was doing about 99% of those. I reach out to anyone that suffers from this, it is a life long battle. Although I've been lucky enough not to relapse, there's still days I look in the mirror and think "yeah you could lose a few lbs" I weigh 100lbs, and i know if anything i should gain a few lbs, but there's always gonna be that idea in the back of my mind that i could improve my body.

There are many symptoms of anorexia. Some common ones are...

Weight loss / protruding bones.

Not eating, or only eating very little / eating only "safe" (low-calories, low fat) foods.

Excessive exercise.

Hair loss.

Dry skin / flaky skin.

Discolored nails (usually a faint blue or purple).

Wearing baggy or different clothes to hide weight loss.

"Odd" food habits.

Obsesses over food, health, body image, ect.

Defensiveness over food, weight, food, ect.

Heart problems.

Organ weakness / failure.

Low body temperature.

Low heart rate.

Dizziness, fainting.

Weakness.

Mood swings.

Depression.

Victims of anorexia avoid eating situations, weighs themselves frequently, monitors food intake carefully, develops rigid food rituals and avoids certain foods, they are unhappy with their body size, and they develop a denial of hunger. Some emotional and mental signs include: depression, social isolation, low self-esteem and self-worth, controlling personality, perfectionistic, rigid, inflexible, low sex-drive, inability to concentrate and insomnia. Some physical signs include low-body-weight, lack of energy, fatigue, unsteady gait, complains of being cold or having tingling in hands and feet, thinning of hair loss and excessive exercise.

eating disorders

Anorexia is considered to be an eating disorder. It can also fall under some other catergories, like a "condition", "mental disorder", "emotional disorder", and a "physical disorder". It depends possibly on the cause (depression, BDD, media, ect.) and also who you ask, as some doctors / people only believe it is a certain type of condition, and not another.

I'm going to assume you are skipping lunch to lose weight. By denying your body food for such a long stretch of time (from breakfast until dinner) I can almost guarantee you will overeat at dinner. You will then probably end up consuming more daily calories than if you had eaten lunch. Eat smaller, more frequent meals and you'll never feel hungry and you will most likely ingest LESS total daily calories than by eating only breakfast and dinner. Not related to weight loss, not eating for such a long stretch makes it more difficult for your brain to focus. It will make it more difficult for you to do your job or pay attention at school. Keep your body fueled and it will treat you right. Keep your body in starvation mode (even if you don't FEEL starving) and it will fight you.

It messes up the serotonin receptors in your brain that make most people feel happy and joy.

It also deprives the brain of ATP (energy), which gives the sufferer a similar mind as someone who is extremely sleep deprived or has the flu.

In addition, it makes the brain sensitive to things like caffeine.

I think it depends on the person and your self esteem. I think eating disorders vary depending on what is happening in your life. If you question that you have one, then you probably do. It is extremely unhealthy and you should see a doctor.

By doing it anyway, but with the comfort of good friends of family who will support you. Examine the fear inside you and feel it rise, and you will notice that it will come and go without any work by you. It peaks and eases on its own and it is that very feeling that is stopping you. Ask yourself why you are afraid of a feeling? Its just adrenal glands shooting off andrenalin around your body that makes you feel that way and is nothing to be afaid of.

Anorexia, defined by a loss of appetite accompanied by weight loss or poor weight gain, usually denotes a VERY SERIOUS psychological disorder. This is such a complex subject matter that I will list the most salient side-effects from anorexia nervosa - * liver failure, renal failure, electrolyte imbalances (sodium and/or potassium may become abnormal in the blood), heart disorder (arrhythmias), and death. The list of complications is much longer but these are some of the most serious. Several famous people have died from anorexia - one person that comes to mind is Karen Carpenter (of the Carpenters' singing group, back in the 1970's). Loss of bone density and resulting risk of fractures. Loss of teeth with receeding gums and foul breath. Sores and breakouts on the skin, and even loss of hair. Kidney and liver failure are also common, as well as permanent damage to the internal organs and systems. The body can go into menapause very early and prevent a female from having children. All of these make the person susceptible to illness and diseases of all types, many of which can be fatal. And the person looks really, really ugly, just skin and bones, hollow eyes and knobby joints.

Eating disorders cause immeasurable suffering for individuals and their families. Eating disorders have reached epidemic levels in America-- all segments of society are affected: men and women, young and old, rich and poor, all minorities, all socio-economic levels Seven million women. One million men. AGE AT ONSET OF ILLNESS: 86% report onset of illness by the age of 20*. 10% report onset at 10 years or younger 33% report onset between ages of 11-15 43% report onset between ages of 16-20. DURATION OF ILLNESS/MORTALITY: 77% report duration from one to fifteen years* 30% report duration from one to five years. 31% report duration from six to ten years. 16% report duration from eleven to fifteen years It is estimated that six percent of serious cases die. Only 50% report being cured NOTE: In 2006 it is noted that a higher rate of individuals with eating disorders are cured. Like alcoholics being persuaded to take that next drink, individuals with eating disorders must always watch for the signs of fading into another onslaught of poor eating habits. The corrects stats are not available because many Anorexics refuse help (they honestly feel they are still too fat and it's also used as a control mechanism unbeknownst to them because they are unhappy in their lives) and many will refuse counseling, while others realizing there could be something wrong find it difficult to retrain their brain to realize they need to eat to live. There is a high rate of suicide and deaths in Anorexics. It's a living nightmare. If they don't seek help their body will begin to feed off itself, their organs will shut-down and they are at high risk for heart attacks and death is a certainty. Scientific proof has not totally been established whether this is a glitch in the person's brain (like other psychological diseases) and can't be helped, or it's learned behavior from all the Anorexic models and actors out there. Although Anorexia hits more women than men, men are certainly included in this. More and more actors are coming "out of the closet" and want help and getting it. It is possible, if the Anorexic realizes that they do have a problem to get help, become well and live a healthy life-style, but, it's true, like an alcoholic that can't have that first drink after sobriety, the Anorexic must always be cautious they don't fall through the cracks of the Anorexic world. Thinking back when I grew up in the 40s and 50s you never saw Anorexic girls. Yes, some may be thinner than others, but it was genetic and they ate well. I blame the advertising world, movie industry and diet companies for portraying what the #10 gal should look like. There is so much peer pressure on the teens out there that they will try many stupid concoctions to look better be it their weight, facial features or body builds. If you are OK on the inside and psychologically fit, then the rest is just packaging and confidence of oneself comes from the inside. We can't all be one of the beautiful people and if one was smart they would know that beauty fades fast and we need to work on our inner selves. More and more celebrities are coming out and admitting Anorexia and Bulimia and hoping to help other young people realize what they are doing to their bodies. Thin IS NOT in! Even the modeling world is getting the heat and "full-figured" women such as the likes of Marilyn Munroe are coming back into play. If you ask a young man they generally prefer women with a little meat on their bones. Young men could help more as well by telling a friend or girlfriend they are not looking good when they are too thin. I would think coming from a young man is more important than coming from an adult (after all, teens think we adults know diddly anyway.)

Both anorexia and alcohol can damage the body. Each can lead to organ problems and potentially organ failure, which may end in death in some cases. Both are dangerous diseases (anorexia and alcoholism) that can be treated, too.

This one is rather obvious. Malnutrition which anorexia causes (not eating enough) will lower the sperm count in a man. If the sperm count gets too low it will be difficult or impossible for him to get a woman pregnant. Women anorexics also become less fertile. Starvation will eventually cause a woman to stop menstruating and she will not be able to conceive or get pregnant. Anorexia causes many other problems as well, some of which can be permanent depending how emaciated a person get.

After you throw up you should eat saltines, apple sauce, or ginger ale. The ginger in ginger ale will sooth your stomach. After throwing up you should not eat anything big or that has a lot of acid like regular soda or pine apple.

You will become thin... However healthy eating and excersise are far better means of getting rid of excess weight as they will improve your health unlike anorexia. Anorexia will only cause problems to your body!

It can. Lack of nutrition can cause teeth decay, as not enough nutrients are in the body to support healthy bone (teeth are bones) growth.

Anorexia was first "discovered" in 1863 by two English doctors. However, this was the first time it was considered to be an actual disease. Records of anorexia date back to the times of ancient Greeks, where reports of self-starvation (anorexia) and throwing up after meals (bulimia) were recorded in monastaries. And priests wrote that Catherine of Sienna dies after starving herslef through eating only berries and fruits and refusing to eat at most meals, both which would be a sign of severe anroexia.