Eating Disorders

In terms of eating disorders, the two most common are Anorexia and Bulimia. Anorexia is characterized by not eating, self-starvation, limiting calorie intake, and excessive exercise. Bulimia is characterized by eating large amounts of food (known as bingeing) and then throwing it up forcefully or using laxatives ot quickly remove the foods from the body (known as purging).

depends on the body compostion... if you have more fat i think you can live a little longer.. but i believe it is about 6-7 days assuming you have water

You coud try shoving a toothbrush down your throat ....

or perhaps something bigger that you know will make you throw up (Y)

or you could swallow a lot of salt at one time but why would u want to do this? think about it.

Anorexia can affect all of the body systems, eventually. It can cause eyesight problem, hearing loss, dry skin, mental problems (depression, isolation, OCD, ect.), organ failure, nerve damage, muscle loss, and many other problems.

An eating disorder means an unhealthy relationship with food. It can be extreme obsession or hate towards it. Throwing up your food, counting calories, extreme exercising and obsession with food are signs of eating disorders.

There are many characteristics and effects that go along wiht anorexia, but 5 are... * Weight Loss

* Unwillingness to eat (or only eating VERY small amounts) * Excess, intense, or very often exercise * Organ problems (i.e. problems due to lack of nutrients, a girl not having her period) * Hair (on the head) loss, discoloration, loss of "shine", becoming more fragile / brittle, thinning, becoming lank. Also, hair growth (called lanugo) of a peach-fuzz thin layer as the body tries ot compensate for loss of body fat.

Usually by taking the first two fingers of either hand and shoving them down their throat, making repeated movements to aggravate the gag reflex. The automatic reaction is to stop gagging, but vomiting only occurs when the gagging wont stop; so bulimics gag themselves for as long as it takes to heave up a portion of what they ate. some people develop or are born with the ability to throw up on command, without the gag reflex.

Anorexia affects boys in the same way that it does for girls. There will be similar compliocations (like organ problems, hair lossm dry skin, ect.) Emotions, like depression, can happen for both boys and girls. Anorexia is pretty much similar, no matter who it affects, either boy or girl. The only main difference is that boys have "less pressure", in theory, to look a certain way or to be very thin, so less boys have anorexia than girls. Roughly 90% of all anorexia sufferers are female, while just about 10% are male.

The body retains water because water is a necessary medium for nearly all of the reactions that are involved in the function of life. Without it, the body's cells could not work properly; they would soon fail and effectively die, resulting in disease, injury to and death of the whole organism.

There are a lot of reasons to retain more water than normal such as hot weather, obesity, heart and kidney conditions, hormone problems, high salt diet, blood clots, vascular problems and others. It would be best to see your doctor about it.

Probably more women feel nausea but do not throw up, but many women do one or both during pregnancy, especially early pregnancy (75% of women have morning sickness). If the vomiting is so frequent that you can not keep any foods or fluids down, you should notify your doctor so you do not get dehydrated or malnourished. YES! I AM PREGNANT AND NAUSEAS AS ANYTHING BUT I DONT VOMIT.

Its because of either the physical or mental abuse they had gone through. I'm an anorexic binge purge sub type. I have both the illness of a bulimic and an anorexic. I am this because relatively, bulimics are not underweight. That's where anorexia comes in. But because of the self loathe and public loathe that the only way to feel accepted is to do whatever it takes to be the skinniest person there. It's not really ALL choice. It does take over your body and recovery will be harder. Fix it the sooner the better

Being completely anorexic will actually cause the starvation response to kick in, slowing down your progress.

The main reason for fat loss should be for health reasons. People who are anorexic look very thin, unhealthy and thus unattractive. Being anorexic will also cause social problems.
For improved health, improved physical appearance, mental health and social interactions, it is best to approach fat loss in a holistic manner. Do not try to make drastic changes.

Don't try to starve yourself. Start first by adding green vegetables (for example microwave frozen vegetables). Eventually replace all high fat and high sugar foods with lower calorie ones. For example, replace fries with baked potatoes, then with broccoli, etc. If you like candy, take a sweet apple instead. For a sweeter choice try grapes or ripe bananas. These foods may not seem as sweet or delicate at first, but this changes over time, and you will grow to like them much more as they will give you more energy and you will not have a bloated feeling afterward.
Many advocate increasing protein intake. This is fine, but do not go to a high fat high protein diet.

The MAIN key is to make lifestyle changes for the rest of your life. Don't try to speed things along. Eat right, exercise and the good changes will come into your life much sooner than you expect.

Unfortunately, too many to count. However, what it more disturbing than the number of models suffering from this condition is the number of young women and even men that are not models that are currently battling anorexia.

At this time, there is no exact number that represents the number of models that have anorexia.

It gives a person protein, which helps give them more energy, especially when one is going to work out. most protein powders for shakes is made of eggs.

HOWEVER, raw eggs can contain salmonella, which can cause digestive symptoms like diarrhea. In early 2010, eggs in the USA had to be recalled due to this contamination.

Surprisingly many anorexics don't exercise at all. They focus on losing weight mainly by restricting food. However, some anorexics due exercise, though the amount depends entirely on the person.

There is no accurate way to know for sure, but it is know that around 800,000 people (just under) may suffer with eating disorders in general. The statistic states that 40% have bulimia, 10% have anorexia and the other 50% have EDNOS or an unspecified or unknown eating disorder. Adding some maths to that, we can probably estimate that there'll be roughly 320,000 bulimia sufferers in the UK.

There are approximately 3500 Calories in a pound. How many pounds you lose by starving yourself depends on your basal metabolic rate, or BMR (how many Calories you burn while at rest) and how many calories you burn through activity. Most people's BMR is somewhere in the neighborhood of 1500 Calories. Add in daily activity and you get your 2000 Calorie-based diet recommended by the USDA, FDA etc. Therefore, it will take most people about 2 days of not eating to lose one pound. Skipping a single meal won't do much for you if weightloss is the ultimate goal. Skipping meals lowers blood sugar and reduces metabolism, which will actually slow down the entire process. In addition, the weight you loose will not all be from fat, but also muscle tissue, skin, blood and even bone matter. This is because of the fact that as your body can't receive the essential nutrients it needs to survive from food, it will extract them wherever it can find them. So be sure to eat! Your body needs protein, starch, fat, calcium, folic acid, vitamins, minerals and much more simply to sustain life. As any one of these becomes depleted from your diet, your body looses some of its functions and, depending on the level of deprivation, you can even die. This is why it is very important to have a balanced, consistant diet with fruits and vegetables.

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

*Lack of eating, restricted eating

*Excessive exercise

*Hair loss

*Dry, flaky skin

*Brittle nails, discolored nails / nailbeds

*Weight loss, protruding bones

*Depression

*OCD

*BDD (Body Dismorphic Disorder)

*Isolation

*Defensive over looks, weight, eating habits, ect.

*Heart failure, heart murmur

*Feeling cold (often when others are not)

*Low body fat percentage

*Preferring to eat alone

*Growth of lanugo (thin "peach fuzz" hair over the body)

*Mood swings

*Organ malfunction, organ failure

*Loss of menstrual cycle (in women)

*Low sex drive (in men)

*Odd food habits (cutting food into small piece, eating in a certain order, chewing a certain number of times, not likeing food to touch,eating only certain color foods, ect.)