All Entries in the "Eating Disorders" Category
What Are the Different Types of Eating Disorders
An eating disorder, as the name suggests, has to do with the way a person eats or does not eat. It is to a large extent psychologically influenced by the state of mind of the patient. There exist different types of eating disorders and most of them strike young adults or teenagers. The distress and [...]
Orthorexia Nervosa Obsesses Healthy or Righteous Eating
Orthorexia nervosa is a type of eating disorder i.e. characterized by excessive focus on eating healthy foods. In very rare cases, this focus can turn into a fixation so extreme that it can lead to severe malnutrition or even death. Orthorexia is similar to anorexia nervosa, but it has some significant differences. Maintaining an obsession [...]
Vegetarianism In Children Can Mask Eating Disorders
While every parent wants to see their children eat a diet with plenty of fruits, vegetables, and whole grains, some children adopt a completely vegetarian diet. Unfortunately, research has uncovered a link between children who chose vegetarianism and eating disorders. A balanced vegetarian diet can be healthy. Children who have eating disorders they are trying [...]
Diabulimia – Eating Disorder Related To Diabetes
Although not officially diagnosed or medically accepted term, diabulimia is a serious health problem and emerging problem in many diabetics. Health experts predict that almost one third of young females with diabetes could be suffering from diabulimia. Diabulimia significantly refers to those diabetics’ patients who decisively reduce or skip regular insulin doses in turn to [...]
Control Emotional Eating To Stay Healthy
Are you worried about your emotional eating tendency? If you really want to overcome emotional eating tendency, first of all you need strong determination and you should be honest to yourself. Emotional hunger is entirely different from actual hunger. You should be able to differentiate the actual difference between emotional and physical hunger. If you [...]
Learn About Long Term Effects Of Bulimia Nervosa
Bulimia nervosa, if left untreated or ignored, can cause a host of life threatening and serious health complications. It affects your nervous system and if persists for longer periods, it can cause damage to almost all organs of your body. Be aware with these specific health complications linked with bulimia nervosa. Long term effects of [...]
Choose Appropriate Treatment Option For Eating Disorder!
Eating disorders can seriously cause both emotional and physical damage for you. While many of you usually try to hide the problem, there will be few warning signs, which you must essentially give importance. Early and appropriate eating disorder treatment makes your recovery easier task for you. Eating disorder treatments usually involves nutrition education, family [...]
4 Common Myths About Eating Disorders
At best, misconceptions about eating disorders can be hurtful to people suffering from one. At worst, they can prevent you from getting necessary help. If you suffer from an eating disorder, you probably use food as your weapon to deal with difficult and painful emotions in your life, which leads to plenty of health problems. [...]
Are You Struggling With Compulsive Eating Disorder? 5 Ways To Avoid Compulsive Eating!
Are you really concerned with compulsive eating? You will eat food more than three times a day and finally end up with a worry of over weight. Do you know that the leading cause of obesity is compulsive eating or eating too much? To avoid obesity and its associated health risks, it is very essential [...]
How To Recognize And Recover From Bulimia Nervosa?
Overeating and then feeling anxious about obesity is more common condition for people who are suffering with bulimia nervosa. When you have bulimia nervosa, you may feel trapped by this addiction like relationship with the food. You will try to engage yourself in overeating and then try to reduce those extra pounds of your body [...]
