Three Deadly Eating Disorders
Healthy eating is very important for our everyday lives, but
unfortunately, many people develop problems with body image with prevent them
from this healthy eating lifestyle. Eating disorders vary greatly from person
to person, but one thing remains constant—they are very detrimental to a
person’s health. If you or someone you know suffers from an eating disorder, it
is important to seek help as soon as possible.
The first kind of eating disorder that a person may develop
is anorexia. Anorexia occurs when someone is overly concerned with weight and
simply refuses to eat. Someone suffering from this disease usually tries to
hide it by discarding the food without anyone knowing, cutting the food into
small pieces to make it look smaller, or lying about skipping entire meals.
Anorexia is dangerous because it does not allow a person to lose weight in a
healthy way. Cutting fat out of a diet is fine, but not getting enough
proteins, vitamins, minerals, water, and other nutrients can make your body
lose muscle weight and weaken.
Another major type of eating disorder is bulimia. While you
may notice an anorexic person losing lots of weight in a hurry, someone who has
bulimia may or may not be losing weight. If a person has bulimia, he or she
does not have the will power to give up foods, but instead vomits or uses
laxatives after meals to rid the body of these foods. Like anorexia, this can
rob the body of key nutrients, and it can also lead to problems in the
digestive system, throat, and mouth, which are not made for regular induced
vomiting.
The third main type of eating disorder is binge eating. This
is a combination of anorexia and bulimia in most cases. A binge eater will,
like a bulimic, not deprive his- or herself from food. In fact, someone who is
a binge eater will eat enormous amounts of food in a single sitting, and often
these foods are not high in nutritional value. Instead of vomiting, a binge
eater will then refuse to eat at all and exercise rigorously for a day or two,
but then slip into a binge once again. This leads to major problems with
weight.
Eating disorders can effect bother males and females, as
well as people of any race, ethnicity, or age. Most commonly, victims of eating
disorders are teen and young adult girls. Many people die every year due to
complications with eating disorders, but if you or someone you know suffers
from this problem, help is available.
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