Bulimia is an eating disorder in which a person has episodes of eating large amounts, secretly, also known as binging, followed by some form of weight control that is neither normal nor appropriate, such as, excessively exercising, using laxatives, diuretics, or forcing themselves to vomit, also known as purging. This eating disorder involves much more ...
We all know about the dangers of eating disorders, anorexia and bulimia. But have you heard about the newest danger, getting too much exercise. This phenomena left me a bit speechless. Exercise and I have this ongoing love/hate relationship. Back when I was fourteen years of age, I began exercising. It was the craze of ...
Bulimia affects different organs. And the longer you have bulimia the more organs get affected and damaged. The organs that suffer the most are: heart, kidney, brain, digestive system, bones, skin and endocrine glands. The heart gets damaged from the constant electrolyte imbalances caused by continuous purging and becomes weaker the longer the bulimia continues. ...
Bulimia nervosa is one of the most common eating disorders suffered by women in the United States today. Bulimia nervosa is a very serious condition that should not ignore by people. There have been so many cases of women dying because of this eating disorder not only in the United States but also all over ...
I know you are thinking right now “Why do I have bulimia? How can I stop it? And why isn’t anything I tried before stopping bulimia and has failed to help?” You understand that bulimia is slowly killing you and ruining your life but you can’t stop. It seems like something inside you is stronger ...
Working with adolescents for over the 15 years, I quickly learned that many of my students – both boys and girls suffered from some type of eating disorder, such as bulimia and/or anorexia. While eating disorders are most commonly associated with adolescent girls, studies have shown children as young as 5 years-old have expressed an ...
People with bulimia don’t experience a proper sense of satisfaction when they eat. They can eat food then more food and the feelings of hunger or cravings can still be present: this then makes them eat more and more. When they go on a binge it seems there isn’t enough food for them to stop ...
Sadly, eating disorders are becoming more and more common in the U.S. today due to various factors. Even children and teenagers are suffering from one of these disorders. Anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating are the big eating disorders that a person can have to deal with. Of course, dealing with these disorders in younger individuals ...
Eating disorders sound like they are made up or that they are easy to get rid of. But, eating disorders are very real and are not easy to get rid of. In fact, having an eating disorder can be a life long struggle and sometimes people hid the fact that they have an eating disorder ...
The History of bulimia is old. Even in ancient Rome people used to vomit up food they ate in the period of feasting. They even had special places for it called “vomitorium”. There is a lot of recollection about these events in ancient Rome books. Roman emperors Claudius and Vitellius were bulimic. Some other cultures ...
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