Top 10 Advice For Bulimia (Eating Disorder)

By: on September 16th, 2016 in Diet & Nutrition, Sickness & Disease

 

Top 10 Advice for Bulimia (Eating Disorder)

Eating disorder is a disturbance of eating habits or weight control behaviours which result in significantly impaired physical health & psychological functioning like extreme emotions, attitudes. Also, it can be a life-threatening consequence for both male & female.
Types of Eating Disorders:

    • Anorexia Nervosa (self-starvation, fear to gaining weight leads to weight loss, food restriction)
    • Bulimia Nervosa (binging followed by purging to prevent weight gain)
    • Binge Eating Disorder (frequently eating large amount of food-overeating)
    • Pica (eating non-nutritive items means other than food like chalk, clay, plaster etc.)
    • Rumination Disorder (re-chew partially digested food that has already been swallowed) etc.

Bulimia Nervosa:

It is a life-threatening eating disorder characterised by the recurrent episode of binge eating (consumption of a large amount of food in a short period generally less than 2 hours).  Other behaviour includes laxative misuse, diuretic misuse, compulsive exercise, gastrointestinal problem, electrolyte imbalance, and fasting.
Effect of Bulimia:

  • Brain
  • Anxiety
  • Depression
  • Dizziness
  • Lack of confidence
  • Fear of gaining weight
  • Cheeks
  • Swelling
  • Soreness
  • Mouth
  • Cavities
  • Gum disease
  • Sensation of teeth
  • Throat & Oesophagus
  • Blood in vomit
  • Sore
  • Muscle
  • Fatigue
  • Stomach
  • Ulcer
  • Pain
  • Delayed emptying
  • Blood
  • Anaemia
  • Heart
  • Irregular heart beat
  • Heart failure
  • Low pulse & blood pressure
  • Body Fluids
  • Electrolyte imbalance
  • Dehydration
  • Intestine
  • Constipation
  • Irregular Bowel Movement (IBM)
  • Bloating
  • Diarrhoea
  • Abdominal cramping
  • Hormones
  • Hormone imbalance

10 best advice for Bulimia Nervosa:
1. The 1st step of bulimia recovery is admitting the problem that is your relationship to food is distorted or out of control.
2. Need to avoid following the fitness or fashion magazines which are more involved in diet or tips for losing weight.
3. Avoid watching weight loss website.
4. Trained professionals can help you to weight gain, and also help you to maintain a healthy lifestyle.
5. Avoid or stop the binge & purge eating cycle.

Binge eating:
1. Overeating: inability to stop eating.
2. Eating a large amount of food.
3. Secretly eating after everyone has gone to bed or want to eat privately.

Purge eating:
1. Frequently going to the bathroom after meals to throw up.
2. Using laxatives, diuretics – actually, laxatives or diuretics emptying the lower digestive section. As a result, if feel weight loss it’s due to dehydration.
3. Excessive exercising after eating especially includes the calorie burning exercise. Excessive exercise increase appetite which again leads to a binge.
4. Purging does not help to maintain a lower weight.
5. A body responds to the food when eating, it releases insulin. When you try to throw up the food of your stomach, there is now present too much insulin in your body. And this leads to sugar cravings in our body.
6. Don’t skip meals,  it leads to overeating. Eat immediately when you feel moderately hungry.
7. Don’t restrict food unnecessarily.
8. Focus on your food & enjoy it more. Slowly taste, chew & think about every bite of foods.
9. Avoid negative feelings, and stress.
10. Stop counting calories.
Bulimia Nervosa is more common in adolescent and young adulthood girls than boys. Because they are very much conscious about body weight, body shape, and body image.

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