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Documentary Explores Death of Bulimic Woman

Melissa Avrin died at age 19 of bulimia. It's a tricky disease, because very often bulimic patients do not appear emaciated or have obvious signs of an eating disorder. Patients commonly die of electrolyte imbalances that occur as a result of vomiting, causing sometimes dangerous or fatal heart arrhythmias. The impact on a family... Read more Chevron

posted 06/15/2010, comments (2)|

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Obesity and Junk Food Addiction

The word food and addiction has been cautiously avoided by most nutrition experts until recently. A new study published in late March seems to point to the validity of this association. In fact, the study suggests that binging on high-calorie foods may be "as addictive" as cocaine or nicotine. And that behavior could actually... Read more Chevron

posted 06/08/2010, comments (0)|

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Avoid the Pitfalls of Unhealthy and Destructive Eating

I wanted to touch on what I wrote about in my last blog a bit more, but take it in a slightly different direction. You don't necessarily need to have an eating disorder to be losing weight unhealthily. A lot of people take bits and pieces from various eating disorders and combine them into their weight loss routines in a less severe degree. It... Read more Chevron

posted 04/26/2010, comments (0)|

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Living With An Eating Disorder: EDNOS

Instead of focusing on a how-to, I wanted to try something more personal. Unfortunately I am sick today, but I wanted to blog, so I will keep this short and to the point. On the subject of being sick - and believe me, I'm not the only one - it reminded me of my struggle with bulimia and other assorted eating disorders. ED-NOS, if you will. After... Read more Chevron

posted 04/14/2010, comments (2)|

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Introduction to EDOS: Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified

There are certain eating disorders that are widely recognized by the general public. They include anorexia and bulimia. With so many other diagnoses that fall somewhere between these two, a somewhat lesser known diagnostic term was coined. Ednos means eating disorder not otherwise specified. It is diagnosed more often these days than the other... Read more Chevron

posted 01/29/2010, comments (0)|

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