Researchers are now suggesting that neuroplasticity could be the answer to treating eating disorders. They are of the view that our own brains, thoughts and emotions are not rigid or fixed in place. But can be changed in order to treat and even cure eating disorders.
So what is neuroplasticity? Let\'s define it. The first part neuro is for neurone (which are the nerve cells in the brain) and...
How to become pregnant fast? Many people want to know the answer to this question. There are some tips which will definitely improve your chances on becoming pregnant fast. Let\'s look at the 5 main ones, but you should only follow these tips if you know that there are no other medical problems with you and your partner. But if you or your partner do have medical problems then you should...
You would be surprised how many women miss their best time to become pregnant: this is the exact time of ovulation. The best time only lasts for 1-2 days in a month (for women whose ovulation runs monthly). But for most women after 35yrs ovulation can occur once in a few months. And the older you get the rarer your ovulation happens.
There are many artificial methods that pinpoint your...
Eating disorders have very many effects on the sufferers. The effects can be divided into mental, spiritual and physical.
The mental effects can be associated with different levels of anxiety (from moderate to very severe), depression, and difficulty to focus on tasks, low span of attention, lethargy or impulsivity and distortion of thoughts.
One of the very specific effects of eating...
Anorexia is not just about weight loss and refusing to eat. Anorexia has major side effects on the mental, physical and emotional state of a person.
Contracting anorexia means getting a new life style, new coping strategies, new relationships, new thought pattern and a whole new way of living and none of it is good.
You can say that a new sufferer becomes like a completely new person,...
To stop a binge is probably the most difficult tusk for a bulimic. All sufferers say that when the thoughts come about binging it is nearly impossible for them to stop. And the longer it goes on the more it becomes uncontrollable.
Moreover, many bulimics lose the ability to recognize when they are full and the ability to say what size of meal is normal for them to eat. They swing between...
According to new research the promotion of healthy eating to fight obesity can drive some teenagers into eating disorders.
Also many adult women and men admit that the extremes of trying to eat healthy lead them into abnormal eating behaviors and later to a fully developed eating disorder.
So the question is how healthy for you is a "healthy eating plan" and diet?
From one point of...
Researching eating disorders is a relatively new field of medicine. Scientists still don't have a lot of data on a long-term recovery process from eating disorders. But many things about who is susceptible to the disease, how it starts and how it develops is known and that is what we will look at here.
According to the latest numbers there are very many people who meet the criteria for...
It is proven now that media can influence the beginning of eating disorders in some people. This is evident especially in children and teens who can easily be lulled into the wrong image of what the human body is supposed to look like.
A very serious concern is that tiny little children as young as 8 year old are now contracting anorexia and the media are to blame. The images of thinness and...
The treatment for anorexia nervosa is often difficult and can take a long time. Some patients improve much slower then others do with many relapses during the recovery process. The treatment can be subdivided into immediate or long term anorexia treatment.
The immediate concerns of most people who present with anorexia nervosa is always low weight, nutrition balance and complications (like...
