The Canker-worm in our society called Eating disorders
Eating disorders can be seen as mental illnesses, that tends to affect your eating system, it is not just dieting gone too far as it can lead to serious diseases or sometimes death.
Study shows that about one in 20 Australians suffer from eating disorders, its sometimes caused by a low self-esteem or a simple I don’t care attitude to things, they are categorized into four namely: anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder and other specified feeding and eating disorder (OSEFD) , but the most common of them are the anorexia nervosa and the bulimia nervosa, and maybe the binge eating disorder (not really popular ) now for the anorexia and bulimia, anorexia is an eating disorder usually caused by the desperate need for weight loss, people with this kind of eating disorder eat very little or nothing at all, and guess what? They actually also exercise a whole lot, they just want to be slim or lean or thin , whatever u you may want to call losing a lot of weight, that’s all they want to be, they tend to avoid food , they tend to focus more on fluids, it is characterized by an intense fear of being obese, its symptoms include:
- losing of at least 15% of body weight (resulting from eating too little despite being really hungry)
- fear of being overweight
- exercising obsessively
- absence of menstrual periods (severe cases)
You know that time when you were just recovering from a sickness and you slimmed down then someone sees you and goes,
hey you look slim, it’s a good look on you
and now are like,
really!
You then start being obsessed with wanting to keep that body weight, that’s how anorexia begins at the early stage you start eating less, taking fluids exercising, then gradually you want faster results, then you want you to notice how slim you are becoming, you stop eating you start fainting.
This eating disorder usually leads to the next one popular among Nigerian ladies, bulimia – this one is characterized by purging and vomiting. Personally I cannot see how somebody will finish eating then take one native drug that will then take you to the toilet to go purge out everything you have eaten, seriously!?!
You know how most ladies like to binge, eat cake, eat chocolates, drink mineral, and eat Shawarma and possibly every junk they can find at Shoprite? Now after eating all these binge they will then sit down, go to an online store then order a slim tea, wanting to get rid of all the extra calories they accumulated while eating the junk and I’m like
“auntie how far now? Who send you?”
These people are even harder to notice because they are close to their body weight, they take laxatives, slim teas, native medicines, and a whole lotta concoction just to reduce weight…
“no now, it’s not good for your heath my dear, you are ruining a whole lot of delicate organs in your stomach”
Bulimia and anorexia when severe can cause you the following;
- harm to your kidneys
- urinary tract infections
- dehydration
- loss of mensuration or irregular menstrual periods
- severe sensitivity to cold (anorexia)
- intestinal and stomach problems(bulimia)
Now you see what happens when you tend to be obsessed with your body weight and wanting to be as slim as Agbani Darego.
We also have the funny one binge eating disorder: this one is not really popular but it is the exact opposite of the two above, they tend to eat too much, they are the type the Igbo race call “usa”
Kai! They can eat chocolate, fries, food? EVERTHING EDIBLE is good for them, this eating disorder is very dangerous as it can lead to obesity, fatigue, diabetes, hypertension and cardiovascular diseases.
Funny thing about these eating disorders is that one can actually lead to the other, someone with binge disorder with serious low self-esteem might just become bulimic overnight or anorexic then bulimic.
Either way each of these can kill so be careful, eat healthy, take a lot of water, take enough fruits and exercise regularly but not too much.
Slim might be the new ‘BAE’ but obsessing over it is not cute as your life is at stake.
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