New research on diet: Former Vegetarians inclined to get bulimia

Research recently conducted in the United States proved that the former vegetarian were inclined to get eating disorders.

In relation to the examinees that have a normal diet, the former Vegetarians have higher chances to consume large amounts of food in a short time and then force its ejection from the body.
Thus, to ex-vegetarians bulimia is more threatening, and they often use medicines for losing weight.

Pregnant women who suffer from bulimia are depressive

Studies have shown that women who suffer from this evil disease are prone to depression and anxiety more than other women.
Pregnant women who suffer from bulimia are anxious and depressing, the study showed. Eating disorder leads to a lack of self respect and the people who suffer from these diseases favor continuous state of dissatisfaction.
But bulimia in pregnancy can have bad consequences for the mother and child. The results of studies of Norwegian Institute of Public Health showed that on 41 thousand pregnant women, on how much research has been conducted, 96 women meet criteria for a broader definition of bulimia in the first three months of pregnancy.
67 of them stated that they were bulimic half a year before the pregnancy occurred, while 26 pregnant women developed the disorder in the diet after pregnancy.
In women who have bulimia it was established that majority of them were sexually abused. In addition, they favor severe forms of depression compared with other women.

CAUSE IS Bulimia is hormonal imbalance?

Around one third of cases of bulimia nervosa, is not only a result of psychological disorders, but can be attributed to hormonal imbalance that can be treated easily, with hormone therapy, such as contraceptive pills. The survey conducted at the Carolina Institute in Sweden revealed that.

On the basis of food disorders, there is, on hormonal level, too much testosterone and low levels of estrogen, which determine excessive feel of hunger. At half of patients with diagnosed bulimia, a therapy of balancing testosterone / estrogen proved to be very effective. Bulimia, which attacks 10 women in relation to 1 man, it is the most outspreaded eating disorder that is characterized by convulsive famine in which a person eats huge amounts of food, especially those rich in fats and sugars and in short time. Such overindulgence usually follows vomiting or incorrect laxative use.
Experts have archived bulimia as a psychological disorder and in this way they tried to heal it. But this research confirmed, it is not the end of the story. Swedish team of experts determined that at least one of the three cases of bulimia has its roots in the organic hormonal nature. With many bulimics it is determined an excess of male hormones testosterone and female estrogen deficit. Testosterone is associated with stimulation of hunger, which may explain some of the bulimic behavior. Researchers have also proven that a short hormonal therapy shows success in half of tested patients.