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Study Review; Autism and Anorexia
Tweet Today I was reading a Cambridge University Study done just last year into the similarities between Autism and Anorexia. Here is the abstract that Simon Baron Cohen and his team looked into: "The objectives of this study were to explore associations between...
Study Review; Minnesota Starvation Experiment
Key Points 1. Ironically, malnutrition makes a person not want to gain weight. The catch-22 is that once the person gains some weight, their brain starts functioning properly again and they then often are happy about gaining weight. A person with Anorexia who is...
Exercise in Anorexics; Study Review
In my daily research I came across a study that sparked my interest today; Impact of exercise on energy metabolism in anorexia nervosa- Zopfel et al 2013 Personally having suffered an excessive exercise component to my anorexia I am always looking at further...
Medical Marijuana and Anorexia
I have been reading over the last week about the latest research regarding Medical Marijuana and anorexia. While I do not have first hand experience of the effects of smoking pot on anorexia. I find the scientific study of it fascinating. (I never tired marijuana when...
How Science Helped Me Cope with the ‘Fat Tummy’ in Anorexia Recovery.
My Experience; When I had anorexia, I did not suffer from body dysmorphia, so I was acutely aware of how thin I looked and unattractive it was. I know that this is not the case for all sufferers, but I think that regardless, many will find this account useful for...
Watching Time Heal
When I was 16, my parents took us on what was our first family holiday outside of Europe. Usually, we would be driven to France or Spain to stay in a green and red Eurocamp tent, which quite honestly was a whole lot of fun, but boarding a plane and heading...
I Just Started My Period!
I am 32 years old and I just got my period! Do I feel vulnerable writing about my period? Yes. But I'm going to write about it anyway, because I think that it is important that I talk about all aspects of my eating disorder, and not having periods was one of them. I...
