Re: Terri Wept

From: robert j. kolker (nowhere_at_nowhere.net)
Date: 03/28/05 

Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 09:11:44 -0500

Ace Lightning wrote:
> sorry, but you've got it backwards. anorexia (from the
> Greek for "without appetite") is the condition of refusing
> to eat, or starving oneself. bulimia (from the Greek for "ox,
> ox-like" and "hunger", indicating gluttony) is the condition
> of over-eating and then forcing oneself to vomit, and/or
> sometimes take overdoses of laxatives. of course, many people
> combine the two; sometimes they refuse to eat, and at other
> times they eat, but then rush to get rid of the food before (as
> they believe) their body can absorb any calories from it. (alas
> for bulimia as a method of weight control - something like 80%
> of the calories in food are absorbed in the first ten minutes
> after eating, although other nutrients may take longer.)

Whatever. Here cycle of eating and purging brought on the heart attack
that left her cognitavely incapacitated.

Bob Kolker

Relevant Pages

  • Re: questioning Weston Price Foundation
    ... I also forget another aspect of the French diet which is as important ... Okinawans for example have certain eating principles they all follow: ... investigation on food portions of america vs france: ... force people to eat more frequently and take in more calories than they ...
    (sci.med.nutrition)
  • Re: Nutrition and Fibromyalgia - longish
    ... days, including calorie counts, grams of fat from protein and a couple ... The doctor put it quite simply - if you can lose 100 calories walking ... Most females of middle age should be eating 2000 to 2500 calories per ... *nearly* enough food energy in that lunch to make it through until ...
    (alt.med.fibromyalgia)
  • Re: Nutrition and Fibromyalgia - longish
    ... days, including calorie counts, grams of fat from protein and a couple ... The doctor put it quite simply - if you can lose 100 calories walking ... Most females of middle age should be eating 2000 to 2500 calories per ... *nearly* enough food energy in that lunch to make it through until ...
    (alt.med.fibromyalgia)
  • Nutrition and Fibromyalgia - longish
    ... The doctor put it quite simply - if you can lose 100 calories walking ... it also TAKES 100 calories to have the energy to walk a mile. ... Most females of middle age should be eating 2000 to 2500 calories per ... *nearly* enough food energy in that lunch to make it through until ...
    (alt.med.fibromyalgia)
  • Re: struggling with cutting
    ... Dont necessarily equate eating less calories for eating very little ... One book I learned alot from is 'Picture Perfect Weighloss' by ... Food choices and food TIMING is probably what you need to look at. ...
    (misc.fitness.weights)