Bulimia Treatment
Bulimia Treatment
Bulimia is an eating disorder in which the patients tends to eat too much or bing and then try to vomit purposefully to avoid weight gaining. This disorder is commonly seen in young women and in those people who have low self esteem. Most of the people having bulimia don’t have any control over eating and they may eat food secretly. Also Most of these people choose high calorie food.
There are two types of bulimia, purging type and non-purging type. In non–purging type the people after overeating may go for vigorous exercise or fasting or crash diets to avoid weight gain. While in purging type the people will remove the food by vomiting, using laxatives, diuretics, enema etc. Bulimia leads to electrolyte imbalance in the body, malnutrition, low potassium level leading to kidney failure, abdominal pain, sore throat, acid reflux etc. The tips may aids you to avoid your bulimia.
Bulimia Remedies
Most of the time bulimia patients require a combination of treatments to ward off bulimia effectively and here are some of them.
Counseling
A nutritionist or dietitian can help you treat this disorder. He may help you with proper dietary plan and help you to set dietary goals. This counseling aids you to understand the necessities of different nutrients and the health problems associated with their deficiency. Psychotherapy is also ideal to know more about the issues that leads to bulimia. It may also help you to improve your self esteem and how to manage your emotions and stress in a healthy manner.
St. John’s wort
St. Jhon’s wort is a herb that act as an antidepressant and aids you to avoid the feeling of worthlessness. It may also create a feeling of well being. Hence it may help you to avoid the triggers for over eating that is caused by depression.
Fennel Seeds
Include fennel seeds in your diet as snacks and this will act as a natural suppressant of appetite. This may prevent you from over eating.
In order to prevent your urge for overeating, you have to avoid storing your favorite snacks and instead store nutritional foods. Also restrict yourself from checking your weight frequently or looking in to the mirror.
