Gilbert Arizona How to Seek Help For Overeating at an Eating Disorder Treatment Center

May 20, 2011 - PRLog -- In this generation which believes in things being done with lighting speed, most people do not think much about popping in fast-food and going about their work. Eating disorder treatment centers have said that the teens and the younger generation tend to eat more 'junk food' like burgers, hotdogs, French Fries, aerated drinks etc that are calorie laden, oily and harmful to the health. Once in a while fast food is fine, but eating it regularly everyday can be problematic. It has been seen that girls tend to have more fast food and then feel guilty about it. They then tend to purge by taking laxatives, vomiting it out or exercising excessively. Girls are known to connect emotions to food and in many cases; a distressed or anguished girl may just end up eating French Fries and Colas without even knowing that she is doing, in a hypnotic state; her thoughts focused on something that made her anxious in the first place. After that feelings of guilt take over, and she purges the food she ate.

People who are on some sort of dieting also tend to become hungry because it is natural instinct, according to an eating disorder treatment center in Chicago. On a busy street, fast foods and pizzas are the first thing that you notice. They are made quickly, they look appealing to the eyes and they are tasty. Of course, they are calorie laden and not good for the health. Aerated drinks can even weaken the bones considerably but people succumb to the temptation and eat them. So we see that not only are people not eating what they have to; they are cheating the very 'diet programs' themselves by eating unhealthy.

Eating junk food can lead to a variety of health problems like gastric issues, lethargy, cholesterol build-up, bloating of the face, premature ageing, weakened bones etc. People who are bulimics may not only eat them but even purge them due to feeling of guilt and remorse that they feel after consuming them. Serious health problems like blood pressure, kidney disease, depression, heart disease etc can also take place due to constant consumption of junk food. By eating fast foods, you are just putting more stress and ill-health to the body. Our body actually needs more roughage and water for easy digestion and oily food can only block the blood flow to heart and slow the metabolic process.

Eating disorder treatment centers not only cure binge eating, anorexia but they also help you in curbing your junk food cravings. They will counsel you on the right eating practices and tell you which foods are as tasty but healthy instead of junk food that are only good for the taste-buds and do not do anything good for the health. If you are suffering from bulimia, binge-eating, over-eating and you find it very tough to give up on fast-food, please head over to a good eating disorder treatment center, and your condition will be cured for the better. There have been many examples of people who have been able to give up their junk food cravings and lead their lives normally                           http://transformationstreatment.com/drug-rehabs-florida/                                                        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8vCmsdvVaM



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