Eating Disorder Treatment
By Heleen Woest
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Please read the following article where I address one of many areas that will be covered in my 12 Week Online
Course for Women with Eating Disorders.
Should treatment for an eating disorder be along the same lines as that of treatment for substance abuse such as
drugs and alcohol?
A number of psychiatrists and doctors believe that food addiction is at the heart of eating
disorders. According to them some people are more susceptible to food addiction because of hereditary
factors and genetic makeup than others, in similar ways that some people are more inclined to have a drug or
alcohol addiction than their peers.
Others have written books about food allergies. They claim that when some people eat certain
food (specifically the food they are allergic to) it causes them to spiral into a binge episode.
However, not everyone agrees. Some people argue that food addiction is only a small part of
the bigger picture of eating disorders. Others shun the whole idea of food addiction and say that an eating
disorder can not possibly be compared to something as severe as alcohol and drug addiction, where brain alterations
occur.
There is still a lot of research going on surrounding this subject, so I guess time will tell what really happens
biologically when people eat certain food.
Seeing that I am not a doctor or scientist, I don't have a professional opinion about this.
However, I have observed and listened to the women who attended my support groups and from these observations as
well as my own experience with eating disorders, I have to say this:
I can not recall that I met one lady with an eating disorder who didn't have some family history of eating
disorders or obesity. In most cases their children were already carrying the burden as well. This is
heart breaking for most women, and one of the main reasons they are desperately looking for help; to help their
children as well.
I know from doing my own informal research and lots of material out there, that eating disorders in families are
also due to learned behavior.
However, I've seen skinny families marry into not-so skinny families and then you find that half of the children
have a weight problem and half of them don't. I have also seen families where the mother and father both have binge
eating disorder and struggle with obesity and then they have a child that are not in the least bit interested in
food and have no weight problem.
So, my personal opinion is that learned behavior TOGETHER with hereditary factors contribute to eating
disorders.
I really do believe that some families are more susceptible to become addicted to certain types of
food that contain some habit forming ingredients.
Just like some people can drink wine all their lives and never become alcoholics, I believe that some
people can eat one helping of chocolate dessert, get up from the table and forget about it, while others can eat
the same dessert, go for seconds, eat the rest of it in the kitchen and keep craving and eating sweets for the rest
of the month.
So if there is a slight possibility, let alone scientific evidence, of eating
disorders being linked to hereditary factors, wouldn't it be irresponsible not to consider treating eating
disorders along the same lines as other addictions?
All said: I do believe
there is an addiction factor that we have to keep in mind, but I
also believe that the struggle with food or Eating Disorders are much more complex than just bringing healing to
the body.
I explain all of this in my 12 Week Online Course. This course is jam-packed
with information, appoximately 100 Videos to watch, and hands-on guidelines for you to follow in order to break
free from this struggle
Furthermore: You do this Course: Online, In your own home, At your own
pace
Now this course will be helpful to
you if you are searching for help to get out of Binge Eating Disorder, Compulsive Overeating or Bulimia.
Also: If you're not sure that you even have an Eating Disorder, but just find yourself dieting and overeating a
lot, you will find valuable information in this Online Course to find some answers.
You can get the first Week Absolutely free of charge, to look over for
as long as you want and make an educated decision about whether this course is a good fit for
you.
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