tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7153163242529146660.post1673379772401400412..comments2023-07-29T14:34:41.305+01:00Comments on Eating disorders in boys: my teenage son's recovery from anorexia.: Ouch, I thought, reading this supplement in the Radio Times, this isn't good...Bev Mattocks Osbornehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02353718855920959097noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7153163242529146660.post-91561302058180567182013-01-26T13:26:03.706+00:002013-01-26T13:26:03.706+00:00Ben wants to write a letter to the editor. He was ...Ben wants to write a letter to the editor. He was supposed to be doing it this morning but got distracted by some baking!Bev Mattocks Osbornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02353718855920959097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7153163242529146660.post-50547723945035023102013-01-26T12:21:19.674+00:002013-01-26T12:21:19.674+00:00So proud to hear Ben identifying with the detrimen...So proud to hear Ben identifying with the detrimental impact of this article. I have not read it, nor will I even search it out to glance at it (except to find out who the Doc is perhaps?), and that you are bringing attention to it. Messages of this nature really do require a Health Warning and I look forward to the day when we can turn the perception of media around to focus on the damaging aspects of these types of articles. Batty, This is deserving of a letter to the editor; this blog post and all comments associated with it - all in the name of raising awareness of course. Oh, and for the record, the idea of 'fasting' fills me with dread - Food is Medicine!Gaby Matthewmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09370392721513670710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7153163242529146660.post-28833982823532022062013-01-26T10:41:53.334+00:002013-01-26T10:41:53.334+00:00Ditto the "hunger lunch" they have at sc...Ditto the "hunger lunch" they have at school once a year to raise money for third world countries.Bev Mattocks Osbornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02353718855920959097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7153163242529146660.post-56684523947189903742013-01-25T21:28:52.941+00:002013-01-25T21:28:52.941+00:00Still think that our local bishop's exhortatio...Still think that our local bishop's exhortation to fast this time last year was THE worst thing I've ever read on the subject combining as it did messages that this was healthy for your body and soul and guilt trips about giving the money thus saved to the poor. I'm getting quite irate just remembering it. It's a horrid time of year for this sort of stuff. Probably for most people it's a fad that wastes a bit of money on a book or DVD that they don't read or watch and that's about it, but for those with a genetic susceptibility to illness it's dangerous and people in the public eye, particularly those from "reputable" professions should avoid dangerous messages. Fiona Marcellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07985022521354870620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7153163242529146660.post-66229189643030470232013-01-25T18:06:03.737+00:002013-01-25T18:06:03.737+00:00Yes, it is, and Ben found his progs quite interest...Yes, it is, and Ben found his progs quite interesting, too...Bev Mattocks Osbornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02353718855920959097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7153163242529146660.post-29561602955576470632013-01-25T16:09:37.327+00:002013-01-25T16:09:37.327+00:00Which TV doctor is it? Michael Mosley? If so, he&#...Which TV doctor is it? Michael Mosley? If so, he's done quite a few programmes on the topic of diet and fitness. I've found them quite interesting, if a little biased, but as a teen with AN I'd have found them quite 'triggering'. Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13783888938711953332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7153163242529146660.post-21273150736927564222013-01-25T15:58:07.505+00:002013-01-25T15:58:07.505+00:00Thanks, both of you. I am furious that a doctor ha...Thanks, both of you. I am furious that a doctor has written this book. Ben says he used to quite like that TV doctor, but he feels quite the reverse now.<br /><br />I don't doubt that this kind of diet is relatively OK for people not predisposed towards EDs, but who can tell if someone is predisposed until they lose enough weight for the illness to kick in?Bev Mattocks Osbornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02353718855920959097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7153163242529146660.post-19238035606662630952013-01-25T15:47:39.304+00:002013-01-25T15:47:39.304+00:00I know a few people who practise 'calorie rest...I know a few people who practise 'calorie restriction optimal nutrition' ('CRON') or intermittent fasting. The three following intermittent fasting are quite healthy and have lost weight but not (as far as I know) developed an ED. The role of intermittent fasting is not to promote weight loss, but to alter the metabolic profile such that a person is (in theory) less likely to develop cardiovascular disease or cancer. I am sceptical that it is necessarily healthy, because it has the potential to cause bone loss and immune suppression - as does CRON. The guy I know who practises CRON looks really ill. <br /><br />There is some evidence to suggest that CRON enhances lifespan in animals, but not in humans. One also has to remember that in studies comparing two groups of individuals: one following intermittent fasting/CRON versus controls, the control group usually comprises overweight individuals following a 'typical' British or American diet. <br /><br />As a Physiologist who has done quite a bit of research of energy deprivation, I wouldn't recommend either intermittent fasting or CRON. I am sure that many people in Western society would benefit from consuming less saturated fat, meat and fewer calories, but I doubt that these rather wacky nutritional regimes are the way to go. <br /> Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13783888938711953332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7153163242529146660.post-89843507556197242013-01-25T14:30:43.520+00:002013-01-25T14:30:43.520+00:00As someone trying to recover from anorexia I also ...As someone trying to recover from anorexia I also found this very worrying. Though I am at a stage where I know logically that restriction of this kind is unhealthy - even for only two days out of seven - reading something promoting it makes me feel as though what I was doing was okay and makes it very difficult for me to eat more (even if "more" is what I need) though at the moment I can't articulate why satisfactorily. In fact it took lots of reassurance, encouraging and repeated statements that not eating was not an option from my Mum to enable me to eat. All while I cried and fretted because the supplement had spoken not to the sensible, rational part of me but to the part whose first instinct is to do anything to lose weight and which is trying desperately to kill me. I hope this makes some sort of sense. Basically what I am trying to say is that yes, I do think you're right, the promotion of this diet is unhelpful - in fact damaging - to people with eating disorders and with the predisposition to eating disorders, and the diet it's self, despite the medics backing it, is probably unsustainable and unhealthy.Me.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13651144538174718731noreply@blogger.com