Why is it said that someone who stops eating is on a 'hunger strike'?  Shouldn't it be called an eating strike
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Good point! Excessively obese people seem to be the ones striking against hunger. LOL!
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It is called a break or a crunch.
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Its a condition called Bulimia, people usually do it to lose weight, it has very harful long term effects. Find out more on -\nhttp://www.medicinenet.com/bulimia/article.htm\nhttp://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic810.htm
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it depends on the person, i mean there are people who have really low blood sugar and can absolutely not miss more then 2 meals, but then look at anorexic people that go like 8 hours, and then only eat like a carrot...\n\nif you mean eating entirely-humans can only last 3 weeks without any food.
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It should only be a few days, but I've had people live for up to a week and a 1/2 - 2 weeks. The body can't live very long w/o water but people sometimes do live longer than expected. A lot of the time families will have the doctor put in a feeding tube to give them nourishment, but if a person stops eating and drinking then that usually means they are ready to go and using the feeding tube is keeping them from passing. You have to think about what they would have wanted. I wish you well.
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I think hunger is just as much a mental thing as it is emotional and physical. I believe that you are doing all to keep your physical self from being hungry, it's the emotional you that is hungry. Try a new hobby or something to keep your mind busy. And, keep telling yourself that you are working for a better you, all the way around.\nBest of luck to you
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It's an addiction.  Instead of doing crack they have another pancake.  Better question is why is it OK to yell and chastise other addicts and ignore food addicts?
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Not everyone dies from anorexia. Some people get better eat well and gain weight back only to relapse years later.My mother was anorexic years before I was born when she was young and she was very sick but after treatment she gained weight again. When I was a kid she relapsed and again stopped eating. I think anorexia can return at any time as you are never really 'cured' its always there, a constant battle. My mother is now 59 and she is still paranoid about what and when she eats, I'm always nagging her to eat better, to stay healthy. Most can eat enough to stay alive but still be slim although the long term damage caused by lack of proper nutrition is not good.\nMaybe your friends sister is bulimic if she's recently lost alot of weight and was a compulsive overeater? Bulimics and anorexics have the same goal (to lose weight) but bulimics eat then throw up where anorexics just don't eat much if anything at all.
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because anorexia and bullemia are serious eating disorders, it's a mental problem that they have and also known as diseases. If things are going bad in their life and they dont like their weight and obsess over it, they feel as if food is one of the things they are able to control in their lives. Just like alcoholism - it's hard for them to stop even if they want to.
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Shame on them for not making this clear.\n\nIt means nothing to eat or drink.\n\nHOWEVER, if you regularly take medications, go ahead and take your normal pills, using water to swallow them.
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I became bulimic. I was tired of being fat, but could not give up food. I became obsessed! Figuring out what foods tasted ok the second time around, when I could vomit, eating in front of people, and convincing myself mentally that certain foods were just not ok. I suppose anorexia is similar. But giving up food? I think they are both a form of mental illness, just manifested differently.\nhttp://www.wikihow.com/Discussion:Deal-if-you-Want-to-Become-Anorexic/Archive\nTypically patients pick up destructive behaviors just by watching others or gossiping, she says. They may learn ways to burn calories by exercising on the sly, for example--performing sit-ups late at night, pacing or even furtively flexing muscles while sitting.\nhttp://www.apa.org/monitor/mar02/partners.html\nI suppose one key factor (of the *many*) was the film "The Best Little Girl in the World" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082062/\nIt was supposed to curb the desire to become anorexic, but I wanted so much to be like her!
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The person most likely already has a problem with their weight and will use dieting to help control it.  But because they are not getting the fast results that they are looking for, they will eat heavy on the foods that they missed most between the time they are looking for the next new "super diet".  Their weight will continue to increase.  This cycle is called bingeing. \n\nThe reason people say that dieting is the problem because they choose the wrong diets.  They choose diets that are so restricted of the foods that they like, so when they are off the diet or reach their goal.  They regain the weight on the foods that they missed most.
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WELL I JUST RECENTLY LOST 60 POUNDS. WELL LATLEY I HAVE BEEN EATING ANYTHING. I CAN STOP. IT IS HARD. I FEEL GOOD ABOUT MYSELF LOSING THE WEIGHT, BUT IT IS HARD TO KEEP IT OFF. I LOVE TO EAT.\nSO DOES THAT ANWSER IT
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And how long do you want to continue with this schedule? Until after the recital? If this is just a one-time thing, it won't hurt. But just keep in mind that when you stop eating, your body goes into starvation mode, and your body starts feeding off your muscles as well as any stored fat. That's why you get weak when you starve yourself. Keep it all in balance, along with exercise and you should stay fit & healthy. Check out SparkPeople.com for diet suggestions. <*)))><
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Your eating disorders always come back to feeling a lack of control in your life......People have eating disorders mainly because they feel their world is out of control....So they maintain some control by not eating, sounds paradoxical, I know, but that is how it works.....I hope you seek some counseling to get to the root of your problems...Best of luck...
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If you are saying that you eat soil then it won't hurt you but nutrition wise you need to make sure you eat healthy food because you won't get the nutrition you need from soil. There is a name for the condition where people eat non food items but I don't know what it's called.
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As a matter of fact, I am a member of a group that helps people.It's called people helping people in need.I will leave the link for my source.Other then that I love helping people and wish more people would help to end hunger and sufferage.