Can someone who is anorexic go on Cambridge Diet programme?
The Cambridge Diet should not be supplied to anyone who has either Anorexia Nervosa or Bulimia Nervosa. These are complex psychiatric conditions characterised by severe eating disorders. Sufferers from these conditions have certain symptoms in common: a. They show an abnormal and extreme concern with weight b. They feel helpless and lonely c. They deny that they are ill d. They suffer from insomnia e. They do not enjoy life very much Thereafter the symptoms for each disease differ widely. Anorexia Nervosa sufferers have severe weight loss coupled with extreme misconceptions about their actual body size. They develop an obsession about its calorific value and may also secretly make themselves sick and use laxatives excessively. Their eating habits are abnormal, for instance their food choices are odd, and often they refuse all forms of carbohydrate. They much prefer to eat alone, usually in the evening. Eventually menstruation ceases, and the sufferers become difficult to talk to, refus
