Binge Eating Disorder

Many friends start to eat and drink without restraint during festivals, and often eat a lot of meat and fish, and drink a lot of alcoholic beverages. In fact, these are all phenomena of overeating. Frequent overeating is not only extremely harmful to our body, it may even induce acute pancreatitis, and in severe cases it can be fatal. So what is the treatment and care for binge eating disorder?

In fact, patients with binge eating disorder should pay attention to moderation when eating, and it is best to understand their motivation for overeating. In addition, when they are unhappy, they should never use food to calm themselves down. Below is a detailed introduction to binge eating disorder.

Diagnosis

Overeating can cause dizziness, mental confusion, gastrointestinal discomfort, chest tightness, shortness of breath, diarrhea or constipation. In severe cases, it can cause acute gastroenteritis or even gastric bleeding. Eating too much meat and fish and drinking large amounts of alcohol can overload the liver and gallbladder, accelerate the metabolic rate of liver cells, increase bile secretion, cause liver damage, induce cholecystitis, and worsen the condition of hepatitis patients. It can also cause the pancreas to secrete in large quantities, increase the pressure in the duodenum, and induce acute pancreatitis. Severe cases can be fatal.

Treatment and care for binge eating disorder

1. Understand why you eat: For adults, when they feel stressed, bored, or happy, they will subconsciously want to eat regardless of whether they are hungry or not. Although it is difficult for us to change this behavior of the body, once you realize it, I believe you will think twice before eating next time.

2. Understand your motivation for overeating: Record all your unplanned meals for a week and see what you eat in the office, in front of the TV, or when reading magazines. Then divide your records into four columns. A. Time: record the time when you want to eat most. B. Place and people. C. Record the food you eat and the amount you eat. D. In the Emotion column, record your feelings.

3. Reorganize your thoughts: What you need to do is to pick out the records of the day when you overate from your diary. Over time, your thoughts will naturally become rational and calm, some negative emotions will decrease, and of course the urge to eat will also decrease.

4. Don’t use food to calm yourself: Some small activities can also make you feel relaxed and comfortable, and eating is not the only way.

5. Trying to avoid overeating does not mean deliberately dieting: enjoying food leisurely is actually a desirable thing. Following the following dietary recommendations will not only allow you to enjoy food to your heart's content, but also will not increase weight.

Preventive Care

The dietary principles should follow the following points:

1. The staple food should be quantitative.

2. Ensure the intake of high-quality protein, such as fish, lean meat, eggs, soy products, skim milk, etc.

3. Eat less foods high in fat and cholesterol, such as fatty meat, animal offal, skin, chocolate, fried foods, meat soup, crab roe, fish roe, etc. At the same time, be wary of "invisible" fats, such as lean pork, vegetable oil, nuts, whole milk, yogurt, etc.

4. Ensure that vegetables are sufficient and fresh, and take care to minimize damage to nutrients during processing and cooking.

5. Eat fruit in moderation. Eating too much will also increase blood sugar.

6. Strictly limit the intake of alcohol and beverages.

Regarding the dietary principles for binge eating disorder, in fact, in addition to eating less high-fat foods, you should also eat more fresh vegetables and fruits. In addition, you should strictly control the intake of alcoholic and cold drinks. This will help alleviate the formation of binge eating disorder and help prevent various diseases caused by overeating in our body.