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Hey kids! My name is Amanda, but call me Manders. I'm a psychology/neuroscience/biology student. Throw me questions and I'll throw you an answer. :)

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How exactly is being anorexic bad for you? People has said that if you're anorexic your body loses all these nutrients but what are the actual like 'symptoms' you get if you're anorexic. Besides dizzyness and fatigue.
Thanks I'll rate 5 for any decent answers!

Anorexia is bad for you because you lose nutrients, like you said. Anorexics usually become weaker because of that. If it's a girl, they usually skip periods. For more, look on this site:

http://www.hipusa.com/eTools/webmd/A-Z_Encyclopedia/anorexiasymptoms.htm

But I'll explain another reason why it's bad to be anorexic: You gain all of the weight back. Once you starve yourself, you don't get many nutrients, so your body goes into "starvation mode", and it sucks up every single nutrient it can get.

For instance, if you're anorexic, but you eat a cracker one day, your body will suck every single nutrient possible from that cracker, and it will store the nutrients (and everything else, too, like fats and sugars, because you need them too).

So, once you start eating normally again, your body will continue to be in starvation mode (your body will continue to store fats and all of the other things in foods), and that makes it easier to gain weight.
That's what my doctor told me, so I know that's how it goes.

I hope I helped, and if you have any more questions, feel free to leave one in my inbox!
♥ Manders

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(Rating: 5) thnx!!
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