Sa Roqueta, in Formentera (Spain). A nice place I hope to go someday.
I WORRY ABOUT THE EXTREME THINNESS.
The weekend of 20/05/12 was with my family and saw a particular channel of Spanish television. I do not usually see that thing that misinform more than they reported, but as the custom is a family activity as we see that box with lords and ladies into something happened that, as a nutritionist, I was concerned.
And what happened is that a lady appeared, host of a television network that, like always appears. Very beautiful all of it but with a thin, from my point of view, extreme.
I would say that skimming the edge of health (I want to be positive and now I try to be).
My mother made two comments: "His legs look like pins" and "has swollen knees."
That a thin person has thin legs is normal. The question I ask is if your legs really are. Normal, I mean.
Above all, when I thought of my mother's second comment was that he did something in my brain was activated worrying and I gave my answer: "no swollen knees. It happens to be so thin that you notice much the bones of the knee." Indeed, it could be observed at a glance how bind the femur and tibia without X-ray.
To which my brother said, "This person will save money by having X-rays.".
Which is wit on one side but disturbing the other.
Then I looked closer to that host. And I looked at his face, his cheeks. To see myself reflected in them.
As a hygienist dietitian and yoga teacher for me is normal to fasting. The longest I did was one of 6 weeks (42 days). Although experience is interesting both for the physical detoxification process for the development of the senses, increased my energy, mental clarity and other benefits not detain me now in these by minors and leave for another entry. Yes I will tell you that when the end of those 42 days had virtually exhausted my reserves of fat losing weight and reaching my limit of safety.
One of the physical effects arising visible signs of my fast was precisely in the face. The cheeks gradually reduce its size. This means that burning fat is proportionally by all parts of body: stomach, legs, chest, back, face, etc.. A little here and there some used as fuel for the metabolic processes of my body as structural constituent of cell membrane for regulating blood pressure to inflammatory reactions, for the defense mechanisms of the immune system, for the action of certain hormones and more profits. How important is fat! But in perspective and quality!
And at this point you can imagine how my cheeks were. Rather because they were not practically nonexistent. At the end of this process you could see the bone in my face on both the left or right and what was left of my cheeks, not much, sunk inward.
See the cheeks of the host and automatically come to me to mind the reflection of my face in the mirror in the fourth to fifth week of fasting.
In my sixth and last week I remember I was much worse than this host as the beer from under the eyes are concerned.
Then, this May 20, while the host did his job as well as ever I began to wonder if her appearance is normal for her or something exceptional. The answer was the Internet. I searched for videos of this host of other weeks and other months to reach the disturbing conclusion that these cheeks are normal there.
Attached to comment legs yes I started worrying about her extreme thinness. Therefore I decided to make this entry. I do not know if she ever read it or not.
But if the presenter does not have the kind of reading they will probably do other people, young or old, men and adolescents in general that may be in the same situation.
Maybe this post will serve to show them that walk the fine line that differentiates the health of the disease is a risky sport.
And make suggestions that may help is surely put my words and my knowledge at your service. If I could prevent at least one of those people would not fall into anorexia and I would be satisfied. But many more, the better.
True, perhaps, the presenter does not have anorexia. Do you? How do we know?
As for how to nourish, to nurture your body. It is a way.
The other is psychological. But go together without knowing if you have had some emotional trauma that induces eating little and how badly fed daily is a good source of information that can accurately diagnose if anorexic or have evidence of this.
As we turn to the practical.
And I do not know what your nutrition I have to explain how a normal person should eat. I understand how a normal person who is not professional or amateur athlete. What makes sport an occasional or not. She is not pregnant, does not smoke or drink alcohol excessively, do not suffer from any serious illness that is genetically predisposed to that extreme thinness (if it were his parents, grandparents, uncles and other relatives would also show the same physical signs she).
It is true that in the life of a person affected by multiple factors and is easier to make a correct diet or eating habits simply asking incorrect. But can not we go to plan B.
DAILY SUPPLY OF A NORMAL PERSON.
- Make 5 meals a day: a normal person, from the point of view of nutrition hygienist, you should do 5 meals: breakfast - mid morning - lunch or dinner - afternoon - dinner. Skipping one of them will not help you but to make matters worse. When your body realizes that you spend some time optimizes the food ingieras the next time. Not knowing if there will be more food can keep everything in reserves (that is fat). So you should eat 5 meals. Thus the calories consumed will have continuity and when they last throughout the day your body normally uses that extra fat (glycogen first and then body fat).
- Avoid eating between meals: if you make these 5 meals a day does not have the urge to eat between meals because your body is properly nourished. Do not go hungry unless you have anxiety. In this case and we have a problem whose cause must be treated immediately. If you have that habit of eating between meals is a clear indication that your nutrition is not balanced and you spend more hungry as the dog a comedian. And if you do not go hungry or have a bad habit or have gluttony.
- Keep your body well hydrated: hydration is essential. Drink water, fruit juice between meals, herbal teas and vegetable broth. This norm. If you like alcohol you know, in moderation. Try not to drink soft drinks with sugar or sweeteners such as aspartame, gas, etc.. you do not provide any benefit and do much harm. Leave them for the weekend or take them exceptionally. Water quality from very good to less good: distilled water - RO water (reverse osmosis) - bottled water - tap water. Remember to always drink because we are almost 75 % water.
- Learn to know what foods are fattening: to avoid excess calories and control weight is enough to know what foods are fattening, and which no lifestyle that takes place. Understanding the composition of foods easier to know when we introduce energy in our body. And that happens when we take complex carbohydrates (cereals, pulses, bread, pasta, potatoes, sweet potatoes, etc..) And simple carbohydrates (fresh fruit, dried fruit, honey, jam, etc..). Also fattens fat (both animal and vegetable) and oilseeds (walnuts, almonds, hazelnuts, pine nuts, cashews, etc..). Basically.
- Learn to know what foods are not fattening: these foods you comment then do not get fat when compared to carbohydrates, fat and oil seeds. Bear in mind that excess provides more calories and they are adding and adding. Moderation is the key. Excess fat around, mind you. These are the protein foods (meat, fish, eggs, seafood, dairy, algae), salads and vegetables.
- Learn how to combine foods: so will take advantage of 100 % of its nutrients and avoid toxins generate then give rise to disease. Basically I tell you that you should not mix the protein (meat, fish, eggs and seafood) with carbohydrates (cereals, pulses, bread, pasta). Try eating the same kind of food: either protein or carbohydrates. Ideally, carbohydrates the Thomases for lunch and dinner protein. Think that when you go to sleep and eat not spend calories, for example, pasta for dinner you assume that those calories are stored as fat.
- The right combinations are: protein, protein, carbohydrate with carbohydrate, sweet fruits with sweet fruits, sour fruits with acid fruits. That is, the same group mix is right and perfect.
- Other suitable combinations: fat with protein, carbohydrates fats, vegetable fats.
- Incorrect combinations: protein with carbohydrate, protein, fruit sweet and acidic carbohydrate with sweet and sour fruits.
- How to organize the food groups for proper nutrition: for here I'll tell you another key that lets you eat enough to properly nourish your body and not starve. Hungriest For those unfamiliar with the composition of foods, how to combine and how they are organized. And this is my advice:
- Breakfast: first liquid (coffee, tea, fruit juices) and then solid (fruit, without mixing the sweet with the acid).
- Mid-morning: take more consistent food as snacks or cereal without milk cow or other animal (vegetable milk substitute) or protein or dried fruits (prunes, raisins, dates, dried figs, etc.) Or seeds (walnuts , almonds, hazelnuts, pine nuts, cashews, etc..), etc.. Caring combinations. If one day you take a class to the next shot from another. Go and get varying different nutritional properties of each food.
- Lunch: drink before meals so as not to dilute the gastric juices of the stomach either water or vegetable broth. Outliers of the meals (if digestion is complete) is also correct. And the composition is as follows: salad and / or vegetables and / or carbohydrates. No dessert.
- Mid-afternoon: it may be the same as mid-morning but including fruit and considering that the amount should be moderate unless preveas you'll spend those calories doing an activity (work, walk, dance, ride, sport, sex, etc.).
- Dinner: for dinner composition is as follows: salad and / or vegetables and / or protein and / or dessert (yoghurt, kefir, cottage cheese, killed, curd occasionally, sugar-free gelatin). The meat (avoid red), fish and eggs should always be accompanied by salads and vegetables. With extra virgin olive oil, moderately.
- Do not deprive yourself of what you like: but better eat it over the weekend (if you're not dropping weight. Is, is a tip for a person with a healthy weight). In this way you control your own weight, on the one hand, and on the other will give some pleasure to your body. But if you decide to do it without remorse tomártelo or not do you good. If you doubt or do not want to suffer the consequences do not do it but if you choose to do it with a positive attitude knowing that the rest of the week (Monday to Friday) your body will have had time to burn excess fat and detoxify the hard combinations (you know: they produce toxins).
- Learn to regulate and compensate: if you make excessive anxiety because you remember that this should be treated by a specialist who will try to find whether the cause and solve it. If you've eaten a lot during the morning and at noon try to eat less in the afternoon and evening. And how little you eat that is healthy. Not eating is worse than eating poorly and well. So learn to do things right once and for all.
- Understand that your body needs nutrients to live: your body, like mine, you need a number of nutrients daily to allow life to continue to develop. Among these nutrients are proteins, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins, minerals (trace elements) and water. It is true that the body can manufacture some of them (like some vitamins) and can be a time without receiving some particular class. But in this case because you're forcing your metabolism and will be taking the most: your survival. So, be smart and help your body. And then your body will help you to do what you have to do in life. Your nutrition is adequate and have health.
- Understand what is fat and how to remove it wisely: talk briefly the concept of "fat" that accumulates in the body of the overweight and the mind of the anorexic. Simple concepts:
- Understand what fat is half the job. And it's stored energy because the body does not use it today but do not know if tomorrow will be necessary. You eat every day is lucky for you. When we hunted mammoths ate a better week and we were 2 or 3 without eating. And survived, at that time, those who accumulate more fat. So store is smarter than eliminate it. Save what is now left over for tomorrow.
- Understanding the composition of foods easier to know when we introduce energy in our body. And that happens when we take complex carbohydrates (cereals, pulses, bread, pasta, potatoes, sweet potatoes, etc..) And simple carbohydrates (fresh fruit, dried fruit, honey, jam, etc..), Fat (both animal and plant), dried fruit (prunes, raisins, dates, dried figs, etc..) and oil seeds (walnuts, almonds, hazelnuts, pine nuts, cashews, etc..).
- So if you already have energy in your body and want to lose weight, why introduce more energy in your body? Do you understand the process?
- If it is clear here we go now to the other half of the work. Enter your daily nutrition foods that contain little energy composition: fresh fruit (they have very few calories and provide water, fiber, vitamins, minerals, etc..), Salads, vegetables (algae is vegetable protein) and protein (meat, fish , eggs, seafood, dairy products).
- Add some movement to your life. If you play sports you burn energy faster. Otherwise make a sport of low intensity (brisk walking, stair climbing, sex, etc..) That will let you burn less energy and you activate the metabolism. If you did not have muscles sport would not be necessary.
- That chewing is slow, without stress and negative energy: in the mouth digestion begins when we begin to chew. It is very important that chewing is slow and without stress (it is advisable not watch TV because it distracts you to change the habit of chewing one right). Half hour to an hour is the right thing. 5 or 10 minutes is the seed of morning sickness. The negative energy (negative emotions and feelings) may influence your digestion and not necessarily for the better. So it is not advisable to watch several news programs or programs that contain such emotions and feelings. See how you eat and you'll know whether or not get sick in the future.
TO DO IF YOU'RE ANOREXIC AND YOU CEASE TO BE.
As I do not know the answers of the presenter about their nutrition know if you live permanently in the limit that differentiates the health of the disease, if in the area of health or disease area.
Disease that in the present case, has the unpleasant name of anorexia.
Anyway I'll talk a little about it so that you know my opinion. And in my opinion anorexia has two components, a mental and a physical.
The mind represents 80 % of the cause of the problem being only 20 % for the physical, nutrition. As that case I've tried briefly comment on the mental part.
The mental part refers to the psychology of the individual.
And I am convinced that an anorexic person has suffered some emotional trauma that causes you to eat little and poorly, or not to eat anything. So treat the disease only from the perspective of nutrition is a mistake, from my point of view.
To understand what an emotional trauma arises when a person's life and how it manifests in the form of a certain disease would be like talking about Anatheóresis therapy. And I'm only giving guidance to understand what happens to an anorexic I shall not develop such a therapy. I'll leave it for another entry.
Anatheóresis briefly comment that psychotherapy is a perceptive character that sees disease as a physical or mental dysfunction of emotional origin. Trying to find the emotional trauma that has now somatized a disease (in this case anorexia) is the main objective. To remove it definitely requires the same mental state in which the trauma is caused because it is impossible to remove.
Housed in the subconscious (right hemisphere) should be passed to the conscious (left hemisphere) by a proper dialogue so that through reason can be understood the cause that caused the emotional trauma. This is possible only if we can synchronize both hemispheres and allow information to flow from one side to another.
Including the cause of emotional trauma attached to the underlying emotion in that trauma (which is eliminated with a proper catharsis) will cause the disease manifest somaticized stop and activate self-healing mechanisms of the physical body.
Nature can take its course because we have removed the dam embalsaba pathological making power. Now that the energy flow freely again health is achieved energy redound to turn in the physical body which is permanently connected.
Here it is in therapy and training center and contact details:
MADRID:
Therapy and Training Center Anatheóresis S.L.
C / Victor Hugo, 1 - 1 left
28004 Madrid
España
Tel 91 522 89 09.
Phone and Fax. 91 531 53 87
E- mail: terapias@grau-anatheoresis.com
BARCELONA:
Lola De Miguel Campos.
Psychologist and Psychotherapist.
E-mail: lolapsicologa@yahoo.es
Webs: www.lolapsicologa.com
www.lasconstelaciones.com
Phone number : +34 93 127 52 84
+34 616 90 37 59
BARCELONA:
Lola De Miguel Campos.
Psychologist and Psychotherapist.
E-mail: lolapsicologa@yahoo.es
Webs: www.lolapsicologa.com
www.lasconstelaciones.com
Phone number : +34 93 127 52 84
+34 616 90 37 59
So if the host or anyone who I think you have anorexia read my advice is to first understand that therapy for the emotional trauma that prevents you from properly nourish and eliminate it.
With 80 % of the problem solved will be easier to overcome the 20 % relative to your nutrition. I do not mean my advice also, but because the mental block that prevented you before feeding you now will be gone.You will be free indeed!
I end this post with three questions. The first is that of respect for the image rights and privacy of the hostess did not say his name, nor have I added your photo, and I mentioned what program features or television broadcaster which does.
The second is that I will not answer emails that ask me by name.
And the third is that I would be wrong and that the presenter has health, the health you deserve.
Anyway if I can help someone suffering from the disease or a family member, friend that meets some anorexic I am glad to have been useful. More after 8 sheets written word and not feel your fingers.
For other entries will learn to use the toes, that's something I have. I think.
Greetings to the hostess and my readers.
JOSE, hygienist nutritionist
PS 1: Translated with Google Translator.
