Thursday, May 21, 2009

Bulimia Nervosa and the Digestive System


In Science 8 I have been learning about Bulimia Nervosa.
It was founded by the British psychiatrist Gerald Russell in 1979. The word ‘Bulimia’ derives from the Latin word hunger.
In this topic of discussion I have linked this to the body system I have also been studying, The Digestive System.

Bulimia Nervosa is an undetected problem that people have been trying to solve. The most common form of this disease is self-induced vomiting. Self induced vomiting can also be known as purging (eating a lot until you throw up) and/or fasting (not eating anything). This is a serious disease and people do not know the explanation. It damages your stomach because people need to eat. If you are not eating anything and getting smaller then your MBR (metabolic rate) is going down, that means that if you stop purging, fasting, or being bulimic then when you get off of that you are more than likely going to gain weight like crazy. Which means that your digestive system needs to work.

Your digestive system is started in the mouth and is completed in the small intestine. Digestion is when the food or drink goes into your mouth and mixes with foods to break down large molecules of food into small molecules of food. Digestion juices mix with the food in your mouth and break down large molecules of food into smaller molecules. Your digestive system does this because food and drink must be changed down into smaller molecules in order to be absorbed into the blood and carried the cells throughout the body to give yourself nutrients.
Then it goes through the rest of your body through the whole digestive process.

So being Bulimic makes your digestive system not work properly and that means that you will not be able to obtain the foods that you could before without gaining weight. This is a very scary disease. People are dyeing from it.

And this is what I have been learning about in science 8.
.....click on the picture and it goes to where I got this information :)

5 comments:

  1. Erynnnn.
    i find your topic very interesting....

    If you are not eating anything and getting smaller then your MBR (metabolic rate) is going down, that means that if you stop purging, fasting, or being bulimic then when you get off of that you are more than likely going to gain weight like crazy.


    ~~ I found that little paragraph the most interesting to read. It filled me in alot of this topic. Good work ~~~ :]

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  2. Thank you Paige. I got the information when we were learning about health in H.C.E so I linked it to this topic.

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  3. i think how you did your info was a bright idea

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  4. Litterly...haha:)
    :P
    But thank you

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