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"Unlike anorexics, bulimics
keep their weight stable, so it's
hard to notice any physical
change," says Dr. Gabel.
Patients also are unlikely to
reveal their eating problems to
a doctor or even family mem-
bers. However, researchers
found that young doctors and fe-
male physicians were more like-
ly to report having bulimic
patients than their older col-
leagues. Doctors who had
friends or acquaintances with
bulimia also were more likely to
recognize the disorder in pa-
tients.
Bulimia is an eating disorder
characterized by bingeing and
purging. A bulimic will eat vast
amounts of food, then purge by
vomiting, abusing diuretics or
laxatives, stringent dieting or
extreme exercise.
Dr. Gabel says two simple
questions can unveil bulimia:
"Are you pleased with your
eating behavior?"
"Do you ever eat in secret?"
Treatment of bulimia, says
Dr. Seda Ebrahimi, director of
the eating disorders program at
McLean Hospital in Belmont,
Mass., begins with normalizing
eating behavior.
Bulimics tend to have errat-
ic eating habits, skipping break-
fast and lunch, then bingeing at
dinner time. This leads them to
purge, which doesn't really solve
the problem because one-third
of what they consume remains
in the body after purging.
Cognitive behavior therapy
helps bulimics "understand the
connection between feelings and
episodes of bingeing," says Dr.
Ebrahimi.

Diets, Fasting
Hurt Fertility

Here's another reason to avoid
extreme diets and fasting: It can
cause temporary infertility in
both women and men.
The culprit, say researchers
at the University of Florida
Brain Institute, is faulty signals
emitted by the brain's nerve
communication system that con-
trols appetite and reproductive
function.
"We've known for years that
nutritional imbalance for short
periods of time, such as during
dieting or fasting, can suppress
reproductive function and sex-
ual behavior. Until now, though,
we didn't know how these two
functions were interconnected
in the brain," says Satya Kalra,
professor of neuroscience at UF's
College of Medicine.
That's why couples trying to
conceive should ensure they're
eating a well-balanced diet. Dr.
Kalra's research shows that stren-
uous exercisers don't have to give
up their routine, however. Ap-
parently, heavy exercise alone is
unlikely to impair a person's re-
productive system - unless he or
she also cuts back on calories.
"The apparent association
between strenuous activity and
reproductive failure may result
from nutritional changes due to
either poor nourishment or
short-term imbalance between
food intake and the body's en-
ergy expenditures," says Kalra.

AlisonAshton writes for Copley
News Service.

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