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 An immune overload hypothesis would suggest that compensating withdrawal from some activities would help recovery from eating disorders, and certainly a reduction of unnecessary parental pressure may be needed. An immune overload hypothesis would suggest that compensating withdrawal from some activities would help recovery from eating disorders, and certainly a reduction of unnecessary parental pressure may be needed.
  
 +[[http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-07/uoc--rpn072109.php|New imaging technology]] at U.Cal. San Diego provides insight into abnormalities in the brain circuitry of patients with anorexia nervosa that may contribute to the puzzling symptoms found in people with the eating disorder.
 +<blockquote>Under Kaye's leadership, the eating disorders treatment program at UC San Diego is developing treatments based on understanding the temperament and personality that drives anorexia, and helping patients to use such traits in constructive, rather then self-defeating ways.</blockquote> 
  
-====  Alayne's ideas ====+ 
 +====  Alayne's strategy ====
    
 The trick is to have as many kinds of foods around as possible because when one's appetite is down, having just one thing to choose from generally doesn't work. I went through years of having little or no appetite myself, so understand the problem pretty well myself - it's very frustrating!  The trick is to have as many kinds of foods around as possible because when one's appetite is down, having just one thing to choose from generally doesn't work. I went through years of having little or no appetite myself, so understand the problem pretty well myself - it's very frustrating! 
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-//Morris W Milnes// Jun 29th, 2006 +**deceased shown by ... after name** //Morris W Milnes// Jun 29th, 2006 
 I may misunderstand the definition of Anorexia, but I have absolutely no desire to be any thinner, I just am very seldom getting hungry anymore.  I am forcing myself to eat but can't quite seem to force enough to maintain, although weight loss is definitely much slower.  I may misunderstand the definition of Anorexia, but I have absolutely no desire to be any thinner, I just am very seldom getting hungry anymore.  I am forcing myself to eat but can't quite seem to force enough to maintain, although weight loss is definitely much slower. 
  
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 [[http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0007125|Monitoring Bacterial Community of Human Gut Microbiota Reveals an Increase in Lactobacillus in Obese Patients and Methanogens in Anorexic Patients]] [[http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0007125|Monitoring Bacterial Community of Human Gut Microbiota Reveals an Increase in Lactobacillus in Obese Patients and Methanogens in Anorexic Patients]]
  
-I'm not sure I can completely tease out the significance of this study, but this sort of result suggests that famine may affect the microbiome in a lasting way:+(Amy ??) I'm not sure I can completely tease out the significance of this study, but this sort of result suggests that famine may affect the microbiome in a lasting way:
 [[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14696131|psychological traits in eating disorders]] [[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14696131|psychological traits in eating disorders]]
  
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