To: PAR35
We can’t. She refused to eat and died.
No one dies from anorexia. They die from refusing to eat.
12 posted on
04/23/2016 2:14:13 PM PDT by
AppyPappy
(If you really want to irritate someone, point out something obvious they are trying hard to ignore.)
To: AppyPappy; Allen In Texas Hill Country
Yes, that’s why I picked her as an example of the original poster’s ‘normal’. He should hold off posting until he can have a nice conversation with her.
13 posted on
04/23/2016 2:17:25 PM PDT by
PAR35
To: AppyPappy
Which us, by definition, anorexia.
17 posted on
04/23/2016 2:56:35 PM PDT by
Gamecock
( Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul...Matthew 10:28)
To: AppyPappy
The human heart needs 500 calories per day to maintain proper function. Anorexia damages/weakens the heart muscle to the point that it cannot function properly. Karen Carpenter died from a heart attack at age 32.
19 posted on
04/23/2016 3:18:18 PM PDT by
originalbuckeye
("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
To: AppyPappy
They usually die from complications. Karen died because of taking a box of laxative pills a day, ipecac syrup which makes you throw up and damages the heart, and prescription thyroid medicine to ramp up her metabolism (probably for a boost in energy and burns away calories).
She didn't have a thyroid problem. It would be interesting to find out how she got the thyroid medication.
It seems to me anorexia took off in a big way after Twiggy started appearing on magazine covers like Seventeen. But it isn't really a "new" illness; I think Freud wrote about it. It's just that the occurrences may be higher.
20 posted on
04/23/2016 3:24:25 PM PDT by
Aliska
("No bank is too big to fail, and no executive is too powerful to jail." HRC 1/24/16)
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