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Strategies for combatting anorexia
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Anorexia is a reflex that perpetuates the individual’s perception about themselves that won’t work if they’re told about the terrible things that are happening within their body. The strategies for battling anorexia involve teaching the individual about internal state and interoception while challenging their set shifting ability.
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Anorexia is perpetuated by a habitual reflex that tells individuals not to eat.
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Summary
Anorexia is perpetuated by a habitual reflex that tells individuals not to eat. Telling them about the physical consequences of anorexia is not enough to combat the habit.
ChapterStrategies for combatting anorexia
EpisodeHealthy Eating & Eating Disorders - Anorexia, Bulimia, Binging
PodcastHuberman Lab
Combining teaching individuals about their internal state and interoception can help them overcome eating disorders as they can start to learn to associate the interactions with different food types with the cues occurring within their bodies.
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Summary
Combining teaching individuals about their internal state and interoception can help them overcome eating disorders as they can start to learn to associate the interactions with different food types with the cues occurring within their bodies. There are also probe tests like identifying high-fat foods and constraint type behaviors that can help treat eating disorders.