Anorexia and Vegetarianism

The article strongly suggests that anyone embarking upon a vegetarian diet get competent nutritional counseling. According to research cited by Scripps Howard, most people in the U.S. get 70 percent of their calcium from dairy products. Physicians, according to the article, are particularly concerned that girls who avoid dairy products can develop calcium deficiencies.

Calcium is a mineral essential to developing and maintaining healthy bones. Older women are particularly vulnerable to calcium deficiencies, which are associated with osteoporosis and arthritis.

An additional concern cited in the article is that people who eat no meat run the risk of developing protein and iron deficiencies. Vegetarian sources of iron, according to Scripps Howard, include apricots, bran flakes, and spinach. For alternative sources of protein, visit Askdrweil.com.

ENDNOTES

1. Gilbody SM, Kirk SFL, Hill AJ. Vegetarianism in young women: Another means of weight control? International Journal of Eating Disorders 26(1): 87-90, 1999.
2. Washburn, BS, Jiang JC, Cummings, SL, Dixon K, Gietzen, DW. Anorectic responses to dietary amino acid imbalance: effects of vagotomy and tropisetron. American Journal of Physiology 266 (6 Pt. 2): R1922-1927, 1994.
3. Ibid, R1922.
4. Ibid.
5. Ibid.
6. Ibid.
7. Ibid., R1923.
8. Ibid.
9. Ibid., R1922.
10. Ibid., R1923.
11. Ibid.
12. Ibid.
13. Ibid.
14. Ibid., R1925.
15. Jiang, JC, Gietzen, DW. Anorectic Response to Amino Acid Imbalance: A Selective Serotonin₃ Effect? Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior 47(1): 59- 63, 1994.
16. Ibid, 59-60.
17. Ibid., 62.
18. Terry-Nathan, VR, Gietzen DW, Rogers, QR. Serotonin₃ antagonists block aversion to saccharin in an amino acid-imbalanced diet. American Journal of Physiology 268 (5 Pt.2): R1203-1208, 1995.
19. Ibid., R1204.
20. Ibid., R1203.
21. Ibid., R1204.
22. Ibid.
23. Ibid., R1204-1205
24. Ibid., R1205.
25. Ibid.
26. Ibid.
27. Ibid.
28. Ibid.
29. Ibid., R1206.

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