Digestive Issues Impact Up To 98%+ of Humans Living With Disordered Eating
The literature on the connection between the existence of digestive issues in humans struggling with disordered eating (see: ED, dieting) is clear: Up to 98+ percent of humans will deal with symptoms of IBS as part of their story.
Gas, bloating, constipation, nausea, diarrhea, stomach pain, heartburn, dysphasia, altered motility, more.
As a new dietitian, working in a clinic, I got really good at telling clients that their symptoms would resolve as their bodies healed. I imagine I was rather insistent about this. “Feed your body, feed your gut, heal your body, heal your gut.“ For some clients, this worked. For others, it didn’t, but I remained staunch in my insistence that it would.
🙅♀️What a jerk.
If you have digestive issues in the context of healing from diet or disorder, I believe you. The fact is, incorporation of regular quantities of food and a wide wide variety of food, after a period of dieting or restrained eating, will likely upset your belly. That’s pretty normal.
And if things do not get better as you move through this process, please talk to your doctor. Get a referral to see a gastroenterologist.
Please don’t rely on Dr. Google to provide you with good health solutions.
They are almost always diet-wellness culture infiltrated. Even if ‘experts,’ are owning the suggestions.
You don’t need to struggle in silence.
And even if the first treatment suggested is food, regularly, and patience, you might need more. That’s okay.
I HOPE YOU FIND EASE.
Abraham S, Kellow J., 2011
Janssen P, 2010
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