There is a lot written about the harm of strict diets and fasting, but after all, overeating can also be very dangerous, much more than malnutrition. The feeling of overeating is experienced by everyone, at least occasionally - we eat too much during the festive feast, after a hard day's work, endured stress . Even practicing in the gym and adhering to a diet, you can imperceptibly face the problem of overeating and its extremely unpleasant consequences: a feeling of heaviness, drawing pain in the stomach, problems with the intestines and, as a result, extra pounds. About what is overeating, about the symptoms and causes of this phenomenon, we'll tell in more detail.
Causes and symptoms of overeating
The main reason for overeating is too fast absorption of food. Facilitate this is the eternal rush, distractions (book, computer, television), stress. All this prevents us, how to enjoy the food, its aroma, taste. In a hurry, we do not pay attention to the amount of absorbed food, swallow, not chewing.
Here are the main signs of overeating in its chronic stage:
- appearance of extra pounds;
- rumbling in the stomach, feeling of heaviness;
- problems with the intestines, stools, regular constipation;
- depression and difficulty with sleep.
But if you just eat a lot, this is not an accurate indication that you have such a problem. Experts say that people who eat regularly regularly eat uncontrollably, not always because of hunger, usually large portions and in the end, feel guilty.
If you do not work with this problem, you may experience compulsive overeating. Symptoms in this phenomenon are the following: a person then overeats, then begins to starve, shows a tendency to get rid of the eaten with the help of vomiting or laxatives. Compulsive overeating is a real disease requiring immediate intervention by specialists.
Treatment of overeating
If there is a suspicion that the patient is prone to compulsive overeating, the doctor begins a survey of his condition with a study of the history of illness, as well as physical examination. You may need a radiography, blood tests, in order to exclude the physical disease as a cause of binge eating symptoms.
If the physical disease is not present, the psychologist should work with the patient. He will use specially created assessment tools to understand why a person has this type of disorder and how to work with it.