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| The typical patient is white and female (males account for only 5% of patients), and comes from a middle or upper class family. Although pure forms of both anorexia and bulimia exist, it is not infrequent for a sufferer to overlap the two diseases. In controlled studies bulimic patients almost always respond to individual and group therapy. Although little is known about the long-term course of bulimia, it is uncommon among people over 40. Tryptophan given at a dose of 3gm per day with 50mg of B6 has been reported to improve mood and to reduce bingeing in bulimic women. He claims that in bulimics, their sensation of "hunger" is, in fact, an indicator of thirst. Make sure to get lots of light exposure. Bright lights reduced the incidence of binging with and without affecting depression, in separate studies. |
| Multiple Mineral Supplementation Multiple Vitamin Supplement Sunlight Exposure Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine) |