Alternative Treatments For Eating Disorders

Here are number of alternative treatments to help with eating disorders every thing from herbal medicines, to massages, psychotherapy, homeotherapy, and good nutrition. All can help and should be explored.

Helpful herbs include:

* Cinnamon
* Spirulina
* Flaxseed oil
* Blessed thistle
* roman chamomile
* Fenugreek seed
* Gentiana lutea or bitterroot
* Licorice root
* Skull cap

Massage

Massage a few times each week for at least a month will go a long way in relieving, or at least reducing, your anxiety and massage also know to improve concentration.

Homeotherapy

Homeopathy is believed to not have any side effects and while it treatment that tends to take at least a few months, if not longer, to help in treating the disorder, it is considered to be very effective.

Psychotherapy

Individual as well as family, and group therapy are very good in helping persons with their problems and even helps them to work on the feelings and emotional aspects.

Family therapy:

Family support from their family members and close friends is a positive step in helping anyone with anything, eating disorders included.

Group therapy:

Be involved in a support group helps the patient with the feeling that they are 'alone' and can also provide support both for the eating disorders as well as family and friends.

Nutritional Therapy

A trained dietician should be visited so as to get the help needed in the development of a healthy and nutritious diet.

Persons with eating disorders also have decrease nutritional reserves and need vitamins and minerals added to their daily diet. A B-complex (B2 (riboflavin), niacin and B6 (pyridoxine) & B12). Increases in antioxidants (to help them with the reduction of oxidative stress) that come in the forms of vitamin A, C & E,

Zinc helps by increasing the appetite, the smell and cognitive abilities, the repair or the skin and also helps in the relief depression that accompanies eating disorders. is also needed to be included either in the diet or as a supplement.

Keeping a Diary

Writing down both your eating habits and your activities can be a benefit to help you.

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