Drunkorexia
It's not new behavior, but it has been given a new name: drunkorexia. The term is used to describe women who intentionally limit their eating so they can drink without worrying about the "added calories."
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"According to The Morning Show report (featuring our friend Sondra Kronberg, an eating disorders specialist from the National Eating Disorders Association of Long Island), 30% of women ages 18-23 restrict food calories so they can drink more and not gain weight from their alcohol consumption."The reduction in food has potential enough to be dangerous, but less food means the body is also less able to process or recover from high levels of alcohol. Read more at EMaxHealth.com.
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