(piddock) wrote in message
There is nothing to debate here. Veganism & vegetarianism have
nothing to do with eating disorders or any psychological disorders.

Generally, I agree with you. However, any special diets may be
something that people use to cover their eating disorders. If they
begin to think that certain foods are "evil" or "toxic" and they get
too obssessed with it, I think it could form into an eating disorder.

For one thing, there is no such thing as an "eating disorder".
Rubystar and Usual Suspect agree and believe that anorexia nervosa
is a lifestyle choice. It is those who push meat on their kids all the
time who have the mental disorders.

I don't think anorexia is a lifestyle choice at all (though it may
have started out that way). It's a disease and people need help to get
better, and may never be cured.

Vegetarianism/Veganism is a lifestyle choice. I think that was
probably what you meant but I wanted to make that clear.

I disagree with you that there is no such thing as an eating disorder.
Those people who have to live through the hell of having them (losing
teeth, losing hair, becoming infertile, suffering deficiencies,
thinking they're fat even though they're under 100 lbs.) are not
choosing to be that way.

There is no such thing as an "eating disorder".
Just because you do not have anorexia nervosa does not mean
you should look down on those who do or judge them to have
"psychological problems".

Have you ever seen the skeletal images of people who are around 85
lbs. and still consider themselves to be huge? That is a psychological
problem, as well as a medical issue.

-Rubystars