The Anorexic diet puts an individual at risk for heart failure. In eating disorder recovery, part of anorexia treatment is re-learning how to eat healthy and building muscle mass. Every orgran in the body - including the brain - requires nourishment and "fuel" to keep it functioning properly.

Anorexia symptoms aren’t always visible. The emotional effects of anorexia causes a great deal of pain. Because anorexics usually try to hide their emotional symptoms, it adds to the overall complications of eating disorders.

Karen Carpenter Anorexia – I remember when her death from anorexia shocked the world. We soon learned that it was the physical effects of anorexia nervosa that ultimately took her life. A 2010 Karen Carpenter bio by Randy Schmidt called, Little Girl Blue is arguably the best biography ever written about the singer.