Alcohorexia or drunkenness , a double pathology in which alcoholism, anorexia and bulimia are combined. It mostly affects women under 30 years of age. It causes malnutrition, anxiety and psychological damage.
Victoria Osborne, a researcher at the University of Missouri (USA), has analyzed this new eating disorder. And he has come to the conclusion that it affects women three times more , and that typically the motivations behind include avoiding weight gain, getting drunk faster (on an empty stomach) and saving money from food to buy alcohol.
The worst thing about this disorder is that depriving the brain of adequate nutrition while consuming large volumes of alcohol can "lead to short-term and long-term cognitive problems , including difficulty concentrating, loss of the ability to study, and problems with thinking. time to make decisions, "explains Osborne. In addition, those who suffer from this disease tend to behave in a violent and risky way, and damage their vital organs at an early age , which leads to chronic diseases.
