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Jewish eating "disorders" as viewed by the AP/jPost
« on: December 15, 2010, 01:06:07 PM »
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Kosher laws forbid eating meat and dairy at the same meal, and forbid eating pork and shellfish. Separate dishes, silverware, sinks and microwaves may also be used for meat and milk products.

"This rigidity can really be a perfect breeding ground for an eating disorder. If you're already struggling with an eating disorder and now you have all these foods that you can't eat, it can be very difficult," said Jodi Krumholz, a dietitian at The Renfrew Center, a Philadelphia-based eating disorder treatment center.
http://www.jpost.com/LifeStyle/Article.aspx?id=199512

Wow, what an objective article... I wonder how much they will reach out to those desperate women who do the terrible thing to their bodies and fast once a year....

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Re: Jewish eating "disorders" as viewed by the AP/jPost
« Reply #1 on: December 15, 2010, 02:25:07 PM »
The woman in the picture looks soooo Orthodox...

...NOT!
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Re: Jewish eating "disorders" as viewed by the AP/jPost
« Reply #2 on: December 15, 2010, 04:51:15 PM »
They even say she is conservative and does not fast for religious reasons in the article...
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COCONUT CREEK, Florida — Hilary Waller remembers begging her mother to let her fast on Yom Kippur. At 10 years old she was a bit too young, but embracing the rigid discipline seemed desperately important.

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Waller's family, which belongs to the Conservative branch of Judaism, fasted only on Yom Kippur, but she began fasting other holidays. "And not for religious reasons," said Waller, who checked into residential treatment after college, more than a decade after she began struggling with the illness.

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Waller felt guilty one holiday as she loaded her plate at a salad bar shortly after leaving treatment. She felt isolated from the community, unable to join in the ritual fast with the rest of her congregation, until she realized her greater sacrifice would be eating.
I hope the future of anti-semitism just sticks to nonsense like this instead of discrimination in the work place.
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