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The new discoveries by medical researchers are that anorexia (the male version is known as manorexia) is not limited to women and that the idea of starving yourself in order to achieve the perfect body is crossing gender lines. Manorexia is a serious eating disorder which needs to be detected at its early stages.

What is Manorexia?

Manorexia is an eating disorder. Dietary restriction is the most significant manifestation of the disorder/disease. It sometimes occur in its pure form however appears in the form of alternating crises restriction and bulimia with vomiting. The body is viewed as too big, despite been extremely thin. This physical state due to malnutrition is often times fatal.

Who is affected by Manorexia?

While anorexia is typically thought to be a disorder affecting only teenage girls or women, experts estimate that about 1 million American men suffer from manorexia and the figures seems to be rises.

At what stage in life?

Risk of manorexia is particularly said to be high during two main periods i.e. between ages 12 and 13 and then between ages 17 and 18. This latter part is made significant because it is at the end of high school when ’serious’ dating occurs i.e. you want to get attention from girls.

How does it start?

For many it often starts as a simply attempt to get fit but it quickly turns into a deadly battle for the perfect body.

What are the underlying and predisposing factors of Manorexia?

In as much as there are biological factors, external factors like early like interactions e.g. family values, identity development and sense of worth/self esteem are vital I triggering the disorder. Pop culture is also a great influence here with some aiming to be wiry — think Mick Jagger, some want to be lean, muscular Brad Pitt, James Bond while other just want to be big and chiseled like Arnold [Schwarzenegger], the governor.”

Warning signs?

A sudden feeling of insecurity followed by a change in eating habits, an obsession with the mirror, an rate of loss of weight leading to general weakness are all signs of manorexia that should not be taken fore granted.

Are there consequences?

Since Manorexia is essentially depriving your body of nutrients dangerous consequences such as stated below may follow – abnormally slow heart rate, low blood pressure, changes in the heart muscle, risk of heart failure, electrolyte imbalance, anemia, changes in bones density (meaning your bones can break more easily, dental problems) loss of muscle tone, general weakness, severe dehydration, which can result in kidney failure, hair loss is common, death.

What should I do now?

It is important not to isolate yourself. The first thing to do is talk to a doctor. There are also a number of associations for parents of children with anorexia which offer good support and are good sources of information.

If you are going through it and you have a problem with manorexia, put away the pride, put away the ego, and don’t be afraid to seek the necessary treatment for it. It’s OK. It’s fine. Just because you are a guy doesn’t mean, ‘I can’t ask for help.’ Do not procrastinate consulting a medical practitioner as an early treatment facilitates cure.

The bad news is not all of gentlemen are lucky enough to have such a sculpted body. First of all, we might not be fortunate enough in terms of ‘genetic lottery’. You know, when it comes to genes we inherit from our parents, no one can protest in any possible way. Whether our genes are good are bad, we have no option but deal with the reality.
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Some men are lucky enough to inherit handsome faces from his father, or inherit the high level body metabolism which makes them less likely to become obese.That’s the lovely side but what if your dad gives you ‘dark’ genes that makes you gain weight easier? Or genes that causes your body height increases slower than your peers? Well, I’d say you have to make peace with yourself because the harder you push yourself the more you’ll get hurt.

Secondly, most of us are not able to have enough time and tools needed to keep ourselves fit. It is perhaps the most frequently mentioned excuse but it holds true for people whose daily activities are not related to physical jobs. If you’re working 8 hours a day and going into overtime hours after that, no one wouldn’t be that surprised to see your beer belly that stores pounds of fats.

But do you know that most men nowadays think that having an athletic figure is a must? Probably you and I are some of those men but hold that thought. Let me tell you an astounding fact that men are now swept away by a wave called ‘athletica nervosa’. This is a new term coined by media to refer to a type of anxiety that men commonly have by exercising excessively at gyms. And this is what i just read on a site:

“Men who regularly read ‘lads’ magazines’ are increasingly obsessive about their body image resulting in them doing excessive exercise and possibly taking steroids to improve their physique, according to a study by University of Winchester psychologist Dr David Giles.”

‘Lads’ magazines here are magazines that are usually read by men and boys and most of the content is about how to stay healthy, lean, fit, and of course how to grow more muscles. But I think it’s not only ‘lads’ magazines that endorse the importance of muscular physique. If we are sensitive enough, we’ll notice recently there are more and more young, good-looking, muscular male models being featured on TV commercials, banners, ads in magazines, even clothing catalogs (which were assumed to be quite girlie in the past). It may be just a coincidence but I don’t think that way.

What strikes me most is that this apparently starts to infect our kids! You can call me a hyperbolic liar but after you read this, you won’t. A 5-year-old infant named Giuliano Stroe in Italy has started to become a fitness freak after he regularly accompanied his dad exercising at a local gym.
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All these things seem to lead to a complete insanity. And what is initially meant to be an endeavor to get healthier and fitter proves to be a misleading campaign for instant muscularity. Some men who are not patient enough in the journey resort to a shortcut. This shortcut is called steroid. As we know that using steroid is no good especially in the long run.

So is having muscular physique really worth it? Or is it just another mirage men have been tricked into? Being unsatisfied with our appearance is humane and everyone experiences that. But being too much worried about what image people can have in their mind about us is somewhat ridiculous. Gentlemen, in my humble opinion, we should choose health over muscularity. If we’re exercising, we must focus more on being healthier, so as to be able to function normally at work and in household. When ego has taken over our sanity, however, we’re more likely to get drowned by the endless competition of enlarging biceps, showing off six packs, or how to get larger pectoral muscles.

In the past decades we’ve already bombarded with a series of news about women developing anorexia nervosa and then dying afterwards. Now men are dealing with the same plague. We now see more women are rebelling against the ’slim is beautiful’ dogma. Some of these ladies (who are not as skinny as those female models) are compellingly successful and set their own trends as they appreciate their body figure more than before. It’s OK to be plump or a bit obese but as long as they take themselves as they are, nothing is ever problem.
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Women have shown their resistance against the ’slimmer is always better’ proposition and what about men? Can men have the audacity to say NO to ‘beefier is always better’ proposition? Ask ourselves.