Anorexia - The Crucial Role of Protein, Tryptophan, Zinc and Vitamin B
Anorexia is often seen as an illness of teenage girls, but the problem can affect boys, too, and children of pre-teenage years. For many sufferers, getting back to a healthy weight and way of eating takes years of struggle and heartache. Sadly, some never make it back to health, despite the best efforts of the medical profession. But now there is real hope on the horizon because researchers are beginning to understand the chemical changes that take place in the brain once anorexia sets in.