how do i do this? anorexia recovery question?

im 16 yrs old 5ft 2in and weigh 83lbs. i am anorexic in recovery. I know i need to gain weight and am willing to just as long as it is lean muscle. I am taking protein drinks, and i cant eat any gluten because of celiac. And no sugar because of ibs. I use to eat 400 calories or below, and now im up to 1200. This is what my doctor and my nutritionist have agreed on. My question is, i will be doing weight 3 times a week, tennis 3-4 times a week for at least an hour and half, and yoga. I also run…..so should i be eating more? keep in mind not too much because my stomach has shrunk and my metabolism is shot. Should i stay with my 1200 calories? or up them? thanks in advance!

1200 is the very minimum you need to keep your body safe. Since you’re exercising and you need to gain weight, you should definitely be eating more than that. It’s unlikely that eating 1200 calories, you could even maintain your weight, and since you want to gain, you should try to increase this by at least several hundred calories. However, if your doctor and nutritionist think it’s sufficient, you should bring up the issue with them.
I know that it’s hard to do with a small stomach and a low metabolism, but if you try to eat small, frequent meals, your stomach will be better able to handle more food. Although your metabolism may be low at this point, as you begin to recover and give your body the nutrients it needs, your metabolism will speed up again, and you’ll need even more calories.
Hope this advice helped, and good luck with your recovery.

Biomedical Recovery from Autism – the GFCF Diet: 2 WEEKS

The UK / England Gluten free market grew at 62% in 2009. Amazing growth during the GFC. See what people in the ‘mother land’ are choosing !

The following analysis uses Google data sets. Previous Gluten Free Pages research showed that the UK started with a healthy ‘search per celiac per month’ value of 2.2 in 2004. However, while Australia was in front of the UK and remains so, by 2008 both the USA and Canada had overtaken this GFP market measure value. The UK gluten free online demand (searches) trend has been very flat over the last five years, until last year.

When the top 50 monthly gluten associated searches are segmented into seven subcategories (see table below), it can be seen that each of the categories received a similar increase. While these increases are very large, it was found that all other leading gluten free online demand countries experienced an even stronger growth increase.

The first thing to notice about the gluten free search terms is that the top 50 Google Gluten associated search terms increased over the last year from 809K to 1.3M (+62%). The main group’s (gluten free) key phrases absolute volume changes were to gluten (201K  ->  301K)  and  gluten free (  135K  -> 246K searches).

TOP 50 proportions

The composition of the proportions of each group are significantly different from the standard proportions experienced by other leading online demand countries. For example, the USA NOV 2009 gluten free group proportion data shows what is considered to be the standard proportions representative of leading ‘celiac searches per month’ countries (eg: USA, Canada, Australia).

The proportion of the top 50’s main generic gluten free group remained stable at 46% of the top 50 searches and the second largest group ‘celiacs’ decreased from 24% to 19%.  The table below shows that the overall increase in the top 50 Google terms was produced by an increase in all groups search volumes.

GF GROUP………………..Search VOL 08………Volumes 2009………Increase

GF Generic………………375,700 ………………602,200………60%

Gluten diet………………23,480…………………53,900…………130%

GF Recipe ……………….58,480………………..124,000………112%

Coeliac ……………………193,180……………….251,500………30%

Wheat free……………….95,700………………..153,900………..61%

Locations…………………8,280………………….19,200…………132%

GF specific foods……54,280………………..100,200……… 85%

 

One of the more interesting trends is the growth in the GF specific food group. In that group the leading phrases are still GF bread and flour, however a significant number of people are starting to search for cakes, ‘dairy free gluten’ and chocolate.

LONG TERM GROWTH

Google permits trend analysis on individual terms, but plotting the top 50 that comprise the main analysis would provide little useful insight. The phrase ‘gluten free’ represents 41% of ALL searches within the generic group so its two year trend is plotted below as a proxy.

It is noted that not all subregions of the UK have trend data available, however England trend data shows almost an exact match to UK data.

Previous GFP trend line research and analysis for the UK shows that there is no particular seasonal trend. This is unusual in that most other leading gluten free search countries show strong seasonal trends over the last five years. The linear forecast over the past year extrapolates to a growth of 23% for this one term (compared with 10% for 2008).

The following table shows the Dec 2009 leading gluten free search citites in the UK, and their relative strength.

UK City ………………………GF Search Importance

St Albans ……………………1.0

Thames Ditton……………0.67

Milton Keynes……………0.605

Reading……………………..0.595

Sheffield…………………….0.575

Oxford………………………..0.57

Watford……………………..0.57

Hull…………………………….0.545

Poplar………………………..0.54

Edinburgh…………………..0.535

 

CONCLUSION

Previous analysis on UK searches up to 2008 showed that while it had a relatively high ‘celiac search per month’ value of 2.2 it had relatively flat growth. The analysis for 2009 shows that there has been significant growth in searches in the overall gluten category (top 50 terms).

 

About the Author

In the last few years I have had a strong interest in e-marketing and website optimization. My strongest desire is to be working in the sustainability industry which causes large reductions in greenhouse gases. Find other great gluten free articles at www.glutenfreepages.com.au and LINK to the site to see updates or visit my Market Analysis site www.brucedwyer.com CHEERS!

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