Oxytocin, also known as the 'love hormone,' could provide a new treatment for anorexia nervosa, according to new research. The study found that oxytocin alters anorexic patients' tendencies to fixate on images of high calorie foods, and larger body shape. The findings follow an earlier study by the same group showing that oxytocin changed patients' responses to angry and disgusted faces.You know what else oxytocin does? It counteracts infections. In the intestines.
It inhibits colitis. And obesity.
Anorexia is a metabolic dysfunction, not a mental problem.
I do not understand why that possibility is never considered... it seems like an obvious option...
I Blame Freud.
