'a mind disorder that manifests itself through your body.'.......mmmmmmm, reminds me that a woman in another newsgroup had some erious problems as a teenager......turns out both her granmas were cherokee and walked the trail of tears as teenagers and started drinking then......turns out this woman had similar symptoms as a teenager.....soooooooo....eating disorders can be heriditary coming thru DNA......I have a file on numerous articles suggesting that stress is heriditary and stress sets off eating disorders. I take a couple of natural supplements which helped me make the changeover from meat to plant protein, but that is different than your prob. Anyhoozits..... peace Honor