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...nutty as my routine sounds, it's just that: a little nutty. But according to some psychiatrists, there's a cadre of men and women, maybe as much as 4% of the population, whose problem is far more serious. They suffer from a controversial and little-recognized syndrome called compulsive binge eating disorder. Sufferers don't merely give in to a couple of cookies. They inhale an entire package or down a whole pizza when a slice or two would do. The episodes are short, intense and replayed over and over...
...feeling unbearably stuffed, bingers are ashamed and guilt-ridden. More women than men are afflicted, but not disproportionately so, as with other eating disorders. About 60% of binge eaters are women versus 40% men, compared to anorexia nervosa where 90% are women. But most important, binge eaters tend to suffer from underlying psychological problems, like low self-esteem, generalized anxiety or depression...
...uplifted by love or twisted by its lack and one where the director has so much to say and show that he can't keep his images still. You could get drunk, or ill, on the high dose of whimsy in Amelie. That's fine--too many European movies suffer from emotional constipation and camera anomie. Jeunet travels the road of excess, telling dozens of peripheral tales, cueing American tunes from the '40s to play in a '90s Paris cafe, working in whatever style suits the moment, letting a key in Amelie's pocket radiate to signal intrigue, or literally...
...minivan-size killing machines carried one at a time in the belly of MC-130 cargo planes. When detonated three feet above the ground, the bomb's slurry of ammonium nitrate and aluminum dust wipes out everything within a half-mile radius. Those who are not killed often suffer ruptured lungs or broken eardrums...
...FOOD: Sure, Harvard students may suffer from an abundance of General Wong’s chicken, but at least we have 13 places around campus to get a free meal at all times of the day. Penn students—I’m not making this up—primarly get their sustinence from cheesesteaks and Chinese dishes bought from street vendors. You ever try egg rolls dipped in hot dog water...