Discuss the effects of diet on health.

are starving your body of the nutrients which it needs, therefore you are putting your body at risk of it not being able to function properly. Short Term EffectsIndividuals will start to suffer from:- Dizziness where they’ll feel unsteady quite often.- Nausea where they will often feel quite sick.- Headaches.- Dehydration from the lack of vitamins and minerals.- Muscle weakness, they won’t be able to perform tasks as well as they’ll have that feeling of weakness about them- Feelings of confusion and unbalance within themselves.- Dry skin also because of the lack of vitamins and minerals which relates to the body being dehydrated.- Low blood pressure.- Change in moods. Long Term EffectsIndividuals who continue to under eat will cause more long term damage to their body and also suffer from all of the short term effects and more, being:- A loss in muscle mass; this is mainly due to lack of protein. Protein is needed as it is the one nutrient which supplies your body with amino acids in order to reproduce the muscle tissues. (http://shannonclark.hubpages.com/hub/Four-Reasons-For-Muscle-Mass-Loss)- Paralysis - Insomnia- Kidney failure.- Osteoporosis which is the softening of bones due to lack in calcium. - For females they will experience and absence of their menstrual cycle.- Liver failure.- Skin becomes easily bruised.- Heart attack.- Infertility- Digestive difficulties.- Seizures.- Death.(Physically)Individuals are physically effected by under eating as they’re causing physical damage to their body. Under eating means they’re not supplying their bopdy with enough nutrients therefore their body can’t function properly and isn’t producing enough energy for what they actually need throughout the day, so then they become more tired easily which is having a physical affect on them as they wont be able to participate in physical and just general day to day activities becaus ehtey will not have the energy for it.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             (Emotionally)Overall under eating can cause a variety of different affects on the body. Not only does an individual get affected physically by under eating but they’re also affected emotionally. They are effects and changes which an individual’s body will experience due to the lack of food intake. People who take the choice of physically not feeding their body enough are also found to suffer from depression. This is because many of the nutrients found in food affect the emotional centres of the brain, and when an individual decides to under eat they are reducing these nutrients. Also affecting their balance has an adverse effect on mood, this is why under eaters tend to feel low and depressed and are known for getting annoyed or being irritated easily. http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_are_short_term_effects_of_not_eating_enoughhttp://teensworldng.wordpress.com/2008/09/25/over-eating-and-its-effects/http://www.fitday.com/fitness-articles/nutrition/healthy-eating/obesity-disease-the-possible-effects-of-overeating.htmlhttp://www.eating-disorders.org.uk/effects_of_under-eating.html( use website)How and Why do People Under Eat? There are different reasons which cause individuals to make the decision of under eating. Individuals restrain from eating as they feel it keeps their weight under control. Severe eating restraint is where individuals keep the diet strictly under control and don’t allow themselves to have those extra little snacks; by doing this they feel like they’re in good control over their body, and makes them think that doing this is good for their health and wellbeing. Some individuals under eat by deciding to eliminate certain food groups such as fats, carbohydrates etc because they fear that if they eat from these food groups then they will start to gain weight and become fat. Some individuals are effected with the illness of bulimia, this is where individuals will eat and binge eat but will then make themselves be sick afterwards because they are afraid of their eating habits becoming out of control which leads them to think and fear that they will put on weight. Some individuals can be affected by other individuals around them or by depression of thinking that they’re over weight and fat. There are individuals who feel overweight because of other people around them who may make them feel uncomfortable of their weight because they seem to think that they are a lot bigger than those around them. The media also have a big affect on peoples eating habits and choices as the media portray celebrities with little skinny bodies which lead individuals to feel that this is what they must look like to look good and healthy. Therefore because of these reasons it leads people to cut out certain food groups, meals etc so they end up virtually living off hardly any food at all. This can lead to someone extremely under eating where they have an unhealthy consumption to reach or attain a very low body weight; this is the result of anorexia nervosa.