Anorexic individuals often exhibit unhealthy blood lipid profiles, elevated vasopressin levels, low blood pressure, down-regulated thyroid levels, and reduced heart rates.

“So, the blood lipid profiles and anorexics are often very unhealthy despite the fact that they're eating very little food. In addition, they tend to have elevated levels of things like vasopressin, which are hormones that regulate body temperature and salt and blood volume. They tend to have low blood pressure. They can pass out. I mentioned some of the other symptoms earlier. In other words, there are a huge number of terrible things happening. Thyroid levels are down. Heart rates are down, if I'm painting a very bleak picture here is indeed a bleak picture.”