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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A really high percentage of middle-aged white women I know have really bad stomach issues like IBS and end up with limited diets.  I was always thinner than my sister but in her 40s she suddenly got horrific gut problems, after a bad infection (hospitalized), that have left her totally unable to eat gluten and dairy.  So now she's way thinner than I am.   She basically has to eat a crazy healthy diet of lean proteins and vegetables, or she's disabled (she was out of work for a year before the doctors came up with this plan for her).  That's an extreme example, but I know a lot of women with some variation of this.  Almost all the middle aged women I know that are extremely thin have some sort of stomach/gut issue that is leading to restricted eating.  Of course, I'm sure some of the stars do it because of social pressure, but I think the medical stuff is under-recognized.[/quote]

Yes, this is real. I developed both kidney stones and IBS in my early 40s (thought it was just stones at first but then treatment for them didn't resolve my gut issues and I had to change my diet even more). My body does not process dairy or fat very well anymore, which sucks. I should probably also reduce gluten but I love bread and pastries too much to give them up so I accept the gut discomfort to keep them in my diet to some degree.

So I've lost weight in the last two years and everyone assumes it's on purpose but it's not -- I was not unhappy with my appearance before. It's just related to medical issues. People think you're lying if you say that though, so I say nothing. I give up. People love judging other people's bodies.[/quote]

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