According to an official at the Adler School of Professional Psychology, about 45 percent of men who are obsessed with body building deal with bigorexia, also called muscle dysmorphia or a muscle disorder.
‘About 45 percent of men are dissatisfied with their body image. 1 in 10 people who are diagnosed with an eating disorder is a man,’ said Dr. Michele Kerulis the director of sports & health psychology at the Adler School of Professional Psychology.
‘This obsession can start quickly or it can begin over a period of time. We see psychological abnormalities including irritability, angry outbursts, which sometimes people would call a ‘roid rage,’ we see depression sometimes mania,’ said Kerulis.
Dr. Selene Parekh warned, ‘So individuals who have ‘bigorexia,’ a lot of them tend to use supplements and if you, you overdose on these supplements, without having a balanced diet you can develop kidney and liver failure, and as that happens you may need a liver or kidney transplant or your could eventually die.’
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