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• Simon Monjack (12/21/2009)

  If someone is anorexic or bulimic, and they die of cardiac arrest, it can be because their electrolytes got out of balance. The heart and muscle depend on nerve signals which come the way electricity does on power lines. How do people die of starvation or many other diseases of the third world? They lose their electrolyte balance (babies who die of diarrhea and vomiting, say, are another example), and literally have a blackout. A member of the Boston Ballet on her way to Disneyland with her family died of cardiac arrest in the family car. Afterwards, the ballet reviewed what they were demanding of their dancers for weight levels. They changed their emphasis from "waif" roles to more athletic types of dancing, in my opinion. The controversy died down at least for now. Whoever said this woman (with a history of being cast as the zaftig "best friend") had "waifed" herself down might have summed up the whole thing. I think a medical examiner will be able to see without a full autopsy whether there was muscle wasting and all the symptoms of anorexia. Presumably, if she was otherwise healthy, Brittany would have been getting regular checkups. If she had been hospitalized in the past for anorexia, there'd be a record. This is isn't a good outcome physical status, whether from a neurotic eating disorder, from choice or from third world status. Ten percent of anorexics, for instance, die of the disease. The numbers are higher in the third world, where anorexia is not a lifestyle choice. Sadly, the most probable thing is not foul play but a lack of understanding of how to stay healthy. Glamour is dazzling and makes the real world harder to see sometimes. There are casualties.