Asherkine Opens Up About the Dark Side of Binge-Eating Content and the Health Challenges He Faced

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Popular content creator, Oluwaseun Akinyemi, aka Asherkine disclosed why he stopped producing binge-eating videos.

In a social media post, Asherkine made it known that's its because it negatively impacted his physical and mental health, leading to issues like gluttony, heart palpitations, excessive weight gain irregular sleep, sneaky high blood pressure count, and constant fatigue.

According to Asherkine, even when he's full, he finds himself wanting to keep eating, and he only stops when he feels abdominal discomfort, pointing out his struggle with compulsive eating disorder. 

"Even though i had an active lifestyle at the time and tried to stay fit , i lost the concept of moderation as mindless binge eating became the OOTD even when i wasn’t creating content.  i wouldn’t stop eating until i started to feel abdominal discomfort. 

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"Despite being full asl , i always wanted to keep eating! gluttony had made its way. asides the general discomfort , heart palpitations, excess weight gain ,  irregular sleep , sneaky high blood pressure count, constant fatigue and so on… the mental battle to beat gluttony is probably the hardest thing to deal with. 

"I can’t express how disrespectful gluttony is and how much power it holds but it’s mad underrated. It’s 2 years after and i still chat to the pit in my tummy. 

"If you struggle with COMPULSIVE EATING DISORDER , shout out you. pay attention, i’m no health practitioner but don’t underplay it. 

“I’ll still make food content but definitely not in such volume.”