Nicole Richie was taken to a doctor to find out if she is anorexic. According to a doctor, she is not anorexic. Her dramatic weight loss is “stress-related”. Anorexic-like symptoms have been linked to stress in a number of studies, so I do not find it unusual.

Anorexic or not, Nicole Richie seems to have a lot of stress to deal with. According to her farther, Lionel Richie, seven cars and a helicopter often follow her on the way home.

I do not know if those paparazzi are anorexic, crazy, or perhaps both, but it is an intimidating experience. If that were not enough, he claims that she is also a victim of infamous “Photoshop Diet.”

I am not a Photoshop expert, but it is a common knowledge that magazines alter original photos to fit a story they want to tell. Even if Nicole Richie was anorexic, do we really want to see that in a magazine spread?

If the editors are “playing” with her pictures anyway – try to help her a little. When did pictures of anorexic people become attractive? Instead of making her look anorexic, I would Photoshop her to appear healthy, and maybe even with a little extra muscle tone.

Would this not encourage her to “fix” her problem? I do not know, but if I were anorexic, and all of a sudden I find my picture in a magazine looking all fit and healthy, I would get the “message”, and would be motivated to either get help, or solve the problem myself.