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"Actress Portia de Rossi has a new book coming out this week, and in it she reveals a chapter in her life that can only be described as heartbreaking: Her battle with severe eating disorders and exercise compulsion ... Portia de Rossi, who married Ellen DeGeneres in 2008, opens up completely in her new book, Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain, where she discusses her lifelong battle with body image and food. From the age of 12, when she began modeling, she restricted herself to 300 calories per day, at times. During her stint on the hit show &amp;quot;Ally McBeal,&amp;quot; de Rossi admits that her food and exercise issues got out of control. At an all-time low weight of 82 pounds, she was treated for organ failure and osteoporosis. She&amp;#x27;s spent the past years recovering and she writes about the healing process in ways that critics are already cheering. While I haven&amp;#x27;t read the book yet, it sounds like a good, honest read about the low places eating and exercise disorders can take us and yet, how there is hope for recovery. What do you think about celebs who tell-all? Encouraging or TMI? P.S. Was school bullying to blame with Demi Lovato&amp;#x27;s recent breakdown? And, could you try Katherine Heigl&amp;#x27;s stop-smoking tip? More Ways to Get Glamour Visit Shopglamour.com for cute stuff starting at just $10! Enter the latest Glamour sweepstakes! Follow us on Twitter Add us to your iGoogle homepage Photo: Getty"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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