"Food was my enemy": Model Avital Cohen reveals how fear of being fat left her with a severe eating disorder
An Instagram reality is very different from actual reality and there is always more to the story, no matter how flawless it looks. Instagram model Avital Cohen has recently opened up about her eating disorder and the struggle to cope with the illness. Though her life looked perfect and flawless online, the model admittedly often struggled with the way she saw herself.
The 23-year-old model, based in Israel, got candid about her "severe eating disorder" on Instagram. In the caption, she wrote, "I was afraid to eat because in my mind I was fat. I struggled a lot since food was my enemy". However, she was able to turn the situation around by "dealing with my mental health" and then slowly started to see food as a way to survive and live. She currently eats six small meals each day and also works out regularly.