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Foods Ranked Healthiest to Deadliest

IT’LL KILL YOU EVENTUALLY – Oct. 16, 2021 - Mozaffarian and colleagues created what they call the Food Compass by applying the latest science on nutrition to examine both the healthy and harmful aspects of mor... Read More...

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I’m A Fat Woman. This Is Why I Post Photos Of Myself Eating.

ONE SIZE DOESN'T HAVE TO FIT ALL – Oct. 13, 2021 - Fast-forward to the age of 11. I’m in a bathroom stall with my lunch tray, hovering my knees above the toilet to perfectly balance my meal of 2% milk, carrots and ... Read More...

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Reaching for Zero

NOTHING FROM NOTHING LEAVES NOTHING – October 10, 2021 - Eating disorders are often marked as having an abnormal relationship with food. And while this may be true for some, I never found food to be the proble... Read More...

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Is Food Addiction Contributing to Global Obesity?

HIGHLY PROCESSED WORLD – Oct. 2, 2021 - Our brains are designed to find high-calorie foods rewarding to ensure we survive the periods of famine. Carbohydrates (like sugar) and fat are high in calories and trig... Read More...

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Popular Drinks With More Sugar Than Soda

WATCH – WHY AMERICA IS SO SICK – August 18, 2021 - Snapple Apple We have the same concerns for Snapple Apple that we do for Minute Maid lemonade. Of the 47 grams of total sugar, 42 of them are added—that’s a l... Read More...

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How Diet Affects Mental Health

YOU FEEL WHAT YOU EAT – Sept. 9, 2021 - The old saying goes “you are what you eat,” but a recent study finds it may be more accurate to say your mood is what you eat. Researchers from Binghamton Universi... Read More...

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Megan Fox’s “Pretty Severe Eating Disorder”

VULNERABILITY IS BEAUTIFUL – Sept 9, 2021 - “However, at a certain point, I went through some trauma in childhood and I developed a pretty severe eating disorder and manic depression, which runs in my fa... Read More...

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Busting Eating Disorder Stereotypes

WATCH – SIZE DOESN’T MATTER – Sept. 8, 2021 - When plus-sized supermodel Tess Holliday opened up this spring about her struggle with anorexia, she also spoke about the backlash she received, saying, “I u... Read More...

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Instagram ‘pushes weight-loss messages to teenagers’

THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF “PUSHERS” – July 20, 2021 - Algorithms are pushing teenage girls who even briefly engage with fitness-related images towards a flood of weight-loss content, according to new research whic... Read More...

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Processed foods making you sick?

IF IT’S IN A PACKAGE, IT’S PROCESSED – May 7, 2021 - Scientists already knew prior to this study that the Western diet of heavily processed foods was linked to health issues. “Broad changes in societal dieta... Read More...

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This Is Your Brain on Junk Food

HAPPY AS HELL – March 25, 2021 - “I had tried to avoid the word addiction when I was writing ‘Salt Sugar Fat,’” he said. “I thought it was totally ludicrous. How anyone could compare Twinkies to crack cocaine w... Read More...

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Lockdown Weight Gain Is Real

“QUARANTON”? – March 22, 2021 - Good thing stretchy pants aren’t visible on Zoom. For many Americans, buttoning one’s jeans has gotten increasingly harder during the pandemic, and researchers have now estimated just... Read More...

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HOOKED: Food, Free Will, and How the Food Giants Exploit Our Addictions

BOOK REVIEW – March 12, 2021 - Obviously, it is preposterous to consider potato chips less fattening than walnuts — because potato chips are among the most addictive foods on the planet, along with French fries... Read More...

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Soda addiction cost her all her top teeth

SPEAKING HER TOOTH – March 2, 2021 - “Dental hygiene is really and extremely important,” Nowakowski said in a series of TikTok videos. Nowakowski said she was told in 2017 that she would need her entire top ... Read More...

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Heather Graham Gets Candid About Sober Living

WATCH – Not skating the issue... – Dec. 20, 2020 - She said: ‘I don’t drink or do drugs ... I used to have a frozen yogurt addiction!’; seen recently on Instagram for an appearance on Conan. Heather also spi... Read More...

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Nutrition Science Has Deep Ties to The Food Industry

Big Pharma Meet Big Food – Dec. 26, 2020 - “This study found that the food industry is commonly involved in published research from leading nutrition journals,” researchers write. “Where the food industry is... Read More...

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Why Do People in Recovery Experience Sugar Addiction?

Because it tastes good? – Nov. 9, 2020 - Susannah Gerber is a chef, nutritionist, and food behaviorist. By food behaviorist, she means that she is a behaviorist that works on health behavior change and relatio... Read More...

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Pressure to Lose Weight Derailed Lindsey Vonn’s Skiing Career

WATCH – Back Vonn Top – November 9, 2020 - Lindsey Vonn is getting real about her past struggles with self-esteem. In a virtual interview with Access Hollywood’s Kit Hoover, the retired Olympic champion opened ... Read More...

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Horrible “Facts” About Diet Soda

It’s not really food, is it? – Nov. 3, 2020 - If you drink diet soda—or any artificially sweetened beverage, for that matter—chances are you do so because you’re under the impression it’s a healthier option tha... Read More...

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15 Ways to Resist Cravings

Here are 15 suggestions – Oct. 5, 2020 - I used a lot of strategies to get through my cravings successfully. I’ve listed the best below. Some techniques merely postponed the cravings for a few minutes, while others h... Read More...

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Eating Disorders Thrive In Anxious Times, And Pose A Lethal Threat

LISTEN – Dying To Be Thin – September 8, 2020 - For most of her 34 years, Stephanie Parker didn’t recognize she had an eating disorder. At age 6, she recalls, she stopped eating and drinking at school — b... Read More...

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12 tips for kicking sugar addiction

It’s never too late... – August 9, 2020 - 1. Quit the sugar completely. Throw everything with it out of the house, as it’s harming everyone in the family. This is a bit like a bad relationship. Often the per... Read More...

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Is sugar addiction real, and can you beat it?

Sugar Magnolia? – June 5, 2020 - Sugar has addictive potential because it releases opioids and dopamine in the brain. Eating sugar also increases the release of serotonin, a neurotransmitter that gives us a “happy” f... Read More...

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You Can’t Actually Be Addicted to Sugar

Tell That to Ben & Jerry – May 3, 2020 - Maybe you’ve heard the fact that sugar activates the same pleasure centers in your brain as substances like cocaine and heroin. But while it’s understandable to feel out ... Read More...

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All the ways that diet soda might kill you

Smart people drink these? – February 19, 2020 - “Diet soda can alter your gut microbiota, which can have negative impacts on digestion and hormone regulation,” says Oh. More research is needed to understand exa... Read More...

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