I Compulsively Consumed Everything From Vodka To Juicy Fruit ADDICTIONS ARE FASCINATING – Jan. 4, 2023 - I was a nice Jewish girl finishing my master’s program who’d just landed a coveted (albeit low-paying) editorial assistant job at a top magazine. Why was... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediadiet sodaDrug Abuse and AddictionEating Disorderfood addictioninterventionInterviewJan 10 2023RecoveryRehab
Ten Things About Sugar & Motocross TAKE IT SLOW – Dec. 28, 2022 - Silent killer. A 2008 study found that excess fructose consumption was linked to an increase in the odds of acquiring a condition called leptin resistance. Leptin is a hormone tha... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediadiet sodaEating Disorderfood addictioninterventionJan 3 2023Recovery
‘US Academy of Nutrition’ Receives Millions From Monsanto and Nestle CORRUPTION STRUDEL – Dec. 9, 2022 - “It’s incredibly influential so if the Academy is corrupt then nutritional policy in the US is going to be corrupt,” said Gary Ruskin. The findings are a part of a recently p... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 20 2022diet sodaEating Disorderfood addictioninterventionRecovery
Big Pharma Muscles In On Obesity Gold Rush CHEWABLES? – Nov. 28, 2022 - Yet a class of drug known as GLP-1 analogues sold by Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly appears to be almost as good. The U.S. group’s Mounjaro, for example, reduced patients’ weight by mor... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 6 2022diet sodaEating Disorderfood addictioninterventionRecovery
Processed Foods ‘as Addictive’ as Tobacco THE TASTE OF A SLOW DEATH – Nov. 25, 2022 - Highly processed foods meet the same criteria as tobacco for addiction, and labeling them as such might benefit public health, according to a new US study that propos... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediadiet sodaEating Disorderfood addictioninterventionNov 29 2022Recoverysmoking
Handling Eating Challenges During the Holidays IT’S SO HARD – Nov. 18, 2022 - The goal should not be to plan or control every aspect of the holidays or get through them without slip-ups. Rather, the goal should be entering the holiday season with a p... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediadiet sodaEating Disorderfood addictioninterventionMental HealthNov 22 2022RecoveryRehab
‘You Don’t Look Anorexic’ EATING AS A RELIGION, OR NOT? – Oct. 18, 2022 - Food had long been a fraught subject in the Maxwell household. Her parents were also bigger-bodied and dieted frequently. They belonged to a fundamentalist Baptis... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediadiet sodaEating Disorderfood addictioninterventionMental HealthOct 25 2022RecoveryRehab
Men Who Eat This Have 29 Percent Higher Rate of Colorectal Cancer WHY NOT BE HEALTHY – Oct. 10, 2022 - Medical Journal, men who frequently eat ultra-processed foods are at a 29 percent increased risk of developing colorectal cancer, compared with men who eat this type ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediadiet sodaEating Disorderfood addictioninterventionlife expectancyOct 18 2022
Deep Brain Stimulation New Treatment for Binge Eating Disorder NO MORE EATING YOUR BRAINS OUT – AUG. 31, 2022 - Expanding on work conducted on mice, the team discovered that the cravings just before an episode of binge eating set off a specific low-frequency electrical pat... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediadiet sodaEating Disorderfood addictioninterventionMental HealthRecoveryRehabSept 6 2022
Diet Can Influence Mood, Behavior and More VIDEO – THINK BRAIN FOOD – Aug 24, 2022 - As with vitamin C, deficits in other vitamins and minerals can also precipitate nutritional diseases that adversely impact the brain in humans. For example, low dietary... Read More...Aug 30 2022Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediadiet sodaEating Disorderfood addictioninterventionlife expectancyMental HealthRecovery
Addicted to Food? Is It Your Parent’s Fault? IT’S NOT YOUR PET’S – Aug. 11, 2022 - “People who have a family history of addiction may be at greater risk for developing a problematic relationship with highly processed foods, which is really challenging in ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAug 16 2022Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediadiet sodaEating Disorderfood addictioninterventionMental HealthRecoveryRehab
Highly Processed Food Linked to Fast Cognitive Decline STILL SAY GRACE – Aug. 1, 2022 - “Independent of the amount of calories, independent of the amount of healthy food that you try to eat, the ultra-processed food is not good for your cognition,” said Clau... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAug 9 2022diet sodaEating Disorderfood addictioninterventionMental Health
Model Exposes the Dangerous Side of the Fashion Industry SHE’S WORTH THE WEIGHT – July 29, 2022 - I felt like I was constantly being body-shamed by people in the fashion industry. I remember getting measured for a job and being told that even my fingers were t... Read More...Aug 2 2022Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediadiet sodaEating Disorderfood addictioninterventionInterviewMental HealthObesityRecoveryRehabTrauma
Family Alcohol History May Put You at Risk of Junk Food Addiction TOO MANY TWINKIES? – July 17, 2022 - “People who have a family history of addiction may be at greater risk for developing a problematic relationship with highly processed foods, which is really challenging in a... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAug 2 2022Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediadiet sodaEating Disorderfood addictioninterventionMental HealthRecoveryRehab
Your Eating Disorder Is Not Your Fault IT’S PHYSICAL – June 2, 2022 - Anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, and avoidant or restrictive food intake disorder are life-threatening psychiatric disorders that are generally difficult ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediadiet sodaEating Disorderfood addictioninterventionJune 7 2022Recovery
This Diet Can Help Lessen Depression Symptoms YOU THINK LIKE YOU EAT – May 18, 2022 - Australian researchers at the University of Technology Sydney performed a randomized control trial for 12 weeks to assess how the Mediterranean diet would impact depressi... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediadepressiondiet sodaEating Disorderfood addictioninterventionlife expectancyMay 24 2022Mental HealthRecovery
Diet Sweeteners Damage the Intestines GOD BLESS SUGAR – May 12, 2022 - Artificial sweeteners such as saccharin, sucralose, and aspartame can interact with healthy bacteria in the gut. This can lead to increased adhesion of intestinal bacteria. Adh... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediadiet sodaEating Disorderfood addictioninterventionMay 24 2022Recovery
Brain Differences Seen in Children with Binge Eating Disorder IT STARTS AT BIRTH – March 15, 2022 - “This study suggests to me that binge eating disorder is wired in the brain, even from a very, very early age,” Murray said. “The question that we don’t know, which is some... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediadiet sodaEating Disorderfood addictioninterventionMarch 22 2022Mental HealthRecovery
Am I Addicted to Caffeine? BEAN THERE DOPPIO THAT – Jan. 7, 2022 - Instead of going from six caffeinated cups of tea, coffee or cans of energy drinks per day, start with five, then four and so on. Until you reach a level at which you fe... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediadiet sodaDrug Abuse and Addictionfood addictionJan 11 2022Recovery
Fresca to Join Crowd of Canned Cocktails WHAT’S NEXT? MOUNTAIN BOOZE? – Jan. 6, 2022 - Ready-to-drink spirits represented $741 million in U.S. retail-store sales in 2021 through Dec. 25, more than double the sales over the same period a year earlier,... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediadiet sodaEating Disorderfood addictioninterventionJan 11 2022Recovery
‘The Corpse Bride Diet’: How TikTok Inundates Teens With Eating-Disorder Videos LITERALLY DYING TO BE THIN – Dec. 17, 2021 - “The more I interacted with those types of videos, the more they started to show up,” said Andie, 14, of the app, which has one billion users, many of them kids lik... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 21 2021diet sodaEating Disorderfood addictioninterventionRecoveryteenagers
Are Foods High in Fat & Sugar as Addictive as Cigarettes? MAYBE EVEN MORE... – Nov. 26, 2021- Ultra-processed foods are highly reinforcing – they can shape your behavior to keep you coming back for more. For example, teachers and parents use ultra-processed foods to ... Read More...Addiction Recoverydiet sodaEating Disorderfood addictionnicotineNov 30 2021smoking
Some Foods Are Like Cigarettes – Addictive and Deadly IS THIS A LASTING TREASURE, OR JUST A MOMENTS PLEASURE? – Nov. 19, 2021 - Based on our current estimates, 15% of Americans meet the threshold for food addiction, which is associated with diet-related disease, ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediadiet sodaEating Disorderfood addictioninterventionNov 23 2021Recovery
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...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediadiet sodaEating Disorderfood addictioninterventionlife expectancyOct 26 2021
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...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediadiet sodaEating Disorderfood addictioninternetinterventionlife expectancyMental HealthOct 19 2021Recovery
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...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediadiet sodaEating Disorderfood addictioninterventionObesityOct 19 2021Recovery
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...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediadiet sodaEating Disorderfood addictioninterventionOct 5 2021
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...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediadiet sodaEating Disorderfood addictioninterventionSept 14 2021
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...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediadiet sodaEating Disorderfood addictioninterventionMental HealthRecoverySept 14 2021
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...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity Sobrietydiet sodaEating Disorderfood addictioninterventionInterviewMental HealthSept 14 2021