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How Instagram ‘Traps’ People with Eating Disorders

WITH SMOKE, MIRRORS AND FILTERS – Dec. 3, 2021 - “People with eating disorders can get trapped in a vicious cycle of content related to disordered eating and weight loss,” says Nagata. In cases like these, he ... Read More...

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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...

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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...

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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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Ex-Alcoholic and Eating Disorder Survivor Open Restaurant Together

THEY TASTE SUCCESS EVERY DAY – Oct. 3, 2021 - Justin traces his story back to his teenage years when he was a successful 100m athlete - he holds the record in Suffolk to this day. When he quit running at 19... 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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Doing the Dance Between Life and Death with Orthorexia Nervosa

WATCH – IF FOOD BE THE FOOD OF LOVE, EAT ON – Sept. 5, 2021 - When she began her recovery, she was able to trace many of her challenges back to the impact of growing up with a difficult home life. She lo... 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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Rebel Wilson’s Advice for Anyone Struggling with Body Image

NO LONGER “REBELLING” AGAINST GOOD HEALTH – August 18, 2021 - Last year Rebel Wilson embarked on what she dubbed her ‘Year of Health’. Tasked with overhauling her fitness and nutrition habits, Rebel set hersel... Read More...

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Male Celebrities Reveal Their Eating Disorders

LETTING IT ALL OUT – August 12, 2021 - In his 2016 photographic autobiography, musician Zayn Malik discussed the disordered eating that plagued him during his time in One Direction. He wrote, “Something I’v... Read More...

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Why is anyone still asking if there is food addiction?

BECAUSE THEIR MOUTH IS FULL? – July 21, 2021 - It’s long been debated in science whether or not food falls under the category of addiction. While food addiction is not formally in the Diagnostic and Stati... Read More...

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Is Gut Health is Linked to Mental Health?

FOLLOW YOUR GUT...IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION – July 20, 2021 - Have you ever had a “gut feeling” about a situation? Or maybe you get butterflies in your stomach when you’re nervous? You may even feel like yo... Read More...

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Nurse shares her recovery from 9-year battle with bulimia

GIVING IT AWAY, NOT THROWING IT UP – June 8, 2021 - The 29-year-old told Daily Mail Australia on Tuesday that she kept the reality of her dwindling health hidden to the point where, when she finally divulged her b... Read More...

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Eating disorders in teens skyrocketing during pandemic

WASTING AWAY IN SILENCE – June , 9 2021 - Experts are concerned about a dramatic rise in eating disorders among teenagers over the past year. Possible explanations for the increase include teens’ loss of famili... Read More...

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Clueless star says film helped her ‘stay on the recovery path’

SHE GOT A CLUE – June 3, 2021 - Clueless star Elisa Donovan says starring in the iconic film helped her “stay on the recovery path” from an eating disorder. The actor has been open about suffering from anore... Read More...

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Eating disorders propelled by idealization of thinness

DYING TO LOSE WEIGHT – May 13, 2021 - “Quick things like Tik Tok and Instagram are so focused on the image, and so that’s what people are really tuning into, much more than other content,” Dr. Kathryn Pieper, c... Read More...

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Doctors ‘wrap their heads around’ surge in teen eating disorders

WATCH – FOOD FOR THOUGHT – May 6, 2021 - According to the association, that’s a 30% spike in teens compared to the year prior to the pandemic. Officials at Denver Health say they’re experiencing similar numbers.&... 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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Nicole Richie’s Journey From Dark Days Of Addiction To Doting Mom

ALIVE AND WELL, REMARKABLY – Feb. 20, 2021 - Nicole sobered up and soon began filming the first season of her hit reality show, The Simple Life, in which she and real-life best friend Paris Hilton starred as tw... Read More...

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The Pandemic is Causing a ‘Tsunami’ of Eating Disorders

WHERE IS THE LIFE RAFT? – February 12, 2021 - Experts warned about a potential increase in eating disorders due to the coronavirus pandemic back in June, noting more barriers to care and less barriers of protec... Read More...

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Is Chocolate Addictive?

WHO CARES? – Feb. 4, 2021 - Can you be addicted to chocolate? Though this is still a controversial topic, a growing amount of research supports treating food addictions like other types of substance addictions.... Read More...

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