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Does Having An Apple Shaped Body Mean A Higher Susceptibility To Binge Eating?

According to a new study, women with an apple-shaped body may be at a particular higher risk for developing a binge eating disorder, during which they experience a loss of control over their eating habits. Women with an apple-shaped body tend to store more fat in their trunk and abdominal regions. This new study marks …


Mirrors May Encourage Healthy Eating Practices

A quick glance in the mirror may be enough to deter you from eating unhealthy food, a new study reveals. Researchers from Cornell Food & Brand Lab studied how 185 undergraduate students would make decisions about food when either in a room with mirrors or a room with no mirrors. The participants were given the …


17 Year Old Girl Dies After Using Ecstasy To Lose Weight

A 17 year old girl has died of massive organ failure after reportedly taking the street drug ecstasy in an attempt to lose weight. The girl from Abbotsford, Canada was attending a sleepover with three other teenage girls. She became unresponsive, and was rushed to hospital in critical condition. She died a day later. The …


A Barbie Doll That Promotes Healthy Body Image?

Creator of the 3-D “real Barbie,” artist Nickolay Lamm is launching a new line of dolls that will use real women’s measurements in an effort to help promote healthy body image ideals to young girls. Last year, Lamm made headlines when he photographed his appropriately proportioned Barbie doll next to the real thing, showing that …


On College Campuses, Is ‘Gluten-Free’ Trend Feeding Orthorexia?

On college campuses across the nation, eating disorders are on the rise. According to the National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA), there is still a great need for campus support, resources, screening and counseling services. But is the problem becoming worse for schools that cater toward the gluten-free trend? A recent article on Forbes explores this …


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055 Fighting Anorexia – How Recovery Changes Your Relationships

In this episode of Fighting Anorexia, I talk about how my recovery has changed my relationships with those close to me.  In order to recover you must accept change and those around you have to accept it also. Now here lies the struggle.  When you are in the throws of this disease you are a certain …


Working The Steps: Step 8

In my personal recovery walk I focus my daily devotions on the Step that coincides with the month of the year. For the month of August I’m focusing on Step 8.  Step 8: Made a list of all persons we harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all. InStep 8 we start to …


Eating Disorders: Not Problems With Food

To eat is to satisfy a basic physiological need to fulfill the requirements of maintenance and function of the body. Eating is as ordinary as breathing that people hardly acknowledge the fact that there are disorders associated to it. People are unaware that millions are afflicted with eating disorders and thousands die from it annually. …


Come Back To Carbs

Can one woman hail the return of entire macronutrient?  I’d like to try. We live in a carb-free, low-carb, healthy-carb country.  We’re encouraged by experts to up our protein intake and lower our carbohydrates, with the premise that this is the key to arriving at a healthy (read: aesthetic) weight. Recently, I went to a …


Day 73…A Change In Perspective

I feel significantly better.  Went to an amazing meeting and feel very grateful to be sober.  I have a world of oppurtunities ahead of me, and I look forward to what tomorrow will bring. Today was, for the most part, kind of a down day.  And I’ve been having really great days as the result of …


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