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5 Signs You’re Exercising Too Much
It’s the time of year when old patterns can flare up when it comes to food and fitness – tasty temptations are everywhere, cold weather makes it hard to get outside and the stress of the holidays can sometimes lead to poor decisions. Exercise can be an effective way to relieve tension and offset holiday …
Bethany Frankel Talks Dieting, Body Image And Bulimia
Reality TV star and founder of the Skinnygirl brand, Bethany Frankel is now in the best shape of her life – despite the challenges of her personal life and a demanding new talk show. Frankel, 43, recently spoke with Health magazine about her career, her daughter Bryn and how her mission in life is simple: …
The SmartPlate Can Tell You When You’re Overeating
While diet and fitness apps can help you track calories and food choices, a new gadget eliminates the need to manually input information – and it can alert you when you’re overeating. The SmartPlate, which was developed by Anthony Ortiz, founder and CEO of Fitly, instantly tracks and analyzes everything you eat. With weight sensors …
The Sneaky Truth About Nutrition Labels And Serving Sizes
If you’re a smart consumer, it’s normal to choose your foods based on the information you read on nutrition labels. But what if that information was actually skewing your purchasing choices? A new study from Cornell’s Food and Brand Lab discovered that smaller recommended serving sizes on nutrition labels can lead people to buy more …
Research Shows There Could Be “Unique” Genetic Links To Eating Disorders
Research as shown more than once that eating disorders could be genetically linked to the suffer’s mother. When a person thinks of genetics, we automatically assume it is wired into our DNA. However, there is another type of “genetic link” that link is produced by learned behavior. Children and teens are extremely impressionable we all …
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I recently wrote about American’s wait problem and the tendency many people have to put their lives on hold until they achieve what is frequently an unattainable goal of thinness, a magical number on the scale, or a specific jeans size. And lest I made it sound too easy, I know all too well that …
Anorexia Nervosa – Not Just An Eating Disorder
It might seem easy to identify someone with anorexia, but the truth is that it isn’t. And while some people think it’s a simple disorder that only involves limiting food intake, anorexia nervosa is much more complicated than that. Typically, someone who suffers from anorexia nervosa has feelings of self-worthlessness, depression, self-consciousness, envy or the …
Perfection: How To Help Anorexics “See” Their True Reflection
Today’s word of the day is “perfect“, which is layered with so many extremely negative and troubling messages and views that we go on a journey of self-destruction in order to achieve this illusive state of perfection. I will share a great guest post today that will help you see your true reflection and who …
Q&A With Lisa Kantor: How To Get Coverage For The Treatment Of My Eating Disorder
Seeking treatment for an eating disorder can be emotionally and financially draining. The attorneys at Kantor & Kantor reached out to the eating disorder community to find out what types of questions people had when looking for insurance coverage for the treatment of eating disorders. To read the questions and answers, click the link below. …
No Bones About It
A lot of people are not actually aware that there are a number of symptoms, aside from massive amounts of weight loss, that can happen to your body. Because of the rapid deterioration within the body, from lack of nutrients, you may exert yourself more easily which will cause your heart to race faster and …