For any of you who have been on the site for a while, you know that I am a huge opponent to dieting, and my stand is based on factual evidence about why diets don’t work, and the dangers involved in the process. Just a few reminders: Did you know that 95% of all people …
It depends on who you ask. It appeared that, for the first year, the first lady could do no wrong. She was stylish, smart, attractive (those arms!) – what else could you ask for? In a recent interview on the Today Show, however, she unleashed a firestorm (ok, at least in the ED community) about …
“When people with type 1 diabetes discover they can lose weight by not taking insulin, they may skip it so they can eat anything they want and not gain weight,” says Marcia Meier, registered nurse and certified diabetes educator at International Diabetes Center at Park Nicollet. “Those who manipulate insulin range from teens to 50-year-olds.” …
In an odd turn of events new pieces of evidence has showed that people who regularly engage in vegetable diets are themselves faces risk of suffering from disordered eating disorders. Based on the recent issue of the Journal of American Dietetic Association, researchers discovered that aside from the benefit of decreased risk for overweight and …
Depression is found to be the root cause for all eating disorders. When depression and eating disorders work together they rob the patient of self esteem and the possibility of leading a normal life. Depression causes severe despair in patients and they lose interest in healthy pursuits and fall victim to eating disorders. Experts believe …
Dentists all over the globe had more reasons to be proud these days. This developed after a recent study has shown that dentists are the first line of defence when it comes to spotting eating disorders in patients, according to the Academy of General Dentistry. The Academy of General Dentistry said among the signs of …
Eating disorder is a compulsion to eat, or avoid eating negatively affecting both one’s physical and mental health. Eating disorder is marked by extremes. It is present when someone experiences severe disturbances in eating behavior, such as extreme reduction of food intake or extreme overeating, or feelings of extreme distress or concern about body weight …
We have an eating disorder for a reason. We hold on to it for reasons. It works. We feel in control or back in control. Some therapists recommend that people with an eating disorder write a letter to their eating disorder and by doing so they would uncover the benefits of what they got out …
Due to the fact that all eating disorders have one main goal and that is losing weight, people with these disorders often use medications to help them maintain their weight or lose a few pounds. Those people either do not know, or do not care about the fact that the medications they use are very …
Malnourished might be a better word. I came across an uber-disturbing story this weekend about the Labbertons, a young couple in Bellevue, Washington, who aer the parents of two daughters – aged two and eighteen months. The girls’ family doctor called social services when he grew concerned that they weren’t gaining weight. Mom and dad …
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