Our protective skin is the body’s largest organ, and its health affects our overall well-being and comfort level. Many factors affect the condition of our skin, including the foods we eat – or do not eat. For instance, a diet very low in fat can cause dry, tight, itchy skin, as can excessive alcohol or …
Tiffani Thiessen, former Saved by the Bell cheerleader and 90210 sex symbol, knows what it’s like to strive for body perfection. Recently posing for a revealing photo shoot for the website Me in My Place, Thiessen says that she wasn’t always comfortable with showing skin–or how her body looked when she did. “I think the …
There are many myths about eating disorders, but the truth is that people of any age, shape or size can develop an eating disorder. Here are the three most common ways that a person can develop an eating disorder: Self-Esteem Issues Many of us have self-esteem issues, but for some of us it can be …
Eating disorders come in all shapes and sizes, but the thing most all have in common is obsessive behavior. Behavioral health experts suggest that obsessive behavior is rooted in control issues, which are often a problem for people that suffer from conditions like bulimia or anorexia. Is one obsession less severe than another? Does an …
Research, decades of observation and record keeping are making it clear that eating disorder development is not owed to either nature (genetics) or nurture (environmental factors), but is owed to nature and nurture. Our genes and our environmental factors interact to create the level of risk. Although genes alone do not determine the development of …
Women’s magazines tend to perpetuate a frustrating concept: that females should strive to look as perfect, thin and unblemished as magazine models who are photoshopped and edited to look that way. For most women, it’s an impossible ideal to actualize. Researchers have long established a link between body dissatisfaction and exposure to these types of …
The world has been watching as Kate Middleton struggles with pregnancy issues. First, people were reporting that the Duchess of Cambridge was too thin to be pregnant, and now others are claiming that she’s suffering from food aversion. Or is it anorexia? Ask the doctor Dr. Manny Alvarez of Fox News recently answered a reader …
When we feel bored we might believe something is wrong with us, especially if the boredom lasts a while, say for more than five minutes. Many people consider boredom to be a sign of laziness, or a failure to initiate productive, time-worthy activities. However, boredom is an experience with many interpretations. For instance, extremely imaginative, …
Nov. 23 is International Survivors of Suicide Day, an observance created to inform the public about the high risks of suicide, the signs and what can be done to prevent it. The correlation between eating disorders and suicide may not be clear to many, but current research shows that teens aged 13 to 18 who …
Having self-compassion may seem a lofty ideal, but it is actually very practical. It is the decision to give yourself what all people need to thrive: the warmth of kindness, acceptance of feelings and emotions, and the light of awareness. You show compassion to yourself not because you are deserving but because this is what …
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