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The festive season is upon us and our excitement is on an all-time high. After celebrating Navratri, Durga Puja, Karwa Chauth, we are now celebrating the festival of lights – Diwali. One of the most significant festivals among the Hindus, Diwali (or Deepavali) is celebrated across India with much fun and enthusiasm. And food plays a significant role in the celebrations. While it is difficult to say no to festive delicacies, healthy eating often goes for a toss during this time of the year. However, fret not! You don’t need to completely let go of your favourite treats during the…
The festive season is upon us and our excitement is on an all-time high. After celebrating Navratri, Durga Puja, Karwa Chauth, we are now celebrating the festival of lights – Diwali. One of the most significant festivals among the Hindus, Diwali (or Deepavali) is celebrated across India with much fun and enthusiasm. And food plays a significant role in the celebrations. While it is difficult to say no to festive delicacies, healthy eating often goes for a toss during this time of the year. However, fret not! You don’t need to completely let go of your favourite treats during the…
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Rumination syndrome, or rumination disorder, causes you to regurgitate food back up through your mouth after you swallow it. Experts do not know what exactly causes rumination syndrome, but some evidence suggests that it’s an unconscious behavior. Some infants and children develop the disorder due to developmental delays or neglect during infancy. Adults might regurgitate after physical injuries or viral illnesses. Behavioral therapies help treat rumination syndrome. For example, breathing exercises and distracting yourself after eating help prevent regurgitation. Rumination syndrome affects about 2.8% of people globally, most commonly including infants and children. Read on to learn about rumination syndrome,…
A young woman survives on a diet mainly consisting of beige food over fears that eating anything else will make her choke, vomit or even die.Sara Barnes, from Ontario, Canada, has only been able to eat certain ‘safe’ foods, such as bread, chicken and plain yoghurt, since she was a child. It was only three years ago the 22-year-old was diagnosed with avoidant restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID).Ms Barnes said the condition means her diet is comparable a toddler’s because she ‘can’t deal’ with different textures. As a result, foods including rice pudding, red meat and pizza are a ‘no-go’.Ms Barnes, who works in…
High achievers overrepresented among patientsAttempting to treat patients using both therapy and magnetic stimulation aligns with the fact that anorexia is likely the result of biological, psychological and social factors.”There is a familial prevalence, which means that even if a person doesn’t inherit an eating disorder, they inherit some sort of vulnerability. They carry something with them. And it’s those same qualities that make someone a high achiever. This group clearly has an overrepresentation of high achievers.”Once the disease has developed, certain biological processes become disease-reinforcing in themselves. Starvation can lead to biological changes, making it difficult to break the…
A young woman survives on a diet mainly consisting of beige food over fears that eating anything else will make her choke, vomit or even die.Sara Barnes, from Ontario, Canada, has only been able to eat certain ‘safe’ foods, such as bread, chicken and plain yoghurt, since she was a child. It was only three years ago the 22-year-old was diagnosed with avoidant restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID).Ms Barnes said the condition means her diet is comparable a toddler’s because she ‘can’t deal’ with different textures. As a result, foods including rice pudding, red meat and pizza are a ‘no-go’.Ms Barnes, who works in…
New research has identified a brain chemical that influences how men and women perceive the bitterness of alcohol. This discovery, focusing on the neuropeptide CART, found that its inhibition causes an increase in alcohol consumption in males but a decrease in females, unless the alcohol is sweetened. These findings, crucial to public health given the global impact of alcohol misuse, could pave the way for gender-specific treatments for alcohol use disorders.Researchers at The Florey Institute have identified a brain chemical that could account for the varying alcohol consumption patterns between males and females.Researchers at The Florey Institute have identified a…
For Becka Gill, crying in the shower while staring down at her 269-pound body became all too familiar. But now she gleams with pride at her new physique after dropping over 100 pounds.”I wasn’t conscious of my eating habits until a few years ago when I realized something is wrong with me. It’s hard because people think you are just overeating but it is a mental illness. I would subconsciously eat until I felt very ill,” she told Newsweek.In September 2020, Gill was diagnosed with a binge eating disorder after a lifetime of eating copious amounts of food in one…
Jami Schadler lives in Dyersville with her husband and four children.I am no longer ashamed! I want to share something personal, something near and dear to my heart. At the age of 15, I developed an eating disorder and have struggled with it for 25 years. This past year, I found my strength to finally beat this disease. For 25 years, I suffered in silence because the resources were just not out there.Through counseling, I was able to get to the root cause of it and currently working through that.Nine percent of the population suffers from an eating disorder. This…