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Prioritizing your health during the holidays can look different for everybody. Whether you are in recovery from an eating disorder or not, you may feel guilt or shame about eating during the holidays. The first and foremost thing for prioritizing your health through the holidays is eating enough. This is regardless of your body size, what you ate yesterday or what you ate today. You need to eat enough food and a variety of food. But with all the chaos that comes along with the holidays, what exactly does that look like? How do you prioritize your health this holiday…
Television personality, author and hair stylist Jonathan Van Ness recently shared on social media his struggles with his eating and weight after “years of feeling out of control with food”. He described suffering from binge-eating disorder – an eating disorder characterized by consuming large amounts of food with a sense of feeling out of control. Binge-eating disorder is perhaps the most common eating disorder out there, affecting between 0.6-2.3 percent of people worldwide. It’s estimated that it may occur two to three times more frequently than anorexia nervosa – and some evidence suggests that cases are on the rise. Yet,…
Eating disorders (EDs) are some of the most challenging disorders to treat.1 One reason for this is that the causes for ED symptoms are both biological and psychological. These causes include brain chemical imbalances, gastrointestinal issues, stress, low self-esteem, and social exclusion.8 Source: Yerson Retamal/Pixabay Treating even a single ED symptom (e.g., food restriction), therefore, requires focusing on multiple biological and psychological factors. For example, body dissatisfaction, a common ED symptom, can be caused by both thinness idealization,9 as well as a reduction in certain brain cells.10 Because of these complexities, treatment for EDs requires a team of specialists. These…
Binge-eating disorder can cause significant suffering. It is terrifying to be controlled by cravings for food and the loss of control can fill people with shame, guilt, and self-loathing. Medical consequences, like excessive weight gain, diabetes, and elevated cholesterol can be devastating. The disorder poses challenges for treatment, too. Cognitive behavioral and interpersonal therapy are the mainstays of psychotherapeutic treatment. Vyvanse is the only medication approved by the FDA for binge-eating disorder. However, this medication is a stimulant and has abuse potential, and it can raise heart rate and blood pressure. Topiramate also reduces binge eating and promotes weight loss…
Binge-eating disorder can cause significant suffering. It is terrifying to be controlled by cravings for food and the loss of control can fill people with shame, guilt, and self-loathing. Medical consequences, like excessive weight gain, diabetes, and elevated cholesterol can be devastating. The disorder poses challenges for treatment, too. Cognitive behavioral and interpersonal therapy are the mainstays of psychotherapeutic treatment. Vyvanse is the only medication approved by the FDA for binge-eating disorder. However, this medication is a stimulant and has abuse potential, and it can raise heart rate and blood pressure. Topiramate also reduces binge eating and promotes weight loss…
Binge-eating disorder can cause significant suffering. It is terrifying to be controlled by cravings for food and the loss of control can fill people with shame, guilt, and self-loathing. Medical consequences, like excessive weight gain, diabetes, and elevated cholesterol can be devastating. The disorder poses challenges for treatment, too. Cognitive behavioral and interpersonal therapy are the mainstays of psychotherapeutic treatment. Vyvanse is the only medication approved by the FDA for binge-eating disorder. However, this medication is a stimulant and has abuse potential, and it can raise heart rate and blood pressure. Topiramate also reduces binge eating and promotes weight loss…
Television personality, author and hair stylist Jonathan Van Ness recently shared on social media his struggles with his eating and weight after “years of feeling out of control with food”. He described suffering from binge-eating disorder – an eating disorder characterised by consuming large amounts of food with a sense of feeling out of control. You can listen to more articles from The Conversation, narrated by Noa, here. Binge-eating disorder is perhaps the most common eating disorder out there, affecting between 0.6-2.3% of people worldwide. It’s estimated that it may occur two to three times more frequently than anorexia nervosa…
Binge-eating disorder can cause significant suffering. It is terrifying to be controlled by cravings for food and the loss of control can fill people with shame, guilt, and self-loathing. Medical consequences, like excessive weight gain, diabetes, and elevated cholesterol can be devastating. The disorder poses challenges for treatment, too. Cognitive behavioral and interpersonal therapy are the mainstays of psychotherapeutic treatment. Vyvanse is the only medication approved by the FDA for binge-eating disorder. However, this medication is a stimulant and has abuse potential, and it can raise heart rate and blood pressure. Topiramate also reduces binge eating and promotes weight loss…
Binge-eating disorder can cause significant suffering. It is terrifying to be controlled by cravings for food and the loss of control can fill people with shame, guilt, and self-loathing. Medical consequences, like excessive weight gain, diabetes, and elevated cholesterol can be devastating. The disorder poses challenges for treatment, too. Cognitive behavioral and interpersonal therapy are the mainstays of psychotherapeutic treatment. Vyvanse is the only medication approved by the FDA for binge-eating disorder. However, this medication is a stimulant and has abuse potential, and it can raise heart rate and blood pressure. Topiramate also reduces binge eating and promotes weight loss…
Critical thinking requires self-regulation. In a recent entry on this blog, I discussed my interest in emotional intelligence (EI) and referred to it as an important psychological function. Some readers commented on links they saw between my discussion of EI and my generally sour view on emotion in scenarios that require critical thinking (CT). I’d like to clarify what EI is. article continues after advertisement The generally sour view I have of emotion in the context of critical thinking is that it acts as a barrier to critical thought. I often advise that people should leave emotion at the door…