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Living with, and loving someone who is experiencing an eating disorder can be, usually is actually, very isolating and terrifying.Unlike so many other illnesses and life challenges, many of our loved ones with the eating disorder are in it’s icy grasp and don’t feel motivated to “get well” soon. The ED can convince them that life with out ED is not going to be okay or even “good” in some way. So, it’s very different from loving someone who is also interested in “curing” or “getting rid of” this disorder.Thus, the isolating and terrifying-ness of it.Which leads me to this…
Are you constantly telling yourself that your eating should be a certain way? Do you believe you should never eat over a certain amount? Do you think you should or should not be eating certain foods or at certain times? When you have a lot of “shoulds” around eating, it creates pressure and stress each time you have a meal or snack. I want to help you have more peace with food, and a big part of that is not getting caught up in thinking that there’s one right way that you should be eating at any given moment. Are…
In a nation known for its wealth, too many older adults don’t have enough food to eat. Roughly 7 million older Americans (or 1 in 11 of those age 60+) faced food insecurity in 2022.1 What is food insecurity? According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), food insecurity is defined as “a household-level economic and social condition of limited or uncertain access to adequate food.”2 In simple terms, food-insecure older adults can’t rely on getting enough food to lead a healthy and active life. Food insecurity in America While older adults are at higher risk for food insecurity, they’re…
While anorexia and bulimia are arguably more talked about, binge-eating disorder is actually the most common eating disorder in the US. And as researchers explain, it’s apparently been a misunderstood one. A five-year study from researchers with McLean Hospital (part of the Mass General Brigham healthcare system) has found the disorder—which an estimated 2.8% of US adults will experience, per Psychology Today—lasts longer than previously assumed. Indeed, 61% of sufferers still exhibited full binge-eating disorder 2.5 years after being diagnosed; the figure dropped only slightly by the five-year mark, to 46%. “Oftentimes the clients I work with report…
In a nation known for its wealth, too many older adults don’t have enough food to eat. Roughly 7 million older Americans (or 1 in 11 of those age 60+) faced food insecurity in 2022.1 What is food insecurity? According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), food insecurity is defined as “a household-level economic and social condition of limited or uncertain access to adequate food.”2 In simple terms, food-insecure older adults can’t rely on getting enough food to lead a healthy and active life. Food insecurity in America While older adults are at higher risk for food insecurity, they’re…
Need more reasons to stop eating ultra-processed food? How about 32 of them? That’s the number of health problems noted in the largest-ever review of studies about the dangers of diets high in ultra-processed foods. The findings, published online Feb. 28, 2024, by The BMJ, come from a review of 45 analyses published in the last three years, involving about 10 million people in total. When scientists graded the evidence, they found the most convincing or highly suggestive evidence linked diets rich in ultra-processed foods with increased risks for premature death, cardiovascular disease, mental health disorders, diabetes, obesity,…
In a nation known for its wealth, too many older adults don’t have enough food to eat. Roughly 7 million older Americans (or 1 in 11 of those age 60+) faced food insecurity in 2022.1 What is food insecurity? According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), food insecurity is defined as “a household-level economic and social condition of limited or uncertain access to adequate food.”2 In simple terms, food-insecure older adults can’t rely on getting enough food to lead a healthy and active life. Food insecurity in America While older adults are at higher risk for food insecurity, they’re…
FRIDAY, May 31, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Binge-eating disorder (BED) does improve over time; however, remission often takes many years, according to a study published online May 28 in Psychological Medicine.Kristin N. Javaras, Ph.D., from McLean Hospital in Belmont, Massachusetts, and colleagues examined changes in BED diagnostic status in a prospective, community-based study. The analysis included probands and relatives with a current diagnosis of BED (156 participants) from a family study of BED with follow-up at 2.5 and five years.The researchers found that at 2.5 years, 61.3 percent showed full BED, 23.4 percent showed subthreshold BED, and 15.3 percent showed no…
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For so long my life revolved solely around my eating disorder. It was my world, my purpose, and the thing I was best at. I was in and out of it at times. Sometimes I was able to enjoy other parts of life, focus on relationships, successfully get into college, etc. But other times, I was dying. It was all I could think about and all I could do. When I fell into my deepest relapse during the summer of 2022, I was in so much pain. Even more, denial – I couldn’t see a future except for a lifetime…