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Is your life controlled by dieting and yo-yoing through diet cycles? Fad diets, body image issues, food issues and compulsions, food anxieties. All of these things can affect your life when you diet. Learn more about dieting, creating healthy food and eating habits, and overcoming the underlying issues related to dieting.
Defining Food Morality
Every food serves a different nutritional purpose for us. Foods fuel our bodies through different nutrients. Eating a wide range of foods helps us naturally get many nutrients that continue reading
There are so many things that happen over the course of life that teach us that goodbyes are inevitable. From sad experiences like losing a job, your car, financial security, a continue reading
Body Image Basics
While some men may indeed suffer with body image issues, this tip is specifically written for women. Imagine a continuum with extremes at either end:
Critical Weight what does critical weight mean? Critical weight is the minimum weight a person needs to be for their body to maintain a minimal level of health. Critical weight may not be enough for continue reading
Eating Disorder Treatment in Philadelphia - why diets are bad for you
Why diets are bad for you: the word dieting implies that someone is going to deprive him or herself for a set continue reading
My Doctor states that I am overweight. Will I gain or lose weight in recovery? During the process of recovering from Bulimia Nervosa and Binge Eating Disorder some people lose weight and others gain continue reading
Set point theory: This refers to the concept that the body raises or lowers it’s metabolism in an attempt to stay within its genetically pre-determined weight range. Also, the body increases or decreases hunger signals continue reading
Metabolism: the burning of fat and calories.
Metabolism refers to the chemical processes that occur within the body to maintain life. These processes include the breakdown of nutrients from food and the conversion of those continue reading
Eating Disorder Myth: most people who diet and lose weight manage to maintain the loss: FALSE
The majority of people who diet regain their weight. Permanent weight loss is best achieved through lifestyle changes (exercise continue reading
Eating Disorder Treatment in Philadelphia: Losing Weight
The exact amount of calories a person needs to consume a day depends upon personal data such as age, height, activity level, muscle mass, nutritional status, blood continue reading
Eating Disorder Treatment in Philadelphia, Mechanicsville, Santa Fe, Ocean City: If I am careful with what I eat, I do not need to exercise
False: people who attempt to lose weight without exercising usually reach continue reading
How often should I continue reading
Effects of drinking water on a diet: while staying hydrated is important, drinking too much water is unnecessary and can even be medically dangerous. Drinking too much water can cause the level of salt in continue reading
What do you mean by a healthy snack? a healthy snack is smaller and ideally less calories than a meal. The portion size and nutrition content will vary from person to person depending upon the continue reading
How accurate are your perceptions about dieting and weight loss? Take the Dieting and Weight Loss Quiz to find out.
1) Dieting is good True or False
2) If you want to lose weight, you continue reading
