Two months ago I wrote this blog post about orthorexia. This week the Chicago Tribune blog wrote this about orthorexia. Then the Weight of Evidence blog posted this referencing the Chicago Tribune’s post. I’m a regular reader of the Weight of Evidence blog and that’s where I caught up with this week’s heated on-line orthorexia…
In college I worked at the Colorado State University Drug & Alcohol Center in Fort Collins, CO. I used to teach classes on the addiction cycle and precursors to addiction. Over the years I remained interested and continued to study the information and resources available. This is my current list of Healthy Discoveries regarding addiction…
Anita Johnston Ph.D. author of Eating in the Light of the Moon: How Women Can Transform Their Relationship with Food Through Myths, Metaphors, and Storytellingsays certain qualities of foods can be associated with certain feelings or suppression of certain feelings. For example: Cravings for warm foods such as soups or stews = Longing for emotional…
Do you: Keep getting stricter with yourself about food? Feel an increased sense of self-esteem when you eat healthy food, and superiority to those who don’t? Feel guilt or self-loathing when you stray from your diet? Or do you know people who spend most of their days evangelizing on behalf of their current health-food theories?…
One of my favorite medical doctors will be on a PBS medical special beginning February 27, 2008. Daniel Amen, M.D., founder of the Amen Clinic is presenting his research about the brain and brain scans. I haven’t seen the TV special, I’ve just heard about it. I really like Amen’s book, Change Your Brain, Change…
