Eating In and Out of Order
Do I look fat in this?Eating disorders, especially the "classics" - anorexia, bulimia, and binge-eating - are traumatic, no question. These eating patterns-gone-haywire (leave aside for a sec just being waaay too fat, which is obviously out-of-order too) not only interfere with living a happy, healthy life, they can have permanent and devastating consequences.Like lots of people, we've seen this up close and it's painful to see. And surely, one thing we know is ...
Junkie Rats and How to Break Our Food Addictions
So finally the science is catching up to what our gut reaction (pun intended) has been telling us all along -- that certain foods are addictive, causing us to crave more and more, even at the expense of our well-being. According to a report of research presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, not only did rats fed a high-fat, high-calorie diet compulsively overeat, they would even suffer a slight shock to get at the food.What's more, after 40 days of junk foods, the ...
