Self-love is incredibly empowering and aspirational, but it is also a radical concept for many people. When your body image is far from perfect, the idea of loving your body can seem unachievable or even laughable…
Continue readingWhat is the difference between disordered eating and an eating disorder?
…even if you do not have a diagnosed eating disorder, if eating is causing you to feel shame, guilt, fear or anxiety, you are worthy of seeking support and amending your relationship with food.
Continue readingThe Causes and Risk Factors of Developing an Eating Disorder
A majority of research posits that eating disorders have multiple, and often interconnected, causes or risk factors – primarily falling under the branches of being biological, psychological, and sociocultural…
Continue readingSerotonin Supplementation and Eating Disorder Recovery: Can it help?
Changes in serotonin levels can contribute to many eating disorder characteristics, including perfectionism, lack of impulse control and issues with mood regulation. Different eating disorder behaviours seem to affect serotonin levels in different ways…
Continue readingHow Omega-3 Fats Support Mental Health and Anorexia Recovery
Omega-3 fatty acids are vital components of cell membranes, neurotransmitters and other necessary cellular substrates and structures…insufficiency can contribute to exacerbating mental health issues…
Continue readingWhat is the connection between IBS and eating disorders?
When you think about conditions that commonly co-occur, eating disorders and Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) may not be the first ones that come to mind. But they’re more interconnected than you might think!
Continue readingHow the fitness industry may erode your self-worth
The weight of diet-culture weighs heavier on our shoulders than any barbel ever could.
It causes us to sink lower than any squat and leaves us more (internally) contorted than any yoga pose…
How to eat intuitively when you have IBS
The idea of combining a therapeutic diet, such a low FODMAP diet for Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), might seem incompatible with Intuitive Eating. But the two are actually more aligned than you might think!
Continue readingHigh Fat and High Fad? The Ketogenic Diet and Diet Culture
There is a distinct difference between following a medically supervised, potentially life enhancing, ketogenic diet for therapeutic reasons versus using it as a tool to drop pounds by eating mounds of fats…
Continue readingFood Addiction: Fact or Fiction?
The idea of food being addictive has rapidly grown in popularity in recent years in both wellness and research circles, likely as a result of the so-called “obesity epidemic”.
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