By: Daniela Magozzi | 2010-03-30 | Eating Disorders Yes, if you are gluten intolerant even the smallest bite of gluten or 1 piece of bread can do serious damage to your body. Thankfully, the body is an amazing thing and can usually repair damage resulting from gluten ingestion with proper care and feeding. The real issue here is: how to not take the first bite of foods that we know contain gluten? And how do we keep up our gluten-free lifestyles long-term? read more
By: NEO@OGILVY | 2011-08-31 | Diseases and Conditions Treating food addiction, including eating disorders such as anorexia, bulimia and compulsive overeating requires professional addiction counselling along with a 12 step program. read more
By: Roger Gould, M.D. | 2010-04-02 | Eating Disorders Emotional eating is not always "just" emotional eating. Sometimes, it is a full-fledged addiction with obvious-and very serious-consequences. Acknowledging this addiction is the first step. Just ask yourself how many people you know who have endangered their health through eating! The fact is, once food is "installed" in an individual's mental computer as a way to deal with problems or stress, it can become so deeply embedded in his or her mind and so important that he or she would literally die to keep it. Are you addicted to food? read more
By: Damon King | 2010-11-09 | Diseases and Conditions I am often amazed to discover how many food ad dicts don't see their own beauty. Debbie, an anorexic you'll read about in this article, was a particularly attractive patient who came into my office one day to talk about an episode of the television show Beauty and the Beast. As I listened to her, it became obvious to me that she identi fied more with the character of the Beast than the Beauty! read more
By: Charlie Berger | 2010-09-25 | Addictions Methamphetamines or meth for short, is a drug that when smoked allows the brain to release a chemical called dopamine which is sort of a feel good chemical that rewards our bodies. read more
By: Claudia Ohst | 2010-03-30 | Addictions When being on diet, people struggle often with food addictions and cravings. To overcome all sorts of unwanted emotional feelings, not only feelings from cravings to addictions, but also emotional eating or the fear of failing with your diet scheme, there are many different psychological techniques that you can use. read more
By: Conner Hughes | 2010-03-29 | Eating Disorders Food addiction is no different than any other type of addiction. Whether you are addicted to drugs, smoking, drinking or food, they are all linked to the same underlying disorder: a brain chemical imbalance. We don't treat food this way however. In order to lose weight for life you need to understand what a food addiction is and how important it is to eliminate it from your life. read more
By: Dorothy | 2011-02-17 | Addictions When things like addiction to food and health are said, most people merely work with concepts like healthy eating habits and exercise, but often, it goes beyond that. read more
By: David H Mason | 2010-04-03 | Weight Loss As an overweight person, I often asked myself if I am a food addict. Treating yourself as an addict has its pros and cons But is food really an addiction we can't get rid of? Well, in some ways - it really is. read more
By: David Martens | 2010-12-10 | Fitness Throughout my life I have managed to stay in great shape while living a healthy lifestyle, however what I am proud about is how I have managed to do this without ruining my life socially. However, over the past couple months, I've delved back into the realm of exercise addiction and food obsession. read more
By: Pater Sonmerfield | 2011-07-04 | Addictions Most Americans can recite the medical complications of obesity, reciting "cardio-vascular disease, diabetes, thyroid problems, and digestive disorders" as if they had memorized the facts without taking them to heart. Even allowing for some genetic predispositions to cardio-vascular problems and Type I diabetes, Americans can prevent up to 90% of weight-related illness with healthy diets and programs of regular daily exercise. read more
By: eltan davis | 2011-12-01 | Home Business Sugar is such a daily part of out food life that we do not feel that we can be a sugar addict. Several sugar addiction specialists claim that they are experts at tapering people off their addiction for sugar but they themselves are badly addicted to sugar and in spite of trying hard they go on and off with their sugar read more
By: Lon Barbu | 2012-03-03 | Fitness Equipment A drug rehab or drug addiction treatment center is actually the place which offers a ray of hope to those gripped in the clutches of addiction of any kind. Whatever might be the addiction it might be drug addiction or substance or alcohol or food addiction everything related to the physical or psychological issues might be treated well when put into the right shoes of rehab support staff. read more
By: Sheeba Benjamin Benju | 2010-04-01 | Addictions Drug free and natural drug addiction treatment methods are found to be effective in curing drug addicts. Here both the physical and emotional aspects of addiction are taken care of. read more