Posts tagged anorexia nervosa
When Health Tracking Becomes Unhelpful

With calorie-tracking apps, sleep monitors, step counters, and a plethora of wearable devices, we can now monitor almost every aspect of our well-being and ironically, rather than improving our health, all this data might actually be increasing anxiety, disordered eating and body dissatisfaction.

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What is Health? A Compassionate Reminder for Eating Disorder Recovery

Here’s the truth: health is not a size, a weight, or a look. It is a collection of behaviours - not rules - that help you feel safe, nourished, whole and, support both mental and physical wellbeing.

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The Importance of Protein in Recovery

Among the essential nutrients needed for recovery, protein provides the amino acids (the body’s building blocks), essential for rebuilding and repairing tissues, as well as restoring overall wellness.

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Low Blood Glucose: Signs and Symptoms

Low blood glucose levels are a commonly experienced in those with eating disorders (of all types). Dizziness, weakness and being hangry doesn’t sound too bad but, ignored, can easily slip into something far more dangerous.

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Diets: A Potential Gateway to An Eating Disorder?

Engaging in restrictive eating can create a slippery slope towards the development of disordered eating or, a full blown eating disorder. The constant focus on weight and what you are, or are not, allowed to eat along with rigid rules, and foods being labeled as “good” or “bad”, can set an individual on their path to developing an unhealthy relationship with food.

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