Why Carbohydrates Are Essential in Eating Disorder Recovery

Carbohydrates are one of the most feared food groups in eating disorder recovery. Diet culture labels them as “fattening,” “addictive,” or something to be controlled. But biologically, carbohydrates are not optional - they are essential.

diet culture, Eating Disorder Support, Macronutrients, mental health, nutrition, Practical Tools, Food InformationIsabella OsmondFebruary 27, 2026Isabella Osmondcarbohydrates, eating disorders, eating disorder nutrition, eating disorder recovery, disordered eating, mental health, nutritionist

When Health Tracking Becomes Unhelpful For Mental Health and in Eating Disorder Recovery

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.

Eating Disorder SupportIsabella OsmondJune 6, 2025health anxiety, anorexia, anorexia nervosa, anorexia recovery, binge eating, binge eating disorder, eating disorder recovery, eating disorders, eating disorder prevention, eating distress, eating disorder nutritionist, eating disorder nutrition, disordered eating, mental health, mental wellness

Mindful Senses: A Practice to Help Reduce Food Distress

Meditation and mindfulness can be really useful practices to help create some space between you and a distressing event or your eating disorder. This blog gives a really simple practice to help you if you need to calm food thoughts, eating distress or anxiety.

Practical ToolsIsabella OsmondJune 24, 2024Isabella Osmondeating disorder recovery, meditation, food distress, mental health

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.

Eating Disorder SupportIsabella OsmondNovember 19, 2023restriction, eating disorder, diet industry, mood health, mental health, anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, disordered eating, eating disorder recovery