Anorexia nervosa is often associated with extreme thinness, but the reality is that this eating disorder can affect individuals of all body sizes, including those in larger bodies.
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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.
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Often the most feared and demonised macronutrient in those with eating disorders, fat. Let’s talk about why it is important and how can you tell if you are lacking in dietary fats.
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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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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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Often demonised by the diet industry, carbohydrates are actually the unsung heroes of our daily diet, playing a crucial role in providing energy for our bodies. These macronutrients, found in foods like grains, fruits, and vegetables, are the primary fuel source for our muscles and brain.
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xIn this blog we’re going to explore Susie Orbach’s 8 different types of hunger, why we might eat in the absence of hunger and how this might be confusing for clients on their eating disorder recovery journey.
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You don’t have to love your body, but it is important to learn how to be ‘ok’ with it and that means ‘ok’ with it NOW. Not when you have lost 5lbs, not when you have got abs, not when you have recovered...now.
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Establishing regular eating habits forms a fundamental part of overcoming disordered eating. Regular eating is the foundation upon which other positive changes in eating habits are based.
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It’s a minefield out there, with many qualified (and unqualified) professionals all claiming to be nutrition ‘experts’, so how do you know what each title means and who you should chose to work with?
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