Thank you Health Ranger for re-posting this article from The Guardian, which explains an eating disorder called “orthorexia nervosa.” This “disorder” label is given to people who have beliefs about what foods are “good” for them and what foods are “bad” for them, and who adhere to those beliefs when making food choices, thus resulting [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Diet'
Eating Healthily is a Serious Mental Disorder
June 29th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Diet, Veg News
Tags:Diet·eating disorder·healthy·orthorexia nervosa·Vegetarian
The China Study
October 1st, 2009 · 2 Comments · Diet
Happy October! Happy VeganMoFo III!! VeganMoFo is celebration of all things vegan and I’m excited to be a participant this year! I thought I’d kick of VeganMoFo with a quick report of a book I’m reading: The China Study by T. Colin Campbell, Ph.D., and his son, Thomas M. Campbell II. The China Study is [...]
Tags:cancer·china study·Diet·Health·NaBloPoMo·vegan·VeganMoFo
7 Reasons to Read The Amazing Adventures of Diet Girl
September 17th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Diet
I just finished reading a book called The Amazing Adventures of Diet Girl. The book is written about Shauna Reid, who chronicles her weight loss journey over the course of several years. In the beginning of the book, Shauna is extremely self-conscious, depressed, and frustrated. Her sister convinces her to go to a Weight Watchers [...]
Running for Cake
June 17th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Diet
Last summer I started doing Weight Watchers because I wanted to lose weight. At the time, I was exercising and watching what I ate – thinking that I was eating really well – and completely befuddled as to why I wasn’t losing weight. A friend of mine was doing WW and suggested I give it [...]
