Inside The Brain of an Eating Disorder
Eating disorders as much a biological illness as a psychological one. There are real differences between the brain function of those who suffer from eating disorders and those who do not.
What Is Binge Eating Disorder?
Binge eating disorder, or BED, is perhaps one of the most misunderstood eating disorders. Eating disorders often come with the stereotype of someone who significantly restricts their food intake and is of a very low body weight. However, binge eating disorder is the most common eating disorder in the US and has the potential to be just as serious, distressing, and life-threatening as anorexia or bulimia.
Caring For Yourself When You’re Ill in Eating Disorder Recovery
As we continue to live our lives during the global COVID-19 pandemic, it seems especially important to talk about the impact that illnesses and getting sick can have on eating disorder recovery, and how to best protect and maintain recovery when you become ill.
Eating Out at Restaurants in Eating Disorder Recovery
Many of us have had an extended break from eating out at restaurants over the last year or so with most restaurants being closed or take-out only during the COVID-19 pandemic. With the world starting to open up again and people going out and about more, it’s a really good time to start building up skills for eating out.
Orthorexia: When Healthy Eating Becomes Harmful
Orthorexia is an eating disorder that involves an obsession with proper or “healthful” eating. Being aware and mindful of the nutritional content of food on its own isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but with orthorexia, the individual becomes so fixated on only eating healthy, clean, or pure foods that it actually becomes damaging.
What Is ARFID?
Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder, or ARFID, is one of the eating disorder diagnoses listed in the DSM-5. ARFID is an eating disorder involving an extreme avoidance or low intake of food. Unlike anorexia or bulimia, ARFID does not involve any body image disturbance or fear of weight gain. Instead, it can center around a lack of interest in eating, fear that the individual might not like or be able to tolerate the sensations of the food such as flavor, texture or temperature, fear of choking or becoming ill, or fear of eating a new food.