Posts Tagged ‘orthorexia’
5 Tips For Mindful Eating During The Holidays
Do the holidays stress you out? It seems a given for most of our modern culture, yet has always seemed such a paradox to me. The most ‘festive’ and ‘celebratory’ time of year somehow simultaneously becomes the biggest frenzy… One of my biggest triggers around the holidays used to be food. In my early twenties,…
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5 Signs Eating Healthy is Ruining Your Health
Despite our efforts to maintain a balanced diet, food is only one of many contributing factors to our overall health. In fact, recent studies reveal that stress is the number one cause for physical disease. That means that our minds can create physical ailments. It’s critical to understand this, especially when it comes to the…
Read MoreBecoming Human
So, I sat down to write a piece about my past journey with an eating disorder (orthorexia) and how I cured myself and transformed my life. I had intentions of documenting my journey in logical, comprehensive language. Then I stumbled across this quote by Plato: ‘Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.’ So this…
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Top Ten Reasons Being Thin Sucks
Ok guys, this is totally true. Perhaps I could have rephrased the title to ‘The Top Ten Reasons Being TOO Thin Sucks, but either way, being thin or too thin, kind of sucks… especially if you live in America. Take it from me. While battling an eating disorder five years ago, my weight got down…
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