Eating Mindfully

Research indicates that sugar is linked to diabetes independent of obesity. Perhaps it is time that we should focus our energies on improving health independent of weight loss outcomes?

"Lose weight" was the most popular New Year's resolution this year. However, a new study concludes that weight loss may not be as healthful as we are led to believe. Why loving your body may do more to improve your health than the 8-hour diet.

For many people, the true meaning of the holiday season is lost in the frenzy of shopping, spending, wrapping, and preparing. It can leave you yearning for January 2nd to arrive and for the stressful season to fade into a distant memory. Here are two mindfulness tips to help combat stress and help you celebrate this holiday season with peace.

Many people cope with holiday stress by eating. However, emotional eating can lead to increased feelings of distress and self-judgement. Mindful eating can help break that cycle. Try these mindful eating tips to manage your emotional eating this holiday season.

The holiday season is often filled with social occasions like the holiday cocktail party. For some, this is enjoyable time with friends and family. For others, the holiday cocktail party stirs up issues around food. Here are some tips to manage your eating at holiday parties.

Thanksgiving can be a time of socially sanctioned binge eating. Add in the stress that often comes from difficult family relationships and you have a recipe for eating disaster.

Something revolutionary happened this week. A woman posted a photograph of herself in her underwear on the Internet. Although there are thousands of pictures of women in their underwear on-line (and in magazines, catalogs, television, billboards, etc…), this picture was different. It was different because this woman is fat.

Many advocate abstinence for the treatment of food/sugar addiction. But is this the only treatment option?

Wearing shapewear like Spanx is an alarming new trend among teenagers. Here's how it might be affecting their emotional well-being.

New research suggests that who you eat with influences what you eat. How social cues and judgement from others affects our eating behaviors.

It is hard to turn on the television or read the newspaper these days without being bombarded with coverage of the obesity epidemic and ideas for weight loss. However, recent research suggests that going on a diet may only add to your weight woes.

Despite what the media would have us believe, people can be both overweight and healthy.

Our wedding weight loss obsession leads to dangerous new procedures

Is sugar toxic? This was the question posed by CBS News program 60 Minutes last Sunday. The answer was a resounding “yes.”

Try this mindful eating exercise to increase your awareness around food.

When it comes to weight loss, it seems like everybody has something to say.

The clock hits noon—that means its lunchtime. My co-worker brought cookies to work—I might as well eat one (or three). That chips ad on television looks so tempting—I'll go into the kitchen and grab a handful. These are just some examples of eating in response to external cues.

Diet

Doomed to Weight?

Alexis Conason Psy.D. on January 11, 2012

There are strong forces working to maintain our current weight. But that doesn't mean we can't improve our health.

There are strong forces working to maintain our current weight. But that doesn't mean we can't improve our health.