Binge eating

decrease their consumption. On the other hand, a well balanced diet should include beneficial nutrients especially fiber, vitamins, and minerals due to their ability to decrease the risk of developing severe diseases. For example, anemia can be cured by eating foods that are high in vitamin C and iron such as spinach, kale, broccoli, and other dark green leafy…

general simply because health troubles automatically constitutes to a lower quality of life. The choices we make when it comes to the food we eat shape how the body functions, which in turn, directly affect our overall well-being. For decades, people’s eating habits have been the subject of several studies. Though nutritional research has helped form nutritional recommendations to guide us in our quest to stay healthy, this has also lead to perplexity about which one is really healthy and which…

In my life I've been on tons of diets. I've tried Atkins, Weight Watchers, South Beach, not eating, "cutting back", pills, shakes, juices, powders, bars, and just about anything you can think of. Of course I've also had my thin friends tell me weight loss diets are so easy - just do it! I don't know about you but one thing I don't like is people who have never had a weight problem trying to tell you how to lose weight easily. They think we overweight people have some sort of control problem and…

Morgan goes on a 30 day challenge, traveling across the United States, to demonstrate the effects that eating nothing but fast food has on a person’s body and health. His diet for this 30 day challenge consist of nothing but McDonald’s food for three times a day for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. As he takes us on this journey with him, we learn that their are more cons then pros when it comes to eating fast food. In his documentary, Spurlock refers to the three main rhetorical appeals; ethos,…

relationship between eating behavior and one’s emotional state. This is known as emotional eating in which people use food as a way to make themselves feel better, in which eating fills their emotional need, but not their stomach. Research has shown that the relationship between food and mood is a two way road: our moods can influence the type and amount of food we consume, while the food we consume can in turn influence our later mood, which can lead…

lovers, their dietary plan is simply to appreciate the vast variety of food. While for health-conscious people, their objection is to eat pure foods that will allow for a clean bill of health. Meanwhile, there are some that try to cheat the system of eating to try to lose weight. However, one must be in charge of their dietary patterns to guarantee a sound personality and body to guarantee what's the best for their well being. Hippie centralists might argue that the premiere diet is the diet…

Roommate” by Harlan Cohen there are five tips that I could take out and apply to my life about my own health. The first of the five tips is “Freshman 15, or um 45”, I can apply this to my life because it applies to my weight. Being able to control my eating at my house where there aren't multiple fast food restaurants and an all you can eat buffet at Larson's commons was a lot easier than college. It can be hard to control myself from the temptations, but when I notice myself gaining weight it…

Susan Bordo’s The Globalization of Eating Disorder article voices the nowadays common issue of eating disorders and body image. Eating disorders are starting to become more and more regular in this world that we live in today. It is a problem that many people have seem to thought about, experienced, or is even going through the moment. Writing this article, Susan is able to connect with people of different types, fields, and positions. Psychiatrists, doctors, celebrities, motivational speakers,…

The causes and effects of eating disorders. The causes and effects of eating disorders can lead to drastic measures. There are many types of eating disorders, and they can affect anyone, at any point in their lifetime. Most effects such as binging, purging, and or overeating takes place in a secluded area such as a bathroom, or bedroom caused by activities due to society, hereditary factors, and food influences such as GMOS. Society’s definition of beauty is deeply flawed. Magazines,…

weight has long been a marker of social status. Since eating disorders affect millions of people, primarily women, a structural problem is implicated. We usually consider a person’s eating disorder to be a personal trouble that stems from a lack of control, low self-esteem, or another personal problem. This explanation is okay as far as it goes, but it does not help us understand why so many people have the personal problems that lead to eating disorders. Perhaps more important, this belief also…