Eating

creature. She’s made a home in the back of my mind. She’s young and so so thin. Skin yellowing and eyes sunken, she lingers. Rasping whispers crawl from her acid-burnt throat - she wants me to be just like her. She didn’t always live in my head, this eating disorder. She started as a passerby on the train. We became friends, and soon she moved in. I helped her carry her boxes up the stairs if only to burn more calories. Exercise was mandatory - two, three, four, five hundred jumping jacks a…

developed an eating disorder. I had anorexia along with binging and purging. My eating disorder got worse as I completed High school and began college. My parents sent me too different therapists and psychiatrists in the beginning. When it was clear that therapy and medication alone was not helping me, in 1988 my parents admitted me into a 90 day inpatient treatment program at Ana Kaseman. During this stay I was finally given tools to help me battle and deal with, but not overcome, my…

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…

If I could decribe my eating habits up until now using one word, that word would be mediocre. Prior to taking this course, I spent large amounts of money on “eating out”. I would not say I unconsiously ate take-out food, however; my lack of time management and my ignorance to a healthier lifestyle interfered with my ability to eat nutritiously. In class, we learned how to distinguish between ‘nutritious’ and ‘healthy’, in reference to the description of our eating habits. After I completed that…

People don’t know what is in the food they are eating or what lifestyle the plant or animal had before it was harvested or slaughtered. Wendell Barry covered what you can do to know what goes into your food in his article, “The Pleasures of Eating”. David Barboza showed how food companies are targeting kids to sell their products in his article, “If You Pitch It, They Will Eat It”. In the article, “When a crop Becomes King” it shows that corn is taking over almost everything we eat or drink.…

Eating alone would entail more food that can be rationed over a longer period of time. Thus, prolonging survival. But from a biological, mental, and social perspective eating alone, especially when under the circumstances of isolation and ostracism, can actually be quite damaging to both children and adults. In children, ostracism can lead…

• What is mindful eating? (note – an area in need of further research to be sure, but a good area to watch) Consider the role of stress in eating. Mindful eating is a practice with applications thought to resolve trouble with relationship to food. Taking the time to observe the food with all of our senses before eating. It is thought that when we are in stress mode we eat higher calorie, high fat, foods and what we need to do is take some control back. Mindful eating may help individuals…

Causes of Over Eating I have never met anyone that has a bigger appetite than my friends Byn, John, and Thad. If food is around, odds are you will see them there. They always say they don’t have a problem with eating, but it’s been like this for a while now. I’m starting to get worried about what they are becoming and how they are treating their body. After many tries they never take my advice on eating healthy and working out on the regular. Whenever we hang out I notice different things about…

The Cons Of A Raw Food Eating Plan It certainly seemed as though the positives would never end, but unfortunately, there are also cons that come with following a raw food eating plan. So, we can agree that fiber has its benefits, there are drawbacks to too much fiber, though. It can leave you feeling bloated and gassy and it's fairly common when you're eating lots of raw produce. Cooking your vegetables breaks them down to make it easier for your digestive system to process. Without that…

According to Berry and Specter the role of the consumer in the food processing industry is reading the glossary before eating the food because it’s important to know what that food or drink has in it, or what is it consists of. Wendell Berry, author of "The Pleasures of Eating," disagree with American consumers by using unsound food because that will affect their bodies. Like eating donuts and drinking sweet tea, have they ever thought about how much sugar does sweet tea and donuts? usually…