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5 Ways to Let Go of Food & Body Perfectionism

If you’ve spent any time in the nutrition, fitness, or eating psychology universe, you’ve probably noticed, or personally experienced perfectionism. When you aspire to improve your body, or diet, it...

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What Exactly is Bulimia?

In our high-pressure, image-focused society, some people turn to drastic, unhealthy measures to try to change their bodies. No one wants to develop an eating disorder, but what may start out as...

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The Metabolic Power of Pleasure

Vitamin P – Pleasure – is a vital element that makes our meals nutritionally complete and makes life worth living. Like all organisms on the planet, we humans are genetically programmed to seek...

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What is Orthorexia?

Orthorexia actually means “fixation on righteous eating.” People who have orthorexia don’t necessarily count calories, nor are they driven by thinness, although they can have those elements. But they...

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Do You Really Need to Weigh Yourself? 4 Great Tips for Saying Goodbye to the...

On any given day, people’s weight can fluctuate up or down a few pounds due to fluid shifts, activity levels, sleep efficiency, stress, and hormonal variations. But our bodies are designed to maintain...

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4 Surprising Ways That Food Can Impact Your Mood

Managing our mood and feeling good about who we are makes life worth living. These days, we are inundated with all kinds of strategies to tweak our brain chemistry, and far too many people find...

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Why Do I Hate My Body?

You don’t understand. People in your life may say that you’re beautiful or handsome, that they love you as you are, but when you look in the mirror, you only feel disgust at what you see. You can’t...

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Mind Over Food

When we’re trying to eat healthy, most of us pay a lot of attention to the nutritional content of our food. Whether we’re counting calories, watching sodium levels, or monitoring the amount of fat or...

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The Brilliance of Bitter

In food as in life, there’s often a good reason for everything. There are hidden teachings and gifts waiting to burst forth from the most unlikely places. If you’re like most people, you’ll tend to...

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Healthy Sexy Slow

When it comes to losing weight and having the body we so dearly desire, most people focus on the age-old principal of eating less and exercising more. Few of us, however, pay any attention to how fast...

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