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Emotional Overeating Part 2: How to Tell if You're Doing it

Marcia Sirota | Posted 11.07.2012 | Canada Living
Marcia Sirota

2012-09-06-bookcover.jpg So, how do you know that you have disordered eating? What differentiates a mild or moderate over-eater from a more serious one is related to two fundamental factors: the degree to which you've been wounded emotionally, and the degree to which food has become the solution to your emotional needs.

Drunkorexia -- Too Much Booze And Not Enough Food -- Has Long-Term Effects

CBC | Posted 10.13.2012 | Canada Living

A Simon Fraser University study in British Columbia is warning calorie-conscious young people, worried about gaining weight from binge drinking, not t...

How Damaging Is Yo-Yo Dieting?

Timi Gustafson, R.D. | Posted 09.05.2012 | Canada Living
Timi Gustafson, R.D.

Some diet regimens require participants to adopt radical changes in their existing eating patterns, including cutting out entire food groups such as fat or carbohydrates. While this can result in quick weight loss, it also makes it tempting to revert to old eating habits later on.

14 Ways You're Sabotaging Your Diet

Everyday Health | Madeline Vann | Posted 05.30.2012 | Canada Living

By: Madeline Vann Weight loss comes down to more than just eating your veggies. But if you really feel like you’re doing all the right thing...

Don't Go Overboard When Eating on a Cruise

Timi Gustafson, R.D. | Posted 07.25.2012 | Canada Travel
Timi Gustafson, R.D.

I like being pampered and spoiled as much as the next vacationer. Knowing that my every need will be catered to at a moment's notice is something I could get used to very quickly. And I can understand why so many people call cruise ships the experience of a lifetime. But here are some tips so that you don't go overboard when it comes to calories!

Bad Habits Be Gone!

John Izzo | Posted 07.14.2012 | Canada Living
John Izzo

Changing your own habits can feel about as futile as climbing Mount Everest, let alone empowering others to change! So how do we change habits? Not surprisingly, it turns out that it all begins with your belief system. Believing you can change your habits is a pretty good predictor of whether you will or not.

Should You See a Dietitian or a Holistic Nutritionist? Three Questions To Ask Yourself

The Huffington Post Canada | Karen Kwan | Posted 12.05.2011 | Canada Living

You've got a concern about your diet and are looking for some professional help. But should you see a registered dietitian or a holistic nutritionist?...

Cleanses, Diets and Mixed Messages

Emily Southwood | Posted 11.20.2011 | Canada Living
Emily Southwood

Is cleansing a great, or even necessary, way to eliminate environmental toxins in this dirty day and age? Or is it a quick, possibly detrimental, weight loss gimmick that rarely maintains results? There's no secret to how one becomes this ambivalent. There is so much conflicting advice out there.

Kate Middleton and I Would Probably Rather Be Sad Than Fat

Jowita Bydlowska | Posted 10.15.2011 | Canada
Jowita Bydlowska

The lives of thin women revolve around denial, restrictions, guilt, and depression over failing... I know because I'd been hiding my own fat monster and had to appease it with Prozac and talk therapy. Still, I suppose, I'd rather be sad than fat. And so would Kate Middleton, probably. And so would you.

Forget Diet Trends -- Do What's Right for You

Theresa Albert | Posted 10.05.2011 | Canada
Theresa Albert

Diet trends change with the wind and our entire population blows with them. When did we start trusting the "news" and "studies" more than our own ins...

Feminine and Free

Silken Laumann | Posted 10.04.2011 | Canada
Silken Laumann

There is more pressure than ever before to be some perfect version of feminine. Thin, but fit. Toned but muscular. Smart but not smart enough to threaten your man. The pressure is endless and relentless and it is time we acknowledge what is being done to us, and what we are doing to ourselves.