Dispelling myths about eating disorders
Eating Disorders Awareness Week is approaching, so we thought we’d take on some of the common myths surrounding eating disorders. While we as a society are becoming more aware of the truth about eatin...
Beating eating disorders at Christmas
Living with an eating disorder is a horrible ordeal at the best of times. But Christmas – supposedly ‘the most wonderful time of the year’ – can be absolutely awful for ED sufferers. With edibles at e...
Was Nietzsche right: “What doesn't kill you makes you stronger,”
Do bad things happen for the best? There is the old 18th century adage that every cloud has a silver lining. Voltaire, an 18th century French philosopher however had a different view. If he was alive ...
Brains of Bulimics Respond Differently to Food
In women with bulimia, the researchers found decreased blood flow in a part of the brain associated with self-reflection, compared with increased blood flow in women without bulimia. This suggests tha...