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1) Overcome Emotional Eating and Stop Cravings: Understand the Causes of Binge Eating and Food Cravings
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Food and emotions - you may be wondering what the connection is. It may not be immediately obvious to everyone, but for many people, emotions are closely linked to their eating behavior. Whether consciously or unconsciously, regular emotional eating often leads to a high level of suffering for those affected. Emotional eating usually manifests itself in the form of frustration or stress eating - in other words, eating is a way of compensating for...
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A graphic memoir of eating disorders, abuse and recovery. Lighter Than My Shadow is a hand-drawn story of struggle and recovery, a trip into the black heart of a taboo illness; an exposure of those who are so weak as to prey on the weak, and an inspiration to anybody who believes in the human power to endure towards happiness.
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When a restrictive eating disorder has had a destructive effect on your life and you haven't been able to understand why it's so hard to overcome, Addicted to Energy Deficit is the book you need.Bringing in neuroscience and research evidence, as well as personal and professional experience, Helly Barnes provides an explanation for restrictive eating disorders that will resolve your unanswered questions and fit your experience.This includes:A credible...
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It's 11 pm. You're watching your favorite show on TV. You are feeling good about how you ate today, how you did your workout, and how you're on the right track to get the body you've always wanted. And then…this voice sneaks into your mind…"How about a spoon of ice cream? Just one…nothing will happen because of only 1 spoon…". Then 1 spoon turns into 2, and 3…"I already screwed up now, what does that matter?"
Before you know it, you've stacked...
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La relación de algunas mujeres con su propio cuerpo; lo perturbador del mismo; sujetos que ponen en juego un empeño férreo, muchas veces devastador y mortífero, por controlarlo; el rechazo, bastante frecuente, de la carne en el plato de la anoréxica y el rechazo de la propia carne, son temas que sugieren preguntas tales como ¿porqué esa peculiar relación con la comida? ¿Qué sucede con el apetito? ¿Porqué se rehuye la comensalidad, la fiesta?...
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Esta nueva edición de El muro de la anorexia, que contiene algunos añadidos para su actualización, pone al alcance de nuevos lectores en lengua castellana una obra que ha pasado a ser ya un clásico en el abordaje de la clínica y del tratamiento psicoanalítico de la anorexia y de la bulimia. Obra clásica porque la profundidad y calidad de este trabajo hace que perdure su vigencia. El muro de la anorexia constituye un tratado imprescindible para...
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Eating Disorders: Food Addiction & Its Effects, What Can You Do If You Can't Stop Overeating? This book is a wonderful place to start if you're interested in your eating habits.It discusses food addiction and related issues. Food addiction, emotional eating, binge eating, the midnight munchies, eating out of boredom, consuming forbidden foods, and weight loss secrets are all topics we cover. This book will tell you what makes you tick when it comes...
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Childhood obesity in the United States has tripled in a generation. But while debates continue over the content of school lunches and the dangers of fast food, we are just beginning to recognize the full extent of the long-term physical, psychological, and social problems that overweight children will endure throughout their lives. Most dramatically, children today have a shorter life expectancy than their parents, something never before seen in the...
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Written unflinchingly, Why My Daughter? From Binge Eating to Restriction chronicles an intergenerational journey with disordered eating that swings dangerously between bingeing and restriction. After witnessing her daughter's eating disorder diagnosis at a very young age, the author's quest for meaning uncovered something deeper: a family narrative stretching across time, with ancestral roots. She realizes her daughter's illness is not an isolated...
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In The Wisdom of Your Body, clinical psychologist and award-winning researcher Hillary McBride explored the ways many of us inherit a broken understanding of the body and offered a more compassionate, healthy, and holistic perspective on embodied life. In this follow-up book, McBride takes the principles of The Wisdom of Your Body and puts them into action in practical, tangible ways.
Practices for Embodied Living offers an experiential guide-centered...
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It's not about willpower, and it's not about the food.Most people blame their eating behaviors on a lack of willpower.Eating intuitively hasn't worked.Eating less and moving more? Trying to change your body image? These only last so long.Many people are worried that they can never have a healthy relationship with food.Peace with Self, Peace with Food looks past all that, and gets to the heart of what causes our battles with food.Through her years...
13) Atracones
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El trastorno de la alimentación por atracón representa el trastorno alimentario más común en nuestro planeta hoy en día. Desde su inclusión formal en el DSM V, la investigación ha seguido moscando muestra lo destructiva y potencialmente dañina que es para la salud y el bienestar general. Los enfermos pierden el control sobre sus emociones y se vuelven hacia la comida para llenar una creciente brecha mental y emocional.
Este libro, "ATRACONES;...
14) Solitaire
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IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 11
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"Tori Spring feels completely disconnected from her life--until she meets the relentlessly cheerful Michael Holden, and a series of schoolwide pranks starts to draw her out of her shell"--
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Women have many secrets. But, a woman's secret relationship with food and her body can overshadow other aspects of her life, filling her with obsession, shame and fear. Many women waste countless years focusing on food and appearance, rather than spending energy on what holds deepest meaning for them in life.
In What Are You Hungry For? Authors Taylor and Ginsburg show how obsessive dieting, a distorted body image and eating disorders are often symptoms...
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What if you looked in the mirror and saw a skeletal version of yourself staring back at you? Would you be proud of your emaciated figure, or would you break down in tears? For Michele Mason, this haunting question became a daily reality when Anorexia Nervosa stripped her 5'11" frame down to a mere 96 pounds.
Decades later, Michele realized the immense importance of sharing her story rather than burying it deep within herself. In a candid and courageous...
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"In 'From Within,' author Desmond Gahan delves into the complex interplay between Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) and Eating Disorders, unraveling the intricate threads that connect these two often-misunderstood mental health challenges. With empathy, insight, and a deep understanding of the human psyche, [Author's Name] guides readers on a profound journey into the minds of those grappling with the convergence of these disorders.As the pages unfold,...
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In "Mind-Body Connection: The Science of Nutrition and Mental Health," we explore the intricate link between nutrition and mental health. This book sheds light on how our diet and lifestyle affect our emotional wellbeing and cognitive function. Nutrition plays a crucial role in brain function and mood regulation. Nutrient deficiencies can impact our mental health and exacerbate existing mental disorders. For instance, research shows that a deficiency...
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Readers may know Giana from Isabel Chiara's first book, Eat Your Words. She is a woman whose life has been steeped in the food industry; raised by a hardworking family of restaurateurs with strong Italian farmland roots, whose collective love language has long centered around all things edible. Giana recognizes that she's masked her emotions, anxieties, and ambitions in a metaphoric, self-medicating mode of compulsive eating and food obsession. In...
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"A Black teen dancer with dreams of landing a spot in a prestigious ballet company must learn to dance on her own terms in this explosive debut about the healing power of art and friendship, perfect for fans of Heartbreaker and Tiny Pretty Things. Ballet is Aisha's life. So when she's denied yet another lead at her elite academy because she doesn't "look" the part, she knows something has to change-the constant discrimination is harming her mental...
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