Most cultures and religions around the world have practiced cleansing, fasting, and detoxification rituals for centuries. In these traditions, common aspects of cleansing practices include the elimination or restriction of certain food and drink for a designated period of time. Science has verified the health benefits of these practices. A 2007 study by Intermountain Healthcare […]
Fasting: An Exceptional Human Experience
In honor of the release of my new book, Fasting: An Exceptional Human Experience, I will be posting blogs that are excerpts from the book. As a psychotherapist, I often talk with people who have sacrificed self-care in lieu of other activities, usually work related. Many of them have either abandoned a spiritual practice or […]
Eating Mindfully
The breakthrough approaches in Eating Mindfully: How to End Mindless Eating and Enjoy a Balanced Relationship with Food, by Susan Albers, use mindfulness-based psychological practices to take charge of cravings so they can eat when they are hungry and stop when they feel full. This book helps readers change the way they approach mealtime. So […]
Vegetarian Diets and Eating Disorders
A study published in the journal Appetite took a new approach to examining the relationship between vegetarian diet patterns and eating disorders. Past research has suggested that young women who follow “vegetarian” diets are more likely to have restrained eating habits, or a tendency toward eating disorders—probably because some women with eating disorders adopt a vegetarian diet as […]