An eating disorder: how does it look like?

An eating disorder: how does it look like?

Basically, the desire to get the same body as the models from the covers of magazines does not lead to anything good.

According to the World Bank, in North America for example, about 30 million people suffer from eating disorders. Sometimes the symptoms are disguised as healthy habits, and if they are not detected on time, this can lead to trouble. This is what my post is about today.

1. You constantly think about food.
It doesn’t matter if you want to eat every minute or if you just strictly control food intakes – this is the same thing because you constantly think about food. The number of calories, when and how much to eat, and which products are bad for you – if you live that way, then this is one of the symptoms of an eating disorder.

2. You only cook complex dishes for guests
Those who do not allow themselves to eat tasty and special food often show tend to prepare it for other people instead. This is a symptom of eating disorders – if you can spend hours cooking something amazingly tasty for your loved ones, and at lunch you only eat a tomato salad.

3. You are always cold
The body finds it harder to produce heat when the amount of body fat is very low. If you feel cold all the time no matter how covered up and warmly dressed you are, this is one of the signs of having an eating disorder.

4. You spend a lot of time looking for your flaws.
Looking in the mirror is completely normal, only if it does not occur 20 times a day and is not an obsessive thought. A person who suffers from an eating disorder may become obsessed with their appearance and can spend hours searching for flaws.

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The “one meal per day” diet: advantages and disadvantages

The “one meal per day” diet: advantages and disadvantages

“One meal per day” – the name itself explains the principle of this diet. With this diet, people who want to lose weight, eat only once a day. The whole point of the diet is to reduce the calorie intake, but you can eat everything and as much as you want. Recently, this intermittent diet has become very popular, and people usually stick to it twice a week, and sometimes even for 2 weeks a month. In this blog, I will talk about the advantages and disadvantages of this diet.

Benefits of the “One Meal Per Day” Diet:

1. Helps with weight-loss

An intermittent diet helps to lose weight because the body needs fat to function properly. Such a diet and a limited number of calories helps burn subcutaneous fat and fat around the waist.

2. Increases longevity

Studies have shown that limited calorie intake, while maintaining the necessary intake of nutrients, improves the functionality of the heart and also reduces the likelihood of respiratory and neurodegenerative ailments. It was also found that such a diet increases life expectancy.

3. Prevents the development of diabetes

It was noted that calorie restriction has a positive effect on people with a borderline state of diabetes and insulin resistance. Intermittent calorie restriction diet can increase resistance to the disease. In addition, it is very well known that weight loss improves insulin sensitivity and prevents diabetes mellitus in the initial stage.

4. Improves memory

It has been proven that calorie restriction by 20–25% improves memory and cognitive function. This preserves the function of learning and memory and reduces oxidative stress. Thus, such a diet can save brain cells from damage and destruction and prevent neurodegenerative diseases.

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Intuitive nutrition: seven secrets

Intuitive nutrition: seven secrets

Intuitive nutrition is a system that does not involve dieting or severe dietary restrictions. This principle of nutrition has helped many people to reach their desired shape, get rid of food addictions and “make peace” with food. So, what is this magic method?

For the first time, the concept of “intuitive nutrition” was introduced in 2005 by American professor Steven Hawks, when, after conducting a study on himself, he managed to lose 23kg. Intuitive nutrition includes several rules, but these rules have nothing to do with the rules of diets or other food systems. This is what my post is about today.

1. Learn to feel hunger

Hunger is a condition of the body in which the stomach remains almost empty, requiring new portions of food.

Frequently, people confuse physical hunger with psychological hunger. Indeed, many people are accustomed to eating when they experience some kind of emotional feeling or are with company, that is, during moments when external or internal circumstances force one to eat. But this hunger is always sudden and depends on the circumstances, while physical hunger, which occurs gradually, is accompanied by a rumbling sound and a feeling of emptiness in the stomach.

To recognize real hunger, it is recommended to use a ten-point saturation scale, where 10 points is recognized as strong overeating, accompanied by feeling heavy or even nauseous and 1 point is extremely hungry. Of course, you should never be at the extremes. You can start eating at 4-5 points and finish at 7-8.

2. No diets

Often, diets end in failure and if it is possible to reach the bitter end then there is no guarantee that the lost kilograms will not return. The reason lies in the fact that a person is in disagreement with food and his body. Intuitive nutrition allows you to harmonize these relationships.

3. Stop feeling guilty

You do not need to punish yourself with grueling workouts to not feel guilty about eating one sweet. Listening to what you want at the moment is very important, because, perhaps, the body is experiencing a shortage of some substances and it is what is needed in that moment.

4. Eat slowly

When a person eats slowly, enjoying the taste of food and every bite, the signal of saturation is fed to the brain much faster. With a quick meal, saturation will take much longer, and a person in such a situation will want to eat something else.

5. Don’t tackle your emotions with food

“Sticking” of stress, joy, sadness, of course, has an effect, but not for long. Most often, emotional relief leads to overeating. It is worth trying to find other ways to relieve tension, for example, dancing, sports, a walk in the fresh air or doing your favorite hobby can help.

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How does food affect our skin and appearance in the morning?

How does food affect our skin and appearance in the morning?

An experienced doctor, looking at the patient’s face, can tell (with a high degree of probability) what and how a patient eats. This is my post today.

If there is a rash on their forehead then it may mean that the intestines are heavily clogged with food and the alarms begin to ring. They simply cannot cope with digesting so much food. And for girls who are sitting on a non-cholesterol diet, who have excluded fats and oil from the diet, rashes appear on the temples.

The cause? The gallbladder requires oil and fat, it wants to move. The area around the eyes is the area of the kidneys. If less than 2 liters of water enter the body per day, or too much, then the kidneys start to suffer and then swelling will appear under the eyes the next morning. The space between the eyebrows is the projection zone of the liver. Problems with this organ occur when a person eats heavy food, as evidenced by inflammatory processes (acne) on the skin between the eyebrows.

Cheeks show what’s happening in the stomach. It cannot be overloaded. The stomach loves it when a person eats a little, often and only fresh food. But the bright red nose in the morning says that it was not necessary in the evening to drink so much alcohol.

Each of us can look in the mirror at our face and read the signals that the body sends us. From these signs, we can draw some conclusions and make the necessary changes to our diet.

What makes up a healthy menu? What products ruin our skin, and which help us to look beautiful? First about the bad.

– Sweets and chocolate. They provoke rashes on the face and can give us skin problems.
– Fast food. Teenagers’ favourite food. Yes, it is really tasty. But the fat from such foods will gradually lead to skin problems. For example, girls who love french fries often have very oily skin with various kinds of rashes.
– Spices. In small quantities these help to improve digestion. But their excessive use is not the best way to improve the condition of the skin.
– Alcohol. Another enemy of female beauty. A glass of wine is the norm for one day, not every hour.

And what products can be considered to be our assistants? There are a lot of them, but three are the most useful.

1. Tomatoes. These juicy fruits are able to protect our skin from sun exposure, they prevent the so-called photo-aging – permanent damage to the skin by ultraviolet light. Their structure contains a substance lycopene, which is also a powerful antioxidant.

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