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I don’t remember the first time I purged. But I do remember the relief – the cathartic feeling that made me want to do it again and again. I knew absolutely nothing about bulimia. Like the word “gay,” ...

Food is a core part of holiday traditions for most families — especially mine. "Some people eat to live, but we live to eat," my grandfather would always say. Every year, I looked forward to the ...

Eating alone began as a matter of circumstance. In the spring of 2020, as my world shrunk to the square footage of my apartment, food became a mode of injecting pleasure and delight into an otherwise ...

Kazdin is a writer, performer, four-time Emmy Award winning television journalist, and author of What's Eating Us: Women, Food, and the Epidemic of Body Anxiety As I entered the homestretch of my ...

I recreated over 150 recipes from politicians before I started spending a day eating just like them. The White House diets of the six living US presidents are wildly different and sometimes shocking.

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Compulsive eating is a disease, not a matter of character, and I have it. When I consume certain ingredients, they have the effect of creating a craving, and I want more and more. I have no idea when ...

I ate vegetables every day for a month to see how it would make me feel. After learning creative ways to sneak veggies into my meals, this challenge became much easier. I felt both physical and mental ...

Mercey Livingston is a health and wellness writer and certified Integrative Nutrition Health Coach. She's written about fitness and wellness for Well+Good, Women's Health, Business Insider, and ...