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pavel-somov's picture
May.16.2011
Emotional eating is misunderstood and often unnecessarily demonized. However, emotional eating -- that is, eating to feel good, often termed "compulsive eating" -- isn't the problem. It's emotional overeating and mindless emotional eating that can be both psychologically and physically...
pavel-somov's picture
Mar.22.2010
As a preface, let me note in advance, that this reading does not conform to most expectations.  It will seem at times tangential and pointless but, I assure you, it builds a network of semantic associations that is designed to serve as a supportive net of words. Mind is only as healthy as the words...
linda-joy-allan's picture
Jun.14.2009
The supervisor in my office brought in donuts last week. She rarely brings in junk food and is good shape herself, but she just said that she felt like a donut that day and brought donuts in for everyone. I didn't take one, but when I took my break I was feeling really hungry. I went in the...
linda-joy-allan's picture
May.31.2009
The recent headline in the New York Times was: “When Economy Sours, Tootsie Rolls Soothe Souls.” When the economy goes down, candy sales go up, the newspaper reported. “Sugar is comforting,” one candy buyer told the newspaper. Candy sales are up 30 percent for Cadbury and more than 10 percent for...
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May.10.2009
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pavel-somov's picture
Jan.27.2009
Put aside this annoying business of counting nutritional calories for a moment and ask yourself:  what else am I getting out of this eating moment?  How is my Mind being enriched? A Nutritional Calorie is a unit of energy.   The job of a Nutritional Calorie is to fuel your Body.  An Experiential...
pavel-somov's picture
Nov.26.2008
It's November 26th.  The season of overeating is upon us.  Great: we have an opportunity to set a precedent of mindful holiday eating! REMINISCENCE EATING: eating links us to people, places and things of OUR PAST and as such can be a great way of going down the memory lane.   Ask your eating...
pavel-somov's picture
Nov.02.2008
Michael Price (with American Psychological Association Monitor, October 2008 issue) reports: "research presented at APA's Annual Convention suggests that ear infections in early childhood have a profound effect on obesity later in life <..> children who suffer from repeated middle-ear...
alex-ong's picture
Sep.20.2008
I'm a natural health author by accident. By accident? “Tragedy Turns Fatty Boy Into Health Author” For 18 months, Alex Ong, has been in and out of the Helen M. Plum Memorial Library trying to fulfill an emotional goal.  Alex is not a nutritionist. He was “just” obese for 20 years and his nickname...
gayle-early's picture
Jun.25.2008
Chia's not all you think. Didn't know you could actually smoke that Homer head? (Yes, you can buy a chia plant that grows out of Homer's massive cranium.) But that ain't the smokable variety, actually, it's a cousin in the giant Salvia clan. Of a zillion species, the Salvia you usually eat is sage...