Eating Disorders and Sleep Deprivation

Sleep deprivation is often an aspect of an eating disorder.  You don't want to lose consciousness. You don't want that vulnerable feeling of going into a dim twilight state that takes you into dark sleep.  It feels too much like the beginning of an anxious or terror experience.

So you delay going to bed. You watch TV or DVD and fall asleep on the couch.  The sounds of the player, the voices especially,

Weight gain or loss question just came in:

What are the benefits of cutting out all sugar from my diet?

Not much.  There are plenty of benefits from not overloading on sugar.  But eliminating sugar completely could be a major problem.  It can contribute to binge eating and massive cravings for sweets and heavy duty carbs.

If you use artificial sweeteners, you will get a taste of sweet in your mouth.  But your brain will not recognize Please login or register to see the full article