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

Binge Eating and First Psychotherapy Appointment

When a new patient who is a binge eater walks into my Los Angeles office for her first session, she is often feels afraid, hopeful, desperate, determined and skeptical.  She is energized by an inner courage to make her life better by means she doesn't understand. Nothing else has worked so she has decided to try psychotherapy.  Since I'm a specialist in eating disorder recovery, she chooses to see me.

I hope she'll stay to do the real and effective work I know is possible.  I've seen so many people who lose massive amount of weight through various diets and weight loss programs only to gain it back and more.  They feel terrible about themselves for failing. They do not believe the words, "You didn't fail. The program or diet failed."

Psychotherapy is Effective Long Terms

Over at Rutgers University a long term study now backs up those words.