Often a person with an eating disorder will either cook for others without eating herself or be so afraid of food that she will not cook at all. 

Can you eat and cook mindfully?  This question is particularly relevant during the holidays.  Here's some practical guidelines on both eating and cooking.

    

42% of American adults will be obese by 2030 reads a Los Angeles headline.  The article goes on to discuss the high cost of medical treatment that the people vulnerabile to obesity will require. 

Thanksgiving is coming, and I'm thinking about you.  If you've got an eating disorder it's time to prepare for a day of food obsession, food love, food cooking, food leftovers and food conversation.  I rarely discuss specific foods on this site but the blog, "Does Every Woman Have an Eating Disorder?" caught my eye tonight, especially the article,  "Come back to carbs."

This article got me thinking, so it's the best kind of article for me.  Are you caught in an absurd situation where you restrict good carbs (like grains) only to crave and or actually binge on bad carbs (like sugar or fast sugar producing edibles)? 

"Pleasure eating triggers body’s reward system and may stimulate overeating." This finding is in a new study that, caught my eye and my imagination this morning after pleasurable tea party in my garden.

We need to appreciate this phenomena if we want to eat well and avoid obesity. Otherwise we'll get used to those rewards, seek them out and, most likely, misinterpret feelings that cue us to eat.