Diet

Why Cinnamon Is Good for Your Aging Brain

By Professor Gary L. Wenk, Ph. D. on June 4, 2013 in Your Brain on Food

Cinnamon has many important positive effects upon brain function that may prevent a variety of age-related neurological disorders. Read More

Going to a Marriage Counselor to Lose Weight

By Judith J. Wurtman, Ph.D. on June 4, 2013 in The Antidepressant Diet

Your spouse can cause overeating! Read More

The Fear of Fat: What Does It All Mean?

By Judy Scheel, Ph.D., L.C.S.W. on June 4, 2013 in When Food Is Family

Diets which severely restrict fat intake and eliminate all or most fat fail to work long term in keeping weight off. Yet, we repeatedly are led toward their claims of quick success - here are some thoughts about what the fear of fat means for the eating disorder sufferer and for the culture at large. Read More

When (and Why) Is Discrimination Acceptable?

By Jesse Marczyk on June 3, 2013 in Pop Psych

Discriminating on the basis of obesity is morally unacceptable in the academic world. Discriminating on the basis of GRE scores is morally acceptable. What makes adipose tissue so much worse than neurons? Read More

Just Say "No" to Artificial Sweeteners

By Conner Middelmann-Whitney on June 3, 2013 in Nourish

Scientists at Washington University in St. Louis have discovered that—contrary to widespread belief—artificial sweeteners can affect the way our bodies handle sugar. Read here how sweeteners—both artificial and natural—may increase our risk of diabetes, weight gain, and cancer. Read More

Instead of Sweating Over Weight Loss This Summer

By Dr. Jamie Long, Psy.D. on May 31, 2013 in Finding Cloud9

Sweating Over Weight Loss This Summer? Instead of killing yourself to achieve an unrealistic weight-loss goal, how about striving to love yourself a tad more - imperfections and all? Read More

Over-Caffeinated Teens

By Raychelle Cassada Lohmann, M.S., L.P.C. on May 31, 2013 in Teen Angst

Just how much caffeine are teens consuming? Did you know that according to the National Coffee Association, youth under the legal drinking age are one of the fastest-growing population of coffee drinkers? According to the American Dietetic Association, when it comes to teenagers drinking caffeinated beverages, the number has tripled since the 1970's! Read More

Is the War Against Sugar Fair?

By Carolyn C. Ross, M.D., M.P.H. on May 31, 2013 in Real Healing

Sugar consumption has increased in almost direct proportion to the increase in obesity in America. Currently 13% of adult's calorie intake is from sugar. Should sugar be banned? Read More

Eating Myself Crazy

By Mary E. Pritchard, Ph.D. on May 31, 2013 in Diet is a 4-Letter Word

Are you at war with food? It's time to stop. Learn how to make peace with food and yourself. Read More

Taking the Bugs Out

By Matthew J. Edlund, M.D. on May 30, 2013 in Getting Healthy Now

The UN suggests insects should become a new, major human food force. But are bugs truly better than Burger King? Read More

7 Essential Truths about Weight Loss Efforts: Part 1

By David Bedrick, J.D., Dipl. PW on May 29, 2013 in Is Psychology Making Us Sick?

Seven essential insights about people who pursue a weight loss goal. Learn more about how to deal with shame and self-criticism, and what to do instead of diet. Read More

Fatkini: The Bathing Suit That Has Us Talking

By Sherry Pagoto, Ph.D. on May 29, 2013 in Shrink

The "fatkini" bathing suit trend is good news for women and body image, but the negative reactions are bad news for obesity stigma. If some women are finally accepting their bodies, why can't we accept them too? Read More

Fat Talk and Your Self-Image

By Susan Krauss Whitbourne, Ph.D. on May 28, 2013 in Fulfillment at Any Age

Are you a fat talker? You are if you're constantly talking negatively about your body’s shape and size. Research shows how fat talk can make even a normal-weight woman feel dissatisfied and shameful about her body. The good news is that fat talk doesn’t have to hurt you, as long as you know how to challenge it. Read More

How to Snack the Right Way

By Alex Korb, Ph.D. on May 28, 2013 in PreFrontal Nudity

Snack technology has improved dramatically in the last 30 years, elevating the casualties of modern snack warfare. The food companies know all about neurotransmitters like dopamine, and they’ve optimized their snacks to overwhelm your brain’s defenses. Unless you know the secrets to snacking, your brain is no match for the Snack-Industrial Complex. Read More

How to Talk to Kids About Their Hunger, Eating, and Bodies

By Pamela Cytrynbaum on May 27, 2013 in Because I'm the Mom

Back off diet moms: Here are do's and don'ts for you tiger moms and grandma lions who are overly involved in what should be a private conversation between a girl and her own hunger and body (not yours). Read More

Great or Not Such Great Expectations: Weight Loss Goals

By Sylvia R. Karasu, M.D. on May 26, 2013 in The Gravity of Weight

What factors determine who is successful at weight loss? For example, does it matter whether you set ambitious (and even unrealistic) goals for yourself or whether your goals are more realistic? A sense of self-efficacy and motivation may be more important for success than the actual goals you set. Read More

Essential Reads: Editor's Picks

How American Food Makes Us Fat and Sick
by Dr. Denise Cummins, Ph.D.
You Are What You Eat?
by Howard S. Friedman, Ph.D.
Why Cinnamon Is Good for Your Aging Brain
by Professor Gary L. Wenk, Ph. D.

Diet Blogs

Comfort Cravings
How to soothe yourself without food—and how to eat healthfully and mindfully
By Susan Albers, Psy.D.
Diet is a 4-Letter Word
The psychology of eating
By Mary E. Pritchard, Ph.D.
Eating Mindfully
Improve your relationship with food
By Alexis Conason, Psy.D.
Feed Your Brain
How to feed your brain for better focus, attention, concentration, and memory
By Deborah Yurgelun-Todd, Perry Renshaw, Karen Todd and Danielle Citrolo
Food For Thought
Salt, school lunches and the intersection of food, wellness and public policy.
By Martina M. Cartwright, Ph.D., R.D.
Food Junkie
The emerging science of addictive overeating
By Nicole Avena, Ph.D.
It's Not Just Baby Fat!
Straight talk on emotional eating and weight control in kids and adults
By Edward Abramson, Ph.D.
Nourish
Fighting cancer dish by dish
By Conner Middelmann Whitney
Shrink
The psychology of weight loss.
By Sherry Pagoto, Ph.D.
Shrink in the Kitchen
It’s not just food
By Scott Haas, Ph.D.
The Antidepressant Diet
The connection between carbohydrates, serotonin, and antidepressant weight gain
By Judith Wurtman, Ph.D.
The Farmacy
Change your food, change your mood.
By Drew Ramsey, M.D.
The Gravity of Weight
The daunting science of weight control.
By Sylvia R. Karasu, M.D.
Thin from Within
How inner conflict keeps people stuck
By Terese Weinstein Katz
Words To Eat By
The surprising stories behind our food names
By Ina Lipkowitz, Ph.D.
Your Brain on Food
How chemicals control your thoughts and feelings.
By Gary Wenk, Ph.D.