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When Healthy Eating Becomes Harmful: Navigating Food Relationship Dangers

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Discover the blurry line between healthy eating and eating disorders through cutting-edge neuroscience from Huberman Lab and Stanford's research on brain habit circuits. Sandra Aamodt's insights reveal why dieting backfires, while evidence-based approaches from APA offer practical solutions to break free from food fear.

When Healthy Eating Becomes Harmful: Navigating Food Relationship Dangers
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A meta-analysis of mortality rates in eating disorders (2010–2024)
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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39889307/
The Hungry Brain
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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28691935-the-hungry-brain
Brain Over Binge
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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11874603-brain-over-binge
Mortality Rates in Patients With Anorexia Nervosa and Other Eating Disorders
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https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/article-abstract/1107207
Why are eating disorders so hard to treat?
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https://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-are-eating-disorders-so-hard-to-treat-anees-bahji
Huberman Lab
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https://www.hubermanlab.com/episode/healthy-eating-and-eating-disorders-anorexia-bulimia-binging
Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Eating Disorders
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https://www.cms.guilford.com/books/Cognitive-Behavior-Therapy-and-Eating-Disorders/Christopher-Fairburn/9781593857097
First Bite
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https://www.befreed.ai/book/first-bite-by-bee-wilson
Vyvanse (lisdexamfetamine) approved for moderate-to-severe adult BED
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https://www.takeda.com/newsroom/shire-news-releases/2015/vyvanse-lisdexamfetamine-dimesylate-capsules-cii-becomes-first-and-only-treatment-approved-by/
The American Psychiatric Association Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Patients With Eating Disorders (2023)
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https://psychiatryonline.org/doi/full/10.1176/appi.ajp.23180001
National Eating Disorders Awareness Week 2025 Toolkit (resources & helplines)
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https://womenshealth.gov/nedaw/resources
The Hunger Habit
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https://www.befreed.ai/book/the-hunger-habit-by-judson-brewer
2023 International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) consensus statement on REDs
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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37752011/
Why We Eat (Too Much)
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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46259303-why-we-eat-too-much
Intuitive Eating (4th Edition)
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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52275302-intuitive-eating
Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2020–2025
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https://www.dietaryguidelines.gov/resources/2020-2025-dietary-guidelines-online-materials
Binge eating linked to habit circuitry in the brain
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https://med.stanford.edu/news/insights/2023/05/binge-eating-linked-to-habit-circuitry-in-the-brain/
Effectiveness of olanzapine in anorexia nervosa: systematic review & meta‑analysis
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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35020271/
Overcoming Binge Eating (2nd Edition)
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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/794389.Overcoming_Binge_Eating
Ultra-Processed Diets Cause Excess Calorie Intake and Weight Gain
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https://www.cell.com/cell-metabolism/fulltext/S1550-4131(19)30248-7
Eating Disorders — Health Topic
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https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/eating-disorders
Why dieting doesn’t usually work
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https://www.ted.com/talks/sandra_aamodt_why_dieting_doesn_t_usually_work
The neurobiological reward system and binge eating
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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35841198/
IOC Consensus Statement on Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED‑S): 2018 Update
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https://journals.humankinetics.com/view/journals/ijsnem/28/4/article-p316.xml
The Eating Instinct
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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37861945-the-eating-instinct
Eating disorders: recognition and treatment (NG69)
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https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng69
The Peter Attia Drive
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https://peterattiamd.com/stephanguyenet/
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