Food + Weight
Can You Have an Eating Disorder and Not Realize It?
Eating disorders affect people of every age, race, gender identity, sexual orientation, size, and background. Like substance abuse, eating disorders do not discriminate. At some point in their lives, 9 percent of the population, or 28.8 million Americans, will have an eating disorder. When people hear the term ‘eating disorder’, they usually think of bulimia…
Read More“Wake Up and Smell the Oreos”: Taking a Look at Food Addiction
Since when do Oreos make national news? Since news sources like Time, the Washington Post, Forbes, ABC News, Today.com and many more all published articles this month on recent research that Oreos may be just as addictive – or more so – than cocaine. “What?” you may be thinking. True, it’s hard to resist dunking…
Read MoreWhat is Anorexia?
People who suffer from anorexia nervosa or “anorexia“ have an extremely low body weight and a strong worry of gaining weight. They believe that they are overweight no matter how they look in the mirror and have a distorted perception of their body in general. They have a strong urge to control their body weight…
Read MoreWhat Do They Even Put in These Diet Pills?
“If it were bad for you, they wouldn’t be allowed to sell it!” This is how a lot of us justify taking those non-prescription diet pills with the really incredible claims and flashy marketing. The ads and the packaging tell us we can keep eating what we like, forget about exercise, and still lose weight…
Read MoreCelebrated Psychiatrist Steve Karp, D.O. Joins Breathe Life Healing Centers as Chief Medical Officer
With great anticipation Breathe Life Healing Centers announces Steve Karp, D.O., FACN, as Chief Medical Officer. Enormously skilled at treating patients struggling with eating disorders, substance use, and mental health needs, Dr. Karp brings an unmatched depth of experience and judgment to his work. “This is a game changer for Breathe Life Healing Center. Dr.…
Read MoreHow to Prevent Obesity
How to Prevent Obesity Aren’t we all trying to lose a little weight or improve our figure? Life has a way of literally weighing us down over time. Especially when we live in the developed Western world where processed and fast foods reign. In the United States most, seriously most, of us are overweight. There…
Read MoreThe Good Food (+ mood)
This is the time of year we get stuck on “FOOD RULES” … you know the “no this, no that, some’a this” sort of thinking that gets us back into rigid plans rather than a simple commitment to minimally processed foods, in balance and healthy amounts that simply love you back. In my book…
Read MoreBrad Lamm Shares His Insight On Food Addiction
By Nadia Murdock Coping with an eating disorder is something that many people deal with in secrecy not knowing where to turn for help. Brad Lamm, Founder of Breathe Life Healing Center and the Breakfree treatment team, took a moment to discuss an addiction that is often overlooked, that is the addiction to food. In…
Read MoreLive + Learn: What Style of Eater Are You?
Breathe founder Brad Lamm has teamed up with Oprah to create an online learning series – to help live and learn as we plug away at life. In the very first in the series, click and get some good ideas on how to get healthier with your food + weight story by identifying YOUR EATING…
Read MoreMore or Less: Sweet Tooth Check Up
Brad Lamm, CIP My sweet tooth is front and center. I grew it that way. Over the years, the sweeter the better, and I got there with honey, sugar, and pink, blue and yellow packaged fake sweet stuff before I knocked it all off. I’m like you, likely, so to the question, we all deserve…
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