tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3045634714760830992.post7165926792485566037..comments2023-06-05T11:51:38.383-04:00Comments on Evolutionary Psychiatry: Emotional EatingAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04429177284200775781noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3045634714760830992.post-38872040173606579102013-03-03T18:54:00.103-05:002013-03-03T18:54:00.103-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3045634714760830992.post-10480303339058047202013-02-27T20:59:01.875-05:002013-02-27T20:59:01.875-05:00Good vegetarian orthorexia treatment in a short st...Good vegetarian orthorexia treatment in a short story - The Claxtons by Aldous Huxley (In the Brief Candles collection) which covers themes you addressed in the Orthorexia series. Starts before WW1 but nonetheless familiar territory. Puddleghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00953398103675945541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3045634714760830992.post-32299858462211386172013-02-26T11:07:58.485-05:002013-02-26T11:07:58.485-05:00"Theories that diseases are caused by mental ..."Theories that diseases are caused by mental states and cured by will power are always an index of how much is not understood about the physical terrain of a disease." Purposelessnesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05310957056111105419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3045634714760830992.post-89208014139335281812013-02-23T10:24:25.267-05:002013-02-23T10:24:25.267-05:00First, thank you for this series of posts. I think...First, thank you for this series of posts. I think it's a very important thing to talk about, and you're doing it rationally and non-judgmentally (as expected), which is rare and equally important.<br /><br />Second, re: <i>It is actually more common in these various studies for those under stress to report a suppressed appetite than a desire for comfort foods.</i><br /><br />That's me exactly. I have heard so often that women "eat when stressed" that I've always thought I must be some strange aberration, because when I get stressed -- even when it's the mild stress of airplane travel -- my appetite completely shuts down. I was so stressed the last month of my PhD I lost about 15 pounds (that I didn't have to lose) because I ate almost nothing the entire month. It is reassuring to hear that suppression of appetite when stressed is not actually a shockingly rare thing.<br /><br />Third, I don't know how this fits in, but I was drastically underweight for most of my life -- between 100 and 110 lbs at 5'8" -- entirely because I had no appetite. Eating was a chore, something I did because it was necessary to stay alive, not because I had any desire to eat whatsoever. I literally did not feel hungry. About five years ago, in my early twenties, I was put on an antidepressant, and my whole world changed. All of a sudden, I knew what hunger was, and eating because enjoyable instead of unpleasant. I'm now 130 lb, putting me right in the middle of a "healthy" BMI. (Fortunately, I still exhibit no tendency to overeat, it's just given me a healthy appetite.) I was prescribed the antidepressant for insomnia and depression, which it has helped, but it's "side effect" of increasing appetite has been the most dramatic improvement in my quality of life. There is obviously some kind of link there between the brain chemistry of depression and the brain chemistry of eating.<br /><br />BTW, if anyone wonders -- and I used to get this a lot from people who struggled with being overweight -- there is nothing enjoyable at all with being 20 to 30 lbs underweight. It is not something to strive for. Being a <i>healthy</i> weight, not underweight, not overweight, is what allows you to live your life to the fullest.Sarra Besshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07175871681836515445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3045634714760830992.post-31581447849307186422013-02-23T05:34:43.464-05:002013-02-23T05:34:43.464-05:00Sorry, the correct title is The Debt to Pleasure. ...Sorry, the correct title is The Debt to Pleasure. the narrator starts by saying his literary model is Brillat-Savarin. But you can't trust a lot of what he says, except the recipes, which are simple and excellent versions of classic dishes.Puddleghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00953398103675945541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3045634714760830992.post-23987842192078235662013-02-22T22:58:24.809-05:002013-02-22T22:58:24.809-05:00There are many great books based on the recounting...There are many great books based on the recounting of strong and destructive emotions. Is there a great novel of emotional eating?<br />I can recommend The Debt To Desire by John Lanchester as a brilliant foodie novel, a cookery manual and travelogue interlarded subtly with dramatic recollection, very much in the erudite, self-absorbed style of Nabakov (does for recipe books what Pale Fire does for poetry, perhaps) but emotional eating... any recommendations?Puddleghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00953398103675945541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3045634714760830992.post-79242880473377140272013-02-22T21:09:01.228-05:002013-02-22T21:09:01.228-05:00"“Emotional eating” is a soft phrase. There’s..."“Emotional eating” is a soft phrase. There’s nothing to hold onto with it, no mineral deficiencies, no magnesium in receptors, no quick solution. It doesn’t hold the heaviness, wonder, despair and artistry of the human soul soaring in love, suffering in loss. There’s none of the poetry of nuzzling of a baby’s soft skin or hands caressing a loved one or the terror of violence in emotional eating. "<br /><br />Man, you can really spin a phrase, doc. Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11969254346376018459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3045634714760830992.post-69870400647919697532013-02-22T18:58:17.838-05:002013-02-22T18:58:17.838-05:00We could always use one more chart.We could always use one more chart.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04429177284200775781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3045634714760830992.post-43308953679365692922013-02-22T18:57:02.883-05:002013-02-22T18:57:02.883-05:00Insidious weight gain? Where have I heard that be...Insidious weight gain? Where have I heard that before? Shall I add it to my MDA chart of progressive carb intake/creeping death imminence? Harry's Acolytehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04722593067791169149noreply@blogger.com