Omega-3s May Reduce Child Aggression
A new study randomized controlled study suggests that fish oil may improve child behavior problems such as aggression, particularly if the parents’ behavior also changes.read more (Source: Psychology Today Food and Diet Center)
Source: Psychology Today Food and Diet Center - November 6, 2014 Category: Nutrition Authors: David Rettew, M.D. Tags: Child Development Diet Integrative Medicine Psychiatry aggression callous-unemotional fish oil omega-3 Source Type: news

The Fast Diet: A Fast Route to Disordered Eating?
Fasting diets have been all the rage recently, but does the evidence for them add up, and is what they’re promoting any better than a socially sanctioned eating disorder?read more (Source: Psychology Today Food and Diet Center)
Source: Psychology Today Food and Diet Center - November 5, 2014 Category: Nutrition Authors: Emily T. Troscianko Tags: Diet Eating Disorders Gender Health 5:2 diet alternate-day fasting anorexia nervosa anti-ageing Atkins calorie restriction cancer carbohydrate fast diet fasting diet growth factor IGF-1 insulin intermittent fasting Kate Source Type: news

Pickles and Ice Cream! But Ice Cream Is Fattening
Research suggests that restrictive eating leads to overeating and excess weight gain during pregnancy. So why do doctors keep recommending that pregnant women restrict their food intake?read more (Source: Psychology Today Food and Diet Center)
Source: Psychology Today Food and Diet Center - November 3, 2014 Category: Nutrition Authors: Alexis Conason, Psy.D. Tags: Diet Eating Disorders Health Integrative Medicine binge eating health at every size pregnancy Source Type: news

Are You Out of Control?
Disinhibition is a clinical term referring to lack of self-control when it comes to risky behavior with negative consequences. If your eating behavior is out of control to the point where your health is endangered, the consequences can ultimately be deadly. And for many of us, the only real solution—self-regulation—doesn’t come easy. read more (Source: Psychology Today Food and Diet Center)
Source: Psychology Today Food and Diet Center - November 3, 2014 Category: Nutrition Authors: Susan McQuillan, M.S., RDN Tags: Diet Eating Disorders Stress Disinhibition eating behavior how to stop overeating self-control self-regulation Source Type: news

Is Your Eating Behavior Out of Control?
Disinhibition is a clinical term referring to lack of self-control when it comes to risky behavior with negative consequences. If your eating behavior is out of control to the point where your health is endangered, the consequences can ultimately be deadly. And for many of us, the only real solution—self-regulation—doesn’t come easy. read more (Source: Psychology Today Food and Diet Center)
Source: Psychology Today Food and Diet Center - November 3, 2014 Category: Nutrition Authors: Susan McQuillan, M.S., RDN Tags: Diet Eating Disorders Stress Disinhibition eating behavior how to stop overeating self-control self-regulation Source Type: news

Dark Chocolate: Good For Your Brain!
Dark Chocolate is beneficial to brain health!read more (Source: Psychology Today Food and Diet Center)
Source: Psychology Today Food and Diet Center - October 31, 2014 Category: Nutrition Authors: Diane Roberts Stoler, Ed.D. Tags: Cognition Diet Health Memory anti-inflammatory brain aging dark chocolate flavanols Source Type: news

Does Rain Cause Pain...and What to Do about It
We all know the weather affects us, but how is weather connected to pain?read more (Source: Psychology Today Food and Diet Center)
Source: Psychology Today Food and Diet Center - October 31, 2014 Category: Nutrition Authors: Robert J. Hedaya, M.D., D.F.A.P.A Tags: Diet Integrative Medicine weather changes Source Type: news

Inflammatory Diet Linked to Colon Cancer, Metabolic Risk
Inflammation can fuel cancer, heart disease and a whole host of other disorders. Diet plays an important part in fueling -- or cooling -- inflammation. Scientists are developing an index that will measure the inflammatory properties of foods. Until it's ready for consumer use, just eat a Mediterranean diet: It's not just delicious, but highly anti-inflammatory!read more (Source: Psychology Today Food and Diet Center)
Source: Psychology Today Food and Diet Center - October 30, 2014 Category: Nutrition Authors: Conner Middelmann-Whitney Tags: Diet Health Integrative Medicine Source Type: news

A Vegan Goes Paleo
Why I decided to go off my vegan dietread more (Source: Psychology Today Food and Diet Center)
Source: Psychology Today Food and Diet Center - October 29, 2014 Category: Nutrition Authors: Mary E. Pritchard, Ph.D. Tags: Diet Health Self-Help Source Type: news

5 Reasons Why You Shouldn't Dump Your Kids' Halloween Haul
Don’t fall for the idea that your job at Halloween is to control the candy. From a habits perspective, there’s only one question you need to consider: Next Halloween, will you have to engage in the same old candy-control struggle with your kids? Or, will they have evolved so you are off the hook and they can moderate more of the mess themselves?read more (Source: Psychology Today Food and Diet Center)
Source: Psychology Today Food and Diet Center - October 29, 2014 Category: Nutrition Authors: Dina Rose, Ph.D. Tags: Child Development Diet Parenting candy childhood obesity children halloween healthy eating habits Source Type: news

The New Puberty and Obesity
Obesity is affecting our girls' developmentread more (Source: Psychology Today Food and Diet Center)
Source: Psychology Today Food and Diet Center - October 29, 2014 Category: Nutrition Authors: Julianna Deardorff, PhD and Louise Greenspan, MD Tags: Child Development Diet Health Parenting puberty in girls Source Type: news

It's Elementary: Food 'Out of Sight' is Food 'Out of Mind'
Why does our willpower fail so frequently when we are in a supermarket or restaurant or even our own kitchen? Maybe it’s not our fault but rather how our environment conspires against us and sabotages our best efforts. Brian Wansink’s new book "Slim By Design" offers some delicious strategies to work with our human nature rather than against it. read more (Source: Psychology Today Food and Diet Center)
Source: Psychology Today Food and Diet Center - October 28, 2014 Category: Nutrition Authors: Sylvia R. Karasu, M.D. Tags: Diet Environment Health Self-Help brian wansink food environment mindless eating willpower Source Type: news

Size Acceptance, Intuitive Eating, and Weight Control
Weight loss diets, exercising to burn calories, and other fat-fighting approaches help some people maintain a healthy weight, but not others. They’ve certainly done little to help health experts fight a national battle against obesity. As it turns out, the most important, and perhaps most successful, tool for controlling weight may very well be accepting your weight. read more (Source: Psychology Today Food and Diet Center)
Source: Psychology Today Food and Diet Center - October 27, 2014 Category: Nutrition Authors: Susan McQuillan, M.S., RDN Tags: Diet Eating Disorders Self-Help intuitive eating mindfulness shapes and sizes weight control weight loss Source Type: news

Habits > Lifehacks
Compounding interest produces the most meaningful results, not individual swings.read more (Source: Psychology Today Food and Diet Center)
Source: Psychology Today Food and Diet Center - October 27, 2014 Category: Nutrition Authors: Gregory Ciotti Tags: Diet Health eating habits habits. healthy habits Source Type: news

8 Tips for Raising Healthy Eaters
Good nutrition is vital not only for children's physical health, but for their mental health as well.read more (Source: Psychology Today Food and Diet Center)
Source: Psychology Today Food and Diet Center - October 26, 2014 Category: Nutrition Authors: Marilyn Wedge, Ph.D. Tags: Child Development Diet Source Type: news