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All About Restrictive Eating Disorders aka
An Addiction to Energy Deficit

Self-identity is deeply affected by an eating disorder. Recovery means allowing in a sense of identity crisis to learn who you really are.

A lot is written about overcoming eating disorders for young people but what if you are in mid or later life with 'adult' responsibilities?

Eat to gain weight and eat to gain your life back when you overcome a restrictive eating disorder. This post explains why and how!

Anger is a forceful and valid emotion and can be powerful if directed in the right direction when you are overcoming an eating disorder.

Many people say that recovery from an eating disorder or even that having an eating disorder is a conscious choice. Is there truth in this?

For World Suicide Prevention Day, a post about what can help to recognise those at risk and possibly help reduce suicide rates.

Eating disorder recovery can feel like being on a pendulum where the eating disorder pulled you one way and you swing to the other 'extreme'

Having a restrictive eating disorder and overcoming one will affect your poop and digestion. Tips to cope with these symptoms are provided.

Eating disorders and the ability of the brain to develop an addiction to energy deficit have an evolutionary explanation, explained here.

Restrictive eating disorders don't have a size. They are in fact more common in people who are not 'underweight' by BMI than those who are..

My second book, Aiming for Overshoot, is available to buy now. But why aim for overshoot when overcoming a restrictive eating disorder?

A post to make you aware of risks from refeeding syndrome and the physical effects to overcoming a restrictive eating disorder you may face.

A dive into what a moderation approach to overcoming a restrictive eating disorder and addiction to energy deficit can look like.

When you have an addiction to energy deficit, i.e. restrictive eating disorder, abstinence can be the most effective method to overcome it.

Overcoming an addiction to energy deficit needs you to reprogram your brain from a restrictive eating disorder but abstinence or moderation?

The withdrawal symptoms you can expect as you overcome a restrictive eating disorder and addiction to energy deficit.

With a restrictive eating disorder, it is important to understand what role rituals play in the disorder and the power they have.

Why is energy deficit so rewarding to someone with the susceptibility to develop a restrictive eating disorder?

Understanding the neuroscience of an addiction to energy deficit, aka restrictive eating disorder, using the dopamine balance model.

To understand the neuroscience of an addiction to energy deficit, you need to know about deep learning and how it relates to rewiring.