Food Noise: The Constant Mental Chatter About Eating
Food noise: why some people think about food constantly, what research says about food preoccupation and restriction, and how to quiet the mental chatter.
Restriction
8 articles
The Cheat Day Mentality: What Happens When One Day Has No Rules
Why cheat days can reinforce the restrict-binge cycle, what research on rigid versus flexible dietary control shows, and how to make every day more moderate.
The Restrict-Binge Cycle Explained
How the restrict-binge cycle works, what research on dietary restraint and binge eating shows, and how to break the pattern by addressing the restriction rather than the binge.
Calorie Counting: When It Becomes Obsessive
Why calorie counting can become obsessive, what research on dietary self-monitoring and eating disorders shows, and how to tell the difference between useful tracking and compulsive behavior.
Orthorexia: When Healthy Eating Becomes Rigid
What orthorexia is, what research on obsessive healthy eating shows, the signs that healthy eating has become rigid, and how to find the line between caring about nutrition and being controlled by it.
Cutting Out a Food Group Entirely
Why cutting out entire food groups often leads to cravings and binge eating, what research on dietary restriction and forbidden food shows, and a more sustainable approach.
The Sunday Reset: Why Starting Over Every Monday Keeps the Cycle Going
Why the Monday diet reset keeps failing, what research on the restrict-overeat cycle shows, and how to replace the weekly loop with something steadier.
The Last Supper Effect: Eating More Before a Diet Starts
The last supper effect: why people eat more the night before starting a diet, what research on anticipated deprivation shows, and how to break the pattern.