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Overcoming binge eating should be easy, right?You just need willpower — or so they tell us. The truth is, some dangers are obvious.You don’t debate them.You don’t negotiate.You react. You run. Food isn’t like that. Food is necessary.Food is comforting.Food keeps us alive. And that’s exactly why binge eating is so difficult to recognise as…
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The Cholesterol Conspiracy: The Fireman vs. The Arsonist For decades, we’ve been told a simple story about Cholesterol. It goes like this: Cholesterol is the villain.Lower it at all costs.Take the pill.Avoid the eggs. It’s a neat narrative. Fear-based. Easy to remember. And very profitable. But when I looked at the evidence with the cold…
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Most people don’t overeat because they’re physically hungry. They overeat because something inside them feels unsettled — stress after a long day, mental fatigue, boredom, emotional pressure, or that quiet sense of “I need something to take the edge off.” Emotional overeating isn’t a failure of discipline.It’s a behavioural response to emotional and psychological load.…
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Balance with food. Balance with treats. Balance between “being good” and “letting go.” For years, I thought the answer to my problems was balance. It sounded sensible. Mature. Grown-up. I’d look at images of fit, healthy people with sculpted bodies and headlines screaming “balanced lifestyle.” It seemed like if you were controlled and balanced, the…
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It’s never been easier to sign up for calorie counting online. Calorie counting apps and websites are everywhere — but easy doesn’t mean good. For a long time, I believed tracking was the answer. Religiously, I stuffed my diary full of information: how many alcoholic drinks I’d actually consumed (not the fake number), how much…
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How to Stop Food Noise (Without Counting Calories) Food noise is exhausting. It’s loud, constant, and confusing — and it often leads us to survive badly around food. We reach for the chocolate bar instead of the carrot. We take comfort in ice cream instead of slowing down and dealing with what’s actually going on.…
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Cravings are often misunderstood. If I had understood more about the psychology behind cravings and appetite earlier in my life, I could have saved myself a great deal of stress, shame, and money. Let’s be honest — nothing is getting cheaper. If I had invested all the money I’ve spent over the years on chocolate,…
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If you’ve ever found yourself asking, “Why do I keep overeating?”, you’re not alone. I’ve sat on my sofa, stomach stretched to full capacity, and still forced down more junk food. Like me, you might eat well all day, make sensible choices, even feel proud of yourself — and then something shifts. The evening arrives.…
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“People call it ‘stress eating at night’.I called it losing control and stuffing my face at night.” If you’ve ever wondered why food becomes harder to resist at night, stress is often the missing piece. Not dramatic, headline-worthy stress — but the quiet, accumulated kind. The kind you carry all day without noticing, until evening…
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Emotional well-being shapes how we eat long before food choices become logical — because eating is emotional, not just nutritional. When stress is high, emotions are unmanaged, or mental load is heavy, eating habits often change in ways that feel confusing or out of control. This isn’t a lack of discipline. It’s how the human…