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5 Steps to Developing a Healthy Relationship With Food

Judith Beck, Psychotherapy Networker. January 27, 2011.

Research is increasingly demonstrating that lasting behavioral change requires changes in dysfunctional thought patterns.

Could the Twinkie Diet Really Lead to Weight Loss?

Sara Novak, Planet Green. November 12, 2010.

How one man lost 27 pounds and what that means for overall health.

Why a High-Protein Diet May Make You Fatter

Kathy Freston, AlterNet. March 18, 2010.

Health expert Dean Ornish says high-protein dieters 'may lose more weight because they are losing water weight. But by the end of the year, the weight usually returns.'

Sick Planet: Our Obsession with Dieting Boosts the Economy But Destroys the Earth

Stan Cox, Pluto Press. May 28, 2008.

Our obsession with dieting, including the low-carb Atkins fad, may be good for our economy but it's a nightmare for the environment and our health.