Binge-eating: 11 dangerous myths
Overeat? We all do once in a while. But binge eaters do so regularly, scarfing down ice cream, chips, cookies, and other sugary, fatty, or carb-rich foods. Binge eaters often hide their out-of-control eating because they fear what others will say. But it's a myth that binge eating is simply a bad habit or evidence of poor self-control.
And that's just one many myths about binge eating, according to recovered binge eater Sunny Sea Gold, the author of "Food: The Good Girl's Drug." Keep clicking as Gold dispels 10 more dangerous myths about a condition that affects surprising numbers of women - and men too.
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