Food - Friend or Enemy? - Psychologies Magazine

Why do we have such a complex relationship with food? When we look at a chocolate muffin, or a bowl of pasta, what do we really see? Pleasure? Temptation? Or the enemy? Either way, it's rarely just food. Our relationship with food is complex, tied to deep emotions and experiences. For many of us, fear of food is inextricably linked to unhappiness about our body image, but at the same time our most intimate feelings and relationships are expressed in the way we eat. When our relationship with food is out of control, it becomes a measure of our success or failure. But it doesnt have to be this way. Understanding the emotional roots of our attitude to food can help shed light on our eating patterns and attitudes. Eating disorder expert Deanne Jade explains how eating becomes a focus for negative feelings about ourselves.

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