Functional physician Carlos Jaramillo shares seven strategies to control anxiety about eating, specifically the involuntary part that generates the ‘need’ to eat even when there is no appetite. Learn to reconnect with your body by following these tips and good habits that Jaramillo shares in Educating with Science.
Anxiety and eating disorders
Eating disorders (TCA) are psychological conditions that lead to alterations in the relationship with food. Among the best-known eating disorders are anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. Additionally, in the sixth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) it was specified that there are subtypes of eating disorders whose diagnosis is not so easy, which is why they are known as unidentified eating disorders.
These can include any behavior or habit that puts a person’s present and future relationship with food at risk. This includes eating cravings, which is feeling the ‘need’ to constantly be eating food even when there is no appetite.
Additionally, an article from Clinical Psychology Review says that at least two-thirds of those who have an eating disorder also have anxiety symptoms. In fact, anxiety has been linked to the onset of all of these disorders; In other words, anxiety is closely related to people’s eating habits.
Find out how to control these behaviors with the tips Jaramillo shares in this episode of Educating with Science. Keep connecting with your health with Dr. Carlos Jaramillo in these educational videos, weekly in the Semana Play section.
Who is Carlos Jaramillo?
Carlos Jaramillo is a doctor who has focused his professional career on generating a health model that transforms people’s lives through nutrition and good habits. In addition, through functional medicine, he seeks to cure chronic diseases (diabetes, obesity, gastrointestinal and autoimmune diseases, among others) from the root. He is the author of successful books such as The Metabolic Miracle (2019), The Anti-Stress Miracle (2020) and HOW (2021).