This is our four year at the NBC 4 Health Expo in Washington DC.  It’s one of the largest health and fitness expo’s in the area.  Last year, we met a lot of new people and reconnected with some old friends.  Looking forward to seeing you all there.

When:
Saturday, January 14, 2012
Sunday, January 15, 2012
9am-5pm Both Days

Where: 
Walter E. Washington Convention Center
Halls B & C
801 Mount Vernon Place NW
Washington, DC

What: 
Come experience hundreds of exhibits, demonstrations, giveaways and more at the largest free consumer health event in the country with close to 200 exhibitors and 87,000+ attendees!

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We’ve discovered Bulimia.org, an online website whos mission is to help people suffering from Bulimia Nervosa and offer online support and counseling services.  Although we not have a personal connection to them or can endorse their methods, we did discover some great resources for anyone who may be suffering from an Eating Disorder.  We understand that telling someone you have an Eating Disorder can be scary and difficult.  But, we also know it’s one of the first steps on the road of recovery.  Although these resources are written for people suffering from Bulimia, they have great tips for sufferers of other types of Eating Disorders.  Please visit BulimiaHelp.org for more information and to download these resources.

How to Tell Someone you have Bulimia
Visit Bulimia.org site and Download Here!

What to do when someone tells you they have Bulimia
Visit Bulimia.org and Download Here!

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This is a repost from our partners at Healthy Little Cooks.  

Visit their website for more great tips on how you can support your little cook!

When my family and I re-committed our self to eating healthy again, I was slightly overwhelmed with task of doing a healthy kitchen makeover. Although I didn’t have a stash of cookies in each drawer (not that there is anything wrong with cookies occasionally), my old kitchen really needed healthy facelift. But, unlike a traditional facelift, where you focus on removing excess, I took a less invasive approach and added things to our kitchen! Here’s what I did:

I BOUGHT

100% Whole Wheat Flour – I added this to my white flour that we already had in the pantry. I used this mixture until it was gone and replaced it with 100% whole wheat flour.

Organic Pure Cane Sugar - I didn’t mix anything here. But, I just had to have it in my pantry. Have you ever tried organic pure cane sugar? It’s fabulous! I didn’t waste my old sugar, but I saved it for my Christmas baking gifts and gave it to everyone. Shhhh. It’s our secret. The good stuff is for the family. It makes our food taste so good that for some reason, I feel more content eating less of whatever we bake.

100% Extra Virgin Olive Oil – Not only is this better for your heart, but it makes food taste much better. It actually helps bring out the authentic food taste that we miss by using saturated fats. If you have the hard lard, I’d make an exception to this “adding” rule.. Please throw it out immediately.

One large beautiful glass bowl and a small wire basket – I put the glass bowl in our refrigerator and the wire basket on our kitchen counter. These both have one purpose: to showcase all the beautiful fruit we buy from the grocery store and farmers market. The best part about these bowls is that they have increased the family’s consumption of fruit snacks over processed ones.

Snack-sized plastic bags & recyclable to-go snack containers – Why both you ask? I’m a supporter of recycling, but there are times when I absolutely have to pack something in a hurry. It seems that during those times, the recyclables are dirty or missing a top. These bags come in very handy for a healthy grown-up on the run.

Painted a special YUM jar! I love painting, doing crafts and almost kind of art. But, if you’re not like me, just buy a funky- fun jar from the store. Use this jar to make your healthy-treats look sneaky-fun. After you painted or purchased that perfect jar, tell your kids it’s for cheat days. Fill up this jar with fun snacks like organic suckers, mini-raisin boxes, fortune cookies, sugar-free bubble gum, organic 100% fruit snacks, and gift certificates to your favorite frozen yogurt spot.

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Without treatment, up to twenty percent (20%) of people with serious eating disorders die. With treatment, that number falls to two to three percent (2-3%). In 2005, Dr. Wright of the Eating Disorders Program at Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas, Texas indicated that the mortality rate for untreated anorexia nervosa may be even higher, up to 25 percent.

With treatment, about sixty percent (60%) of people with eating disorders recover. They maintain healthy weight. They eat a varied diet of normal foods and do not choose exclusively low-cal and non-fat items. They participate in friendships and romantic relationships. They create families and careers. Many say they feel they are stronger people and more insightful about life in general and themselves in particular than they would have been without the disorder.

In spite of treatment, about twenty percent (20%) of people with eating disorders make only partial recoveries. They remain too much focused on food and weight. They participate only superficially in friendships and romantic relationships. They may hold jobs but seldom have meaningful careers. Much of each paycheck goes to diet books, laxatives, jazzercise classes, and binge food.

The remaining twenty percent (20%) do not improve, even with treatment. They are seen repeatedly in emergency rooms, eating disorders programs, and mental health clinics. Their quietly desperate lives revolve around food and weight concerns, spiraling down into depression, loneliness, and feelings of helplessness and hopelessness.

Please note: The study of eating disorders is a relatively new field. We have no good information on the long-term recovery process. We do know that recovery usually takes a long time, perhaps on average five to seven years of slow progress that includes starts, stops, relapses, and ultimately movement in the direction of mental and physical health.

If you believe you are in the forty percent of people who do not recover from eating disorders, give yourself a break. Get into treatment and stay there. Give it all you have. You may surprise yourself and find you are in the sixty percent after all.

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