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When fasting triggers anxiety and binge cycles

Every time I try to fast my anxiety gets so bad I end up eating compulsively for days afterward.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Restriction can paradoxically amplify the very patterns it aims to heal.

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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Fasting — all traditions and the evidence?”

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