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How rigid dietary control creates cycles of rebellion and shame

I eat perfectly healthy all week and then completely binge on junk food every weekend like I am punishing myself for being good.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Excessive restraint generates an equal and opposite compulsion as the psyche seeks balance through behavioral extremes.

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