The undernourished brain has a different way of thinking than a nourished brain. The way food messaging is interpreted can be very different from what we expect, until the brain becomes better nourished.

I like to use the 8 Principles of Nutrition Rehabilitation in Eating Disorder Support and Care - using the first principle of “Enough”. This means that our first and primary goal is to help individuals to eat enough food in order to meet their biological needs. This is transdiagnostic, and not just for those people engaged in overt restriction.

ED for RDs: Eating Disorder EDucation for Registered Dietitians - women entrepreneurs

Imagine being asked to go to a place alone, without friends or family, comforts, or familiarities. Now, imagine this place might have the capabilities to take your identity away, to transform the way you survive, to show you a ‘better’ way of living, yet this way of living is something that is unfamiliar, and terrifying.