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Diet-Interoceptive Relationship (DIR)

The Diet-Interoceptive Relationship (DIR) is one of the six core relationship elements of nutritional psychology and describes the bidirectional interplay between dietary intake patterns…

Motivational Interviewing

Motivational Interviewing (MI) is an evidence-based, client-centered yet directive counseling approach — developed by William R. Miller and Stephen Rollnick in the 1980s —…

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is an evidence-based, transdiagnostic form of psychotherapy developed by Steven C. Hayes and colleagues in the 1980s and grounded…

Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT)

Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) is an integrative, evolution-informed biopsychosocial psychotherapy developed by Paul Gilbert for distress maintained by shame and self-criticism, in which compassion…

Bliss Point

The bliss point is the concentration of a palatability-driving ingredient — most often sugar, salt, or fat — at which a food or beverage…

Bidirectional Relationship

A bidirectional relationship is a mutually influencing connection between two variables, in which each influences the other rather than one simply causing the other.…

Changing Your Diet Can Help Tamp Down Depression, Boost Mood

Diet, Gut Microbes Affect Effectiveness of Cancer Treatment, Research Reveals

More Evidence Links Ultra-Processed Foods to Health Harms

People who eat lots of ultra-processed foods are more likely to develop heart disease and to die sooner than those who stick with foods…

The Link Between Food and Mental Health

Simple Sugars Wipe Out Beneficial Gut Bugs

Eating Green Veggies Improves Immune Defenses