If you don’t feel you eat large quantities of food in one sitting, but you have struggled with your weight and have been on and off diets most of your life, you may be a compulsive overeater (CO).   The main difference between binge eating disorder and compulsive overeating is that people with CO don’t experience discrete episodes of binge eating.  They tend to eat past the point of fullness, but don’t necessarily binge while alone or hide their overeating.  Here’s an example of a person who is a compulsive overeater. (more…)

There is a code that is much like the genetic code in your DNA that may make you more prone to being overweight, for example, because it’s in your genes.  However this code is the code of your soul or spirit. It is what makes us have a passion to do something with our lives.  It’s the part of us that keeps us going even though life may seem like being on the open sea during an endless storm.  It is also our map for life, our compass.   It is what makes you want to become a mother.  It’s the code that pulls you towards a career in teaching or medicine or law.  This soul code may direct you to climb mountains or work to help the homeless.  It’s the part of you that helps you soar to greater heights.  It is the healthy part of you – the part that wants to see you recover and move on with your life. (more…)

Binge eating disorder (BED) affects between two and five percent  (Spitzer 1993) of adults in the United States (over four million Americans) and is the most common of all the eating disorders.  Up to 25 percent of overweight or obese individuals seeking treatment for obesity have binge eating disorder (Pull, 2004).   This number goes up in those who are severely obese.  Binge eating disorder may be as common in men as it is in women, unlike the other eating disorders (Grucza 2007).   It affects African-Americans as often as Caucasians.
You may have binge eating disorder if (more…)

Maryann felt overwhelmed.  Her youngest child was home sick, her boss was upset with her for missing work and her father was just rushed to the hospital.  She couldn’t take one more thing happening!

John did not get the promotion he had worked so hard for.  His wife was expecting to be able to move into a bigger house.  He had three children to support and now his doctor told him he has high blood pressure.  What more could happen?!

Do these high stress stories sound familiar? (more…)

Millions of people suffer with food issues.  They may have been diagnosed with an eating disorder such as anorexia, bulimia or binge eating disorder or they are overweight or obese or just confused by all the misleading information about food currently on the market.  For many, these issues with food have led to disordered eating patterns that can result in other problems such as malnutrition or under nutrition, depression and anxiety, insomnia and digestive complaints.  Dr. Ross developed a unique approach to treating these problems and researched  (link to the research article) the efficacy of her approach that uses dietary supplements and herbs.

To help consumers make informed choices about dietary supplements that may help them with their food issues, Dr. Ross founded Numinous Enterprises, LLC which offers a unique line of dietary supplements and herbal products to those seeking to recover from eating disorders or obesity.

Dr. Ross has also detailed her approach in her books, Healing Body, Mind and Spirit: An Integrative Medicine to the Treatment of Eating Disorders and  The Overcoming Binge Eating and Compulsive Overeating Workbook (due 2009).

Dr. Ross’s first book, Miracles in Healing  describes how she came to be committed to integrative, wholistic approaches to healing and what she calls the Seven Secrets of Healing.