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Why Continuing Eating Disorder Care is Essential When Heading Back to College

Why Continuing Eating Disorder Care is Essential When Heading Back to College

As families prepare for the academic year ahead, it’s tempting to view the return to campus as a sign that everything is “back to normal.” However, for students who have been receiving eating disorder treatment, maintaining continuity of care during this transition isn’t just important—it’s essential for sustained recovery.

Burned Out by Food Choices? You’re Not Alone

Burned Out by Food Choices? You’re Not Alone

We hear this from clients all the time: the constant mental loop of “Is this the right choice?” “Is this healthy enough?” “Did I mess up today?” It’s exhausting. That ongoing chatter around food takes up so much space in our minds and often leaves us feeling anxious, overwhelmed, and disconnected from our own needs.

The Starkel Nutrition Team’s Favorite Holiday Gift Ideas

The Starkel Nutrition Team’s Favorite Holiday Gift Ideas

At Starkel Nutrition, food is at the heart of what we do. As a nutrition clinic, we believe in the power of nourishing meals and the joy of cooking. This holiday season, we’re sharing our team’s favorite gift ideas for foodies and home chefs alike. These thoughtful...
Golden Milk Bircher Bowls

Golden Milk Bircher Bowls

 A seedy oat breakfast bowl packed with anti-inflammatory spices like turmeric, ginger and cardamom. Flaxseeds and pumpkin seeds contain lignin phytoestrogens that have been shown to be helpful for reducing hot flashes in perimenopausal women. Chia seeds and oats add...
Weight Stigma, What’s the Big Deal?

Weight Stigma, What’s the Big Deal?

The existence of thin privilege and stigmatization of larger bodies is not much debated in our current culture, but what continues to be debated is what to do about it.  One side of the debate is to push shaming tactics to motivate weight loss through insisting on...
Embracing Gentle Nutrition: Nourishing Your Body with Kindness

Embracing Gentle Nutrition: Nourishing Your Body with Kindness

We envision a future where a desire to learn how to nourish our bodies better outweighs the goal of simply aiming to lose weight. “Gentle nutrition” brings a new approach that honors what it truly means to nourish our whole selves. In chapter 10 of the...
Defying the Food Police

Defying the Food Police

Have you ever noticed yourself thinking that you should or shouldn’t eat something? Does that voice in your head have rules about food or bodies that you are supposed to follow? We call that voice the food police. And they can be doing more harm than good. Who...
Embracing Hunger Cues & Mindfulness: Nourish Your Body and Soul

Embracing Hunger Cues & Mindfulness: Nourish Your Body and Soul

Hunger is a fundamental and primal signal from our bodies. It’s as natural as the urge to relieve ourselves. However, it remains a complex concept, with many of the clients I work with often neglecting their hunger cues or justifying their eating habits with...
How to Identify an Eating Disorder

How to Identify an Eating Disorder

Eating disorders affect people of all ages, genders, backgrounds, ethnicities, races, body sizes & shapes, sexual orientations and socioecon