holiday eating

Gastroparesis Holiday Eating Guide

The winter holidays are a time for friends, family…and food. All year round, gastroparesis suffers must be wary of how much, when, and what they eat. Gastroparesis is a disorder that interferes with proper food digestion. During the eating-centric winter holidays, with plenty of tasty temptations an arm’s length away, people with gastroparesis must remain …

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Dealing with Holiday Depression

The winter holiday season, with celebrations for Christmas, Hanukkah, and New Year’s is supposed to be filled with fun, friends, and family. However, for some people, the holidays aren’t the most wonderful time of the year. According to a survey conducted by the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), 64% of people with mental illness …

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4 Types of PTSD Symptoms

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a disorder that some people develop after experiencing a shocking or dangerous event. Nearly everyone who experiences trauma will experience some form of stress reaction in the days after the event, but not everyone develops PTSD. People who experience symptoms that interfere with their life longer than a month may …

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