I'm a binge eater. I could diet all day and then at night, just go through the refrigerator. For the longest time I thought it was psychological in nature. But when I thought about it, REALLY examined it, the times I was the most upset were the times I could not eat at all (everything would taste like ashes). When I switched to a low carb diet, I no longer felt the same compulsion to binge unless I ate some processed food, but then the cravings were manageable. Since cutting out the processed foods, there have been no cravings, even though I have upped my carbohydrates. I'm not sure what it is in processed stuff that makes me want to binge, whether it's the wheat, the msg, or whatever, but for me, binging is most definitely a physical reaction to something.

Scary how messing with our food system has created so many problems for people, and yet we blame the people who have become sick. Of course people eat food that is bad for them, and they know it's bad for them, but even making "healthy" choices brings on problems. I was a fat, binge eating vegan. When I was raw vegan, I lost a ton of weight, but now I think that may have been from elminiating processed foods, not eating raw.