Eating, habituated

Vitamin C occurs as L-ascorbic acid and dihydroascorbic acid in fruits, vegetables and potatoes, as well as in processed foods to which it has been added as an antioxidant. The only wholly undisputed function of vitamin C is the prevention of scurvy. Although this is the physiological rationale for the currently recommended intake levels, there is growing evidence that vitamin C may provide additional protective effects against other diseases including cancer, and the recommended dietary allowance (RDA) may be increased in the near future. Scurvy develops in adults whose habitual intake of vitamin C falls below 1 mg/d, and under experimental conditions 10 mg/d is sufficient to prevent or alleviate symptoms (Bartley et al., 1953). The RDA is 60 mg per day in the USA, but plasma levels of ascorbate do not achieve saturation until daily intakes reach around 100 mg (Bates et al., 1979). Most of the ascorbate in human diets is derived from natural sources, and consumers who eat five portions, or about 400-500 g, of fruits and vegetables per day could obtain as much as 200 mg of ascorbate. 

Hicks RA, Rozette E. Habitual sleep duration and eating disorders in college students. Percept Mot Skills 1986 62 209-210. 

Functions (Interpers onal Intrapersonal) Risk safety Eating food Control Self-esteem Reinforce identity New places New people Autonomy Assert independence Validation of beliefs Emotional regulation Habitual cognilive/emolional appraisal mechanisms 1 Habitual response patterns (physiological, emotional, behavioural) 1 Longterm psychological impact ... 

Psittacids are mostly vegetarian birds. Many species are frugivorous, eating fruit as the major component of their diet. Others also eat seeds, buds, and other plant matter. A few species also eat insects, and the kea (Nestor notabilis) of New Zealand is known to eat sheep carrion. (This has led to erroneous beliefs that the kea also kills healthy sheep. The kea may, however, finish off sheep that are virtually dead.) Most species of psittacids will habitually hold their food in their feet as they eat. The beak is used to crack seeds and nuts-captive individuals of hyacinthine macaws (Probosciger aterrimus) are even able to crack the hard shell of Brazil nuts. 

The sight of these people and their unconventional clothes and behavior unsettled Ibn al-Baytar, and he voiced his opinion in his diary. "People [i.e. the Sufis] who use it [hashish] habitually have proved its pernicious effect," he writes, for "it enfeebles their minds by carrying to them maniac affections, sometimes it even causes death." Ibn al-Baytar then adds "I recall having seen a time when men of the vilest class alone dared to eat it, still they did not like the name takers of hashish applied to them." This latter comment reflects the attitude of the upper-class Moslem s opinion of the Sufis and their use of hashish. It also shows, however, that by the twelfth century, the label "hashish user" had become so derogatory that even the Sufis were upset at being so taunted. 

People who habitually try to limit their calorie intake in order to lose weight ( restrained eaters ) display many of the features shown by the subjects in Keys experiments. They too are preoccupied with food-related matters (Polivy 1996). In addition, once restrained eaters break their diet, their self-control vanishes and their eating becomes uncoupled from energy needs it is disinhibited . In predisposed individuals, binge eating can also follow emotional distress. 

Try to eat a large raw salad daily. Eat cooked food, such as baked sweet potatoes, cooked millet, or steamed or sauteed salmon, as an accompaniment. Once you make this eating pattern habitual, it is actually quite simple. Alternatively, place salad ingredients on a sprouted-grain or brown rice tortilla to turn it into a delicious wrap. 

Addiction can be defined as a habitual form of behaviour. It need not be harmful. For example, one can be addicted to eating chocolate or watching television without suffering more than a bad case of toothache or a surplus of soap operas. 

Repetitive behavior, particularly in situations of stress, is understandable and will both identify and humanize your character. Excellent examples of habitual behavior include eating and greeting people in a particular manner a compulsive need for human contact, such as touching always mailing letters from the same postbox and always taking the same route to work. The key element here is that repetitive behavior, particularly with respect to everyday events, suggests the power of the emotions over the power of reason. 

Hunger is a physiological desire for food following a period of fasting. Appetite, on the other hand, is a learned or habitual response, which arises with the customary intervals of eating and may be influenced by numerous external and internal phenomena. Satiety is the opposite of hunger—a feeling of complete fulfillment of the desire for food. 

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