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Mindfulness meditation (also called “right mindfulness”) is a meditation on consciousness vigilant of your thoughts, actions and motives, in order to cultivate your attention the moment. This type of meditation is essential in Buddhism where mindfulness is essential for spiritual awakening.

Various studies have already suggested in the past that mindfulness meditation can help reduce stress, anxiety, depression and hypertension. Now a new study concludes that the practice of mindfulness meditation can also help reduce binge eating and increased sense of control while eating.

Recall that bulimia is an eating disorder that involves episodes of compulsive consumerism sometimes followed by purging, fasting or overly intense sports sessions (to compensate psychologically).

> About the study
The U.S. study was published in the journal Health Psychology. She has analyzed the effectiveness of a program of mindfulness meditation that lasted six weeks on bulimics. U.S. researchers analyzed 18 obese women suffering from bulimia. These women were obese exercises standards mindfulness meditation in relation to food consumption, under the supervision of researchers.

The researchers were within range of data on participants with bulimia, particularly to establish the scale followed by Herzog for bulimia, and respond to the questionnaire / score of depression and anxiety Beck. The 18 bulimic participants were evaluated 5 times: 3 weeks before the start of the study at the end of the first week of the third week and sixth week during the study, three weeks after the end of the study .

> The results of the study
The researchers found that binge eating have declined in frequency and severity. Participants with bulimia have also improved their sense of control of food consumption. Binge eating was increased from 4 to 2 per week. The researchers also found that scores of Herzog and Beck declined significantly.

> What must be learned from the study
“The results suggest that mindfulness meditation can be an effective component in the treatment of bulimia,” say the authors of the study.

This study is important because it suggests that therapy with mindfulness meditation can be an effective complement to conventional therapy for bulimia. Mindfulness Meditation in connection with the eating bulimic participants helped to improve the awareness of why they eat, which can help treat the negative trends in food consumption.