Bearly Healthy Info Page

19/05/2024

Can you fix mental health with food? Panel discussion at Public Health Collaboration Conference. The evidence suggests a big yes! Nutritional Psychiatrist on the panel successfully working with diet to improve Depression, Anxiety and even Bipolar conditions.

24/01/2022

24/01/2022

01/03/2020

This is interesting

Striking findings contained in new study may broaden appreciation of unique stressors faced by gay and bisexual men

19/02/2020

Currently reading the Diet Delusion by Gary Taubes.
He makes an overwhelming case for the primary cause of Obesity as being a Hormonal Regulatory Disorder. He has based his hypothesis on 200 years of published research and extensive interviews with researchers into Obesity. I'm planning to do a short video explaining more about what I've found out trying to get myself BEARLY INFORMED about the mechanics of weight loss.

13/02/2020

Here's an interesting piece of research conducted with Bears in America looking specifically at Health and Stigma in the Bear community.
It explores the impact of stigma from a young age in regard to weight and emerging awareness of sexuality and follows it through into the body acceptance (or not) of the Bear community.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/279170365_Bearing_Bodies_Physical_Activity_Obesity_Stigma_and_Sexuality_in_the_Bear_Community

13/02/2020

Here is what started me thinking that maybe the Bear community needed to explore Bear Health issues and the response/attitude of health professionals.

Bears are a sub-group of gay men who are generally identified by their larger body size, and facial and body hair which connects them to community and with sexual partners. In the medical clinic,...

12/02/2020

I'm starting this page as a way of exploring the emerging health needs of the Bear Community. My doctor used to say that I was BARELY healthy because of my weight and my type 2 diabetes. I thought that if I lost weight i'd no longer be a bear, no longer be attractive to guys in the community. Turns out I was wrong. I managed to 'reverse' my diabetes. I did lose some weight but I'm very definitely bear shaped. I would have loved to have been able to discuss/share/support other guys like me going through the "You're fat, lose weight!" directives from health care professionals. There's clear research that stress and anxiety from those sort of messages have a huge negative impact on our mental and physical health. I hope, through this group we can find ways to support each other in our own journeys towards being BEARLY HEALTHY

Interested? get in touch.
Gerard