Recovered Food Addict Erin K. Reflects on Her Sugar-Coated Childhood
Erin K, recovered food addict. Episode 11: Food Addiction: The Problem and The Solution podcast: I Understand My Food Addiction is a Disease
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Esther Helga Gudmundsdottir
- Aug 15
- 2 min
Understanding the Opponent-Process Theory of Addiction With Dr. Nicole Avena
when people first start using an addictive substance, they get high when they use it, and then they have a mild low after the drug wears off
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Esther Helga Gudmundsdottir
- Aug 15
- 4 min
Dr. Nicole Avena Unpacks the Dependence-Like Relationship With Food & Diet Culture
"If you're struggling with food addiction, recovery is difficult because in the US, the food system is essentially setting us up to fail
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Food Addict
- Aug 10
- 2 min
Are All Ultra-Processed Foods Unhealthy?
Ultra-processing degrades the complex internal structure that influences the bio-availability of nutrients
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Food Addict
- Aug 4
- 3 min
Danger: Artificial Sweeteners in Kid's Foods
Potential dangers associated with use of artificial sweeteners in kids' foods and raises important questions about the long-term effects
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Esther Helga Gudmundsdottir
- Aug 3
- 2 min
Life Can Be Different: Sonja Shares a Message of Hope to Fellow Food Addicts
Sonja B. has been abstinent and sober from sugar, wheat, processed foods and compulsive food behaviors including volume eating
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Food Addict
- Jul 18
- 2 min
We Get To Learn A New Way Of Living
From personal struggle to transformative leadership: Amanda Leith's journey from food addiction to recovery inspires others to break free
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Food Addict
- Jul 15
- 3 min
Processed Foods: The American Addiction
Processed foods are designed to be convenient, cheap, and tasty, but they also have a dark side: they can be addictive and harmful
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Food Addict
- Jun 28
- 2 min
Children Are Targeted By Big Food Pushing Packaged Foods High in Sugar
A recent study focuses on the fact that packaged foods marketed to kids are significantly higher in sugar and lower in other nutrients...
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Esther Helga Gudmundsdottir
- Jun 25
- 2 min
Food Addiction Is On The Precipice Of Being Acknowledged As A Substance Use Disorder!
From Esther Helga Guðmundsdóttir
Food addiction is on the precipice of being acknowledged as a substance use disorder!
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Food Addict
- Jun 22
- 2 min
How to Break Free from Ultra-Processed Foods: An Interview with Dr Chris van Tulleken
Ultra-processed foods are those that contain ingredients that you wouldn't normally use in your kitchen, such as artificial flavours, colour
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Food Addict
- Jun 19
- 1 min
What Is Food Addiction?
Food addiction is a disease which causes loss of control over the ability to stop eating certain foods.
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Cindy Solomon
- Jun 15
- 5 min
Experts Agree: Sugar Might Be as Addictive as Cocaine
Experts believe that sugar can trigger the same reward and pleasure pathways in the brain as addictive substances like cocaine and heroin.
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Food Addict
- Jun 11
- 2 min
Food Addiction Symptoms Found in 1 Out Of 8 Americans Over 50 Years Of Age
A recent poll conducted by the University of Michigan found that one in eight Americans over 50 show signs of food addiction.
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Food Addict
- Jun 11
- 1 min
Food Addicts Are Victims of The Food Industry
Tricked Into Eating More: How The Food Industry Lies To You: video with Ashley Gearhardt
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Food Addict
- Jun 9
- 2 min
Food Addiction Is Not Understood
What if we consider the possibility that some people may have a food addiction, similar to how others may have an addiction to drugs, etc?
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Food Addict
- May 21
- 2 min
Food Addiction As A Substance Use Disorder Included at The American Psychiatric Association
Food Addiction As A Substance Use Disorder Included at The American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco
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Food Addict
- May 16
- 2 min
What happens to the brain in food addiction?
Food Addiction involves the same areas of the brain as drug addiction, and the same neurotransmitters that produce dopamine.
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Food Addict
- May 15
- 1 min
How is food addiction different?
Food addiction is a brain disease like alcoholism and drug addiction food addiction causes loss of control over the ability to stop...
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