The Fix Q&A with Vera Tarman about her book Food Junkies: The Truth About Food Addiction.
“I drink pop all the time. It’s like I’m addicted to pop now,” I remember someone telling me after I got sober almost 10 years ago. She said that I, too, would start drinking soda … [Read more...] about Food Addiction: It’s Not An Eating Disorder
Food Junkies: The Truth about Food Addiction Printed in The Star under Health & Wellness "Epilogue: A Happy Ending, One Day at a Time In the spring of 2013, the struggle with food was back. Did I really think it had gone away? The impact was startling. I looked at the tablespoon … [Read more...] about Epilogue: A Happy Ending, One Day at a Time
The stress we encounter each day affects how we feel, the decisions were going to be making, whether or not there’s going to be a problem or altercation with a spouse or family member, or if we’re going to meet our various obligations.
Obviously stress is going to have a huge affect on … [Read more...] about How Stress Affects Us and Our Addictions
Are people thinking about our addiction to alcohol? Or only about making more money and cheaper prices? When I was young and my life was hectic and full of adventure I can remember on many occasions venturing out to our local Brewers Retail Store. There was never a problem with access and I cannot … [Read more...] about Profits Before The Human Cost Of Addiction?
Several weeks ago, the C.D.C. (U.S. Centre for disease control) predicted that by 2020, 40% of the U.S. adult Caucasian population and 50 % of the adult black population will be afflicted with type 2 diabetes. In Canada, the predictions are equally as startling. By 2020, it is estimated that 4.2 … [Read more...] about Shocking Health Prediction
I remember the first time I ever saw a cell phone. I was working on a construction job in downtown Toronto around 1985. One of the men I was working with had a small business on the side and had purchased one to make calls during his breaks.
It was the size of a small lunch box, the phone … [Read more...] about Is Our Addiction To Cell Phones & Texting The New Killer On The Road?
William Banting’s story (no relation to the Banting of insulin fame) came across my desk this week. The 5’5” Mr. Banting, an Englishman, weighed in at over 200 lbs. His story resonated with me, when I read about his life long struggle with loosing weight, and his willingness to try the latest … [Read more...] about They Have Been Lying To Me!
Some time ago I came across a saying that stopped me in my tracks. It read - “Don’t give up what you want most for what you want right now”.
Admittedly, I’m a bit of a collector of inspirational material whether it’s quotes and posts I see on Facebook, blogs, in daily reader books, books … [Read more...] about Don’t Give Up What You Want Most For What You Want Right Now
A story by Amanda Mascarelli (The Washington Post) was featured July 14, 2014 (The Toronto Star) and talked about this new dieting craze and what effect it might have on our youth.
Anne Becker, a psychiatrist and eating disorder specialist at Harvard Medical School had never heard of this … [Read more...] about Could Thigh-Gap Be The Next Dieting Disaster?
In the fall of 2009 I was at my bottom. Not the first bottom I’ve had, you understand, but one of three that changed my life in monumental ways. Maybe a better way to say this – it was one of the three bottoms that forced me to change for real. I’m not talking about small, somewhat challenging … [Read more...] about The beginning of the end… hitting bottom with food!
As most people in the western world, I was led to believe by very reputable authorities, including doctors, nutritionists, The Canadian Department of Agriculture, the USDA, the National health Instituted, etc., etc., that if I ate less and exercised more, my weight problem would be solved. Well, … [Read more...] about Dieting Kept Me Fat
Food Junkies: The Truth About Food Addiction coming this November
Learn to tackle overeating, binge eating, bulimia, obesity, even anorexia.
Food Junkies tackles the complex, poorly understood issue of food addiction from the perspectives of a medical researcher and dozens of … [Read more...] about Food Junkies: The Truth About Food Addiction Now Available!
