Putting it all together, there are essentially three ways to go about learning how to become a food addiction counselor. You may have to be creative and will certainly need to be persistent in your pursuit, but as the science begins to catch up with the disease and more medical … [Read more...] about Training Programs for Food Addiction Counselling Part 2
Food Addiction: the Hidden Saboteur of Workplace Productivity
Dr. Tarman recently wrote an article for the Journal of the Ontario Occupational Health Nurses Association (Spring 2016 edition).
Employers lose billions of dollars each year when … [Read more...] about Food Addiction: the Hidden Saboteur of Workplace Productivity
Part I: 12 Steps To Beat The Odds, Abstinent Food Plans
Talk about discouraging.
An online article about a study published last month by the American Journal of Health carried this disheartening headline: “[Read more...] about Part I: 12 Steps To Beat The Odds, Abstinent Food Plans
Part II: 12 Steps To Beat The Odds, Abstinent Food Plans
Beating the odds to loose and keep the weight off is pretty challenging. Commercial and professional diet programs are helpful in the short-term, but long-term results are dismal. The reason? The addictive … [Read more...] about Part II: 12 Steps To Beat The Odds, Abstinent Food Plans
Struggling With Food
I have an amazing new trainer at my gym. She is helping me with balance, flexibility & strength. Her knowledge of of the musculoskeletal system, how muscles work, how one muscle can affect another & how small alterations in the way I do an exercise can make a … [Read more...] about Struggling With Food
What to do for the food addicts who need help now?
When Phil Werdell, director of Acorn Food Addiction Institute, knocked on the door of the DSM-V committee to propose that food addiction be included as bona fide psychiatric diagnosis, he was turned away. … [Read more...] about What to do for the food addicts who need help now?
What the Research About Food Addiction Says
How can people possibly recover from food “addiction” given that they have to eat? This is one of the major points of contention used to invalidate food addiction as a disease. Food addicts are … [Read more...] about What the Research About Food Addiction Says
You Know You’re A Food Addict When …
When you’re at work early one Tuesday morning and you hear your boss place an order for a couple of dozen chocolate croissants to pick up and bring to the office the following morning.
Let me explain.
We have this tradition in our office that anytime someone is going away on … [Read more...] about You Know You’re A Food Addict When …
My Own Story
I saddened myself when I saw a T.V. commercial recently that is currently airing. A middle aged man uses his cell phone to tell his wife that he is on his way home & just can’t wait to get there. He steps through the door. In anticipation, his wife is waiting for him, arms out, eyes closed, … [Read more...] about My Own Story
Exclusive interview with Dr Vera Tarman
Stacey Chillemi: What inspired you to write your book?
Vera Tarman, MD: My own personal experience with food addiction has fueled this book. In the past, whenever I got control of my eating, I would get persuaded to ‘have just a bite’ of something, which would derail me back to … [Read more...] about Exclusive interview with Dr Vera Tarman
Vyvanse and Addiction
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has just approved Vyvanse (lisdexamfetamine dimesylate) — a drug that’s traditionally used for … [Read more...] about Vyvanse and Addiction
Addicted to food – Maclean’s
"Addicted to Food, A Memoir" by Vera Tarman, Macleans, January 11 2015
'Like many university students, I had an obsession with weight and food. Today, as a … [Read more...] about Addicted to food – Maclean’s
