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
Sugar: The Bitter Truth- March 24, 2011 – Dr. Robert Lustig
In a special event hosted by the County Office of Education on March 24, 2011, Dr. Robert Lustig, Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, in the Division of Endocrinology Director of the Weight Assessment for Teen and Child Health (WATCH) Program at UCSF, speaks about the role of sugar and the … [Read more...] about Sugar: The Bitter Truth- March 24, 2011 – Dr. Robert Lustig
My Name Is Ken, And I’m A Food Junkie
It has always been difficult for me to eat properly. Perhaps that’s because I really like to eat things that aren’t good for me. All kinds of things like cake, pie, chips, chocolate, candy, etc, etc, etc. And it’s always been like this for as long as I can remember.
What I used to really … [Read more...] about My Name Is Ken, And I’m A Food Junkie
Epilogue: A Happy Ending, One Day at a Time
Originally published in the Toronto Star 11/25/2014
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 of almond butter and felt a surge of warmth and excitement. After the third … [Read more...] about Epilogue: A Happy Ending, One Day at a Time
