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Food Junkies Podcast Episode 48: Dr. Andrea Grayson

Andrea Grayson

Andrea Grayson

Dr. Andrea Grayson is accomplished in numerous fields, including video production, marketing strategy, program development, and community engagement, and also conducts primary research and program evaluations. A life-long pursuer of health, wellness, and spirituality, she now has two primary areas of focus: empowering and inspiring healthy lifestyle changes through writing, talks, workshops, and online courses; and, pursuing policy solutions to create greater health equity.

Dr. Grayson has a background in news, education, and advertising/corporate media production, and is the co-founder of the production company It’s a Fine Mess! Productions. Her video productions have received national attention, including a 2015 Silver Award from the Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts.

Through presentations, workshops, and courses, Dr. Grayson provides information and inspiration for people to advance their health and fitness. Her current start-up is Breaking Free from Sugar, a one-month journey to reclaim your health for good.

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/foodjunkies/48_episode.mp3

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Food Junkies Podcast Episode 47: Dr. Eric Westman

Dr. Eric Westman

Dr. Eric Westman

Dr. Westman is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Duke University. He is Board Certified in Obesity Medicine and Internal Medicine and founded the Duke Keto Medicine Clinic with Dr. William S. Yancy Jr. in 2006 after 8 years of clinical research regarding low carbohydrate ketogenic diets.

He is Past-President and Master Fellow of the Obesity Medicine Association and Fellow of The Obesity Society. He is an editor of the textbook: Obesity: Evaluation & Treatment Essentials, and author of the New York Times Bestseller: The New Atkins for a New You, Cholesterol Clarity, and Keto Clarity. He is co-founder of Adapt Your Life, an education and product company based on low carbohydrate concepts.

He is the course coordinator for MED415c, a Fourth-Year Medical Student Elective on the Medical Management of Obesity, and a faculty member of the Duke Clinical Research Training Program.

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Food Junkies Podcast Episode 46: Robb Wolf

Food Junkies Podcast Guest Robb Wolf

Food Junkies Podcast Guest Robb WolfRobb Wolf is a former research biochemist and 2X New York Times/Wall Street Journal Best-selling author of The Paleo Solution and Wired to Eat. He and co-author Diana Rodgers recently released their book, Sacred Cow, which explains why well-raised meat is good for us and good for the planet. Robb has transformed the lives of hundreds of thousands of people around the world via his top-ranked iTunes podcast, books, and seminars. He’s known for his direct approach and ability to distill and synthesize information to make the complicated stuff easier to understand.

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/foodjunkies/46_episode.mp3

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Food Junkies Podcast Episode 45: Dr. David Unwin

Dr. David Unwin, MD

Dr. David Unwin, MD

Dr. David Unwin, MD, is an award-winning general practitioner (or family doctor) known for pioneering the low-carb approach in the UK. Through the years, Dr. Unwin has been highly recognized for his work within his field.

Dr. Unwin was made a UK Royal College of General Practitioners expert clinical advisor in 2015 for his dedicated efforts within the areas of patient communication and type 2 diabetes.

Dr. Unwin has also written several peer-reviewed papers to strengthen the science behind low-carb diets.

Dr. Unwin’s work has been covered by BBC, New Scientist, Daily Mail, and The British Medical Journal.

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Food Junkies Podcast Episode 44: Jonno Proudfoot

Jonno Proudfoot

Jonno ProudfootWell-known South African Chef, Jonno Proudfoot, trained and worked in a five-times rated Top 10 restaurant and spent time at a variety of food and wine establishments before finding his passion in Paleo and LCHF (low carb/high fat) cookery. He is co-author of the wildly successful book The Real Meal Revolution as well as Superfood for super children and The Real Meal Revolution Low Carb cooking.

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/foodjunkies/44_episode.mp3

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Food Junkies Podcast Episode 43: Cynthia Myers-Morrison

Cynthia Myers-Morrison

Cynthia J. Myers-Morrison, Ed.D. served as an educator for one of her careers: including the English Specialist position for all of Los Angeles Unified School District 7-12 schools as well as teaching and administrative positions for 17 and 10 years respectively. Her dedication to lifelong learning and attaining and maintaining freedom from addictions (alcohol, drugs, nicotine, sex, grains, sugar, codependency, cluttering, and workaholism) led her to Food Addiction Institute. As Co-chair with David Avram Wolfe for the webinars and in her work as Vice-Chair of FAI, she strives to support individuals, families, legislators, and educators in changing responses to food addiction.

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Food Junkies Podcast Episode 42: Mark Farley

Mark Farley

Mark FarleyMark Farley has been active in the recovery fellowships for almost 30 years. Mark found his Spiritual connection and his sobriety through the Salvation Army ARC program in 1991. They helped him to get back on his feet and begin putting his life back together. Mark wound up going back to school to get his Drug and Alcohol Counseling Certificates and went through the Salvation Army’s Adjutant program to earn a Pastoral certification. He worked at the Salvation Army for 3 years running their Drug and Alcohol Rehab program and managing the homeless shelter in Sacramento California. Mark has a passion for helping others to overcome their addictions and afflictions as well as working with the homeless.

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/foodjunkies/42_episode.mp3

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Food Junkies Podcast Episode 41: Dr. Anna Lembke

Dr. Anna Lembke

Dr. Anna LembkeAnna Lembke is medical director of Stanford Addiction Medicine, program director for the Stanford Addiction Medicine Fellowship, and chief of the Stanford Addiction Medicine Dual Diagnosis Clinic. A clinician scholar, she is a professor of psychiatry at Stanford and has published more than a hundred peer-reviewed papers, book chapters, and commentaries. She sits on the board of several state and national addiction-focused organizations, has testified before various committees in the United States House of Representatives and Senate, keeps an active speaking calendar, and maintains a thriving clinical practice.

Today we talk to Anna about Food Addiction. She not only believes in Food Addiction she feels that in our modern day scientifically hijacked, excessively accessible food world that it is likely EVERYONE has a disordered relationship with eating and food. How could we not?? She believes these foods are drugs and she validated the withdrawal and detox that comes with removing these foods and choosing to abstain from them when we start to seek Food Addiction recovery.

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Food Junkies Podcast Episode 40: Dan DeFigio

Dan DeFigioDan DeFigio is a well-known nutrition expert who has been featured on CNN’s Fit Nation, The Dr. Phil Show, SELF Magazine, Readers Digest, Weight Watchers, Shape Magazine, and a host of other media outlets. Dan is the author of multiple books, including the bestselling Beating Sugar Addiction For Dummies.

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Food Junkies Podcast Episode 39: Natalia Staniszewska

Natalia Staniszewska (@binge.proof.brain)

Natalia Staniszewska (@binge.proof.brain)Natalia Staniszewska is an MSc of Neuroscience and a nutritionist originally from Poland, currently living in the Netherlands. She is on a mission to help people overcome their struggles with food by utilizing principles of neuroplasticity and mind management techniques. In her work, she combines the knowledge of neuroscience with a holistic approach to create a personalized approach for her clients who come to her struggling with binge eating, overeating, emotional eating, and yo-yo dieting.

In This Episode

  • Natalia gives talks about her journey with food and eating
  • How her personal journey plays into her professional journey
  • Who her clients are
  • How she uses her knowledge of neuroscience to inform how she works with clients
  • How she determines Binge Eating, Overeating, Food Addiction, and Emotional Eating
  • The different kinds of overeaters
  • Breaking up with diet culture
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Food Junkies Podcast Episode 38: Dr. Goran & Dr. Avena

Food Junkies Podcast Episode 38: Dr. Michael Goran and Dr. Nicole Avena (Encore)

Episode 38: Dr. Michael Goran and Dr. Nicole Avena (Encore)

Dr. Michael Goran is a childhood nutritional expert. He works as a Professor of Pediatrics in the Keck School of Medicine at the U of Southern California. He is the program chair for Diabetes and Obesity at the Saban Research Institute and he holds the Atkins Endowed Chair in Childhood Obesity and Diabetes. He has worked for more than 30 years covering research areas such as Maternal-Infant nutrition, how the developmental programming of obesity occurs, and the ethnic disparities in obesity and obesity-related diseases.

Dr. Nicole Avena is a research neuroscientist, author, and expert in the fields of nutrition, diet, and addiction. She received a Ph.D. in Neuroscience and Psychology from Princeton University, followed by a post-doctoral fellowship in molecular biology at the Rockefeller University in New York City.

She regularly appears on TV and radio and speaks at universities, government agencies, schools about her research on food, addiction, and nutrition throughout the life span. As a mother of a 10-year-old daughter, she has a keen interest in the nutritional needs of infants and toddlers.

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Food Junkies Podcast EP37: Sandra Elia

Sandra Elia

Sandra EliaSandra Elia is a Certified Food Addiction Counselor and a pioneer in the field of addictive eating. Her expertise has brought about partnerships with Canada’s top obesity and addiction doctors. Her Food Addiction Recovery Program has yielded tremendous success. Clients report improved health, improved sense of well-being, most importantly, changing their relationship with food.

Sandra runs an outpatient Food Addiction Recovery Program in medical weight management clinics across Canada. She co-created Canada’s first 28-day residential treatment program for food addiction at Renascent Addiction Rehab Centre in Toronto. Sandra is dedicated to changing the conversation so that anyone living with Food Addiction has access to treatment that is steeped with dignity, respect, and understanding.

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