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Food Junkies Podcast Episode 60: Darlene Lancer, JD, LMFT

Darlene Lancer, JD, LMFT is a licensed marriage and family therapist, specializing in relationships, narcissism, and codependency. In her private clinical practice, she has treated individuals and couples for over 30 years and coaches internationally. She’s a sought-after speaker at national conferences, in media, and to professional groups and institutions.

Darlene’s articles have been published widely in professional and popular periodicals. See her Kindle ebooks, “10 Steps to Self-Esteem – The Ultimate Guide to Stop Self-Criticism,” “How to Speak Your Mind – Become Assertive and Set Limits,” “Dealing with a Narcissist – 8 Steps to Raise Self-Esteem and Set Limits with Difficult People,” “I’m Not Perfect – I’m Only Human” – How to Beat Perfectionism,” “Spiritual Transformation in the Twelve Steps,” “Codependency Recovery Daily Reflections,” and “Freedom From Guilt and Blame – Finding Self-Forgiveness.”

Blogs and more information about her seminars and coaching packages are available on her website, www.whatiscodependency.com, where you can get a free report, “14 Tips for Letting Go” You can follow Darlene on Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, and on Twitter. Find her also on www.youtube.com, soundcloud.com, and Clyp.com.

Food Junkies Podcast Episode 59: Kathleen DesMaisons, Ph.D

Kathleen DesMaisons, Ph.D., revolutionized the field of chemical dependency treatment with her pioneering work in addictive nutrition. In her best-selling book, Potatoes Not Prozac, she coined the term “sugar sensitivity” to describe a common biochemical tendency towards addiction, depression, and obesity. Her dietary recommendations have offered simple solutions with profound results for people who have followed uncountable “diets” without long. Lasting success. Thousands of her readers regularly contribute to her exceptionally welcoming website, together creating a safe and supportive circle for sugar addicts seeking recovery. She lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Food Junkies Podcast Episode 58: Coach Mary Roberts

Mary Roberts spent the majority of her life battling sugar addiction and various stages of obesity. Through living a Ketogenic Lifestyle, she has overcome obesity and maintains control over her food addiction and her health. She is a recovering bulimic, compulsive overeater/binge eater and has over 6 years of food sobriety.

Mary is passionate about helping people navigate a ketogenic way of eating and overcoming their dysfunctional relationship with food. Keto literally saved her life and she wants other people to know they don’t have to suffer.

Mary has experience working with clients to overcome eating disorders such as binge eating disorder and bulimia. Several of her clients have reversed their Type 2 Diabetes, learned to manage their Type 1 without extreme highs and lows, managed their autoimmune diseases, overcame obesity, lowered their high cholesterol, lowered their high blood pressure, and overcoming their food/sugar addiction.

Food Junkies Podcast Episode 57: Dr. Ted Naiman

The long-awaited interview with Dr. Ted Naiman is finally ready for your listening ears! Don’t miss this conversation with Clarissa, Molly, and Dr. Naiman about protein and so much more!

Dr. Ted Naiman, MD is a board-certified Family Medicine physician in the Department of Primary Care at a leading major medical center in Seattle. His research and medical practice are focused on the practical implementation of diet and exercise for health optimization. He has an undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering and utilizes engineering principles when dealing with complex systems such as human health and nutrition.

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Food Junkies Podcast Episode 56: Dr. Alan Goldhamer

Dr. Alan Goldhamer is the founder of TrueNorth Health Center, a state-of-the-art facility that provides medical and chiropractic services, psychotherapy and counseling, as well as massage and body work. He is also director of the Center’s groundbreaking residential health education program. Articulate, inspiring and energetic, Dr. Goldhamer is one of the most pioneering and dedicated visionaries in health today.

An outspoken professional who doesn’t shy away from a spirited debate, he is deeply committed to helping people stuck in self-destructive cycles reclaim their ability to change their lives. Dr. Goldhamer has supervised the fasts of thousands of patients. Under his guidance, the Center has become one of the premier training facilities for doctors wishing to gain certification in the supervision of therapeutic fasting.

You asked for a Specialist in the Food Addiction space who relies exclusively on a whole-plant-based food diet and we heard you. In today’s episode, we bring you the fast-talking Dr. Alan Goldhamer. Along with fruits, vegetables, grains, nuts, and seeds he also advocates for a food plan FREE from added salt, oil, and sugar (SOS) as you will hear him refer to in the interview.

We thought it was important to discuss the vegan approach to Food Addiction Recovery because there are many in our community who eat this way too. What’s MOST important is that find what works for YOU and what is true for YOU.

What we learned in this interview is that these two food camps are not so far apart. They both aim to eliminate processed foods, sugars, and fake convenience foods. They just have different takes on sources of protein and the volume of food that needs to be consumed to maintain each lifestyle adequately.

You may have to pause, rewind and relisten to this episode as these two fire back and forth with nuggets of recovery information. Listen carefully to what Dr. Alan Goldhamer says about his water fast and realize that the people he does this with are inpatient and medically supervised not done on their own at home.

Food Junkies Podcast Episode 55: Coach Jessyca Reynolds

Jessyca Reynolds is a Certified Holistic Nutritionist and Life Coach who has over 10,000 hours of coaching experience in the last five years. Her own journey with overcoming food addiction, mental illness, and a lifelong eating disorder have enabled her to truly connect with others who struggle with similar issues and help them heal.

At age 41, Jessyca had all but given up on life. She was taking 17 pills a day for bulimia, bipolar disorder, anxiety, depression, chronic migraine, bladder disease, and other ailments. She spent every day completely consumed by food addiction and bingeing. She was 309 lbs, the highest weight of her life. Her high blood pressure put her at severe risk for stroke and heart attack.

Jessyca decided she had to change if she wanted to live. She was tired of missing out on life. She deserved better. Her family deserved better.

A drastic change in diet to a Ketogenic lifestyle was the beginning of her total transformation. She immediately discovered that her cravings and urge to binge were reduced. Within two months, her blood pressure returned to normal, and she had mental clarity for the first time ever. This real food, low carb diet allowed her to think clearly enough to work through her issues, and finally heal. Over the next year, she was able to get off the majority of her meds. She also lost 146 lbs and maintained it.

Jessyca has been in recovery from eating disorders and food addiction for more than five years. She is medication-free! Her personal transformation led her to dive deep into studying nutrition and wellness, so she could help others. She has completed many courses and received several diplomas and certifications including Holistic Nutrition, LCHF Nutrition, Nutrition, and The Immune System, Life Coaching, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Eating Disorders, Addiction Therapy, CBT for Depression, Anxiety, and Phobias. She is passionate about helping others achieve freedom in every area, so they can experience life fully as the best version of themselves.

Food Junkies Podcast Episode 54: Dr. Zoe Harcombe

Dr. Zoe Harcombe is a researcher, author, blogger, and public speaker in the field of diet and health. Her particular areas of interest and expertise are public health dietary guidelines (especially dietary fat), nutrition, and obesity.

Zoe has a BA and MA from Cambridge University (economics/maths) and in 2016, she was awarded a Ph.D. in public health nutrition. Zoe’s thesis title was “An examination of the randomized controlled trial and epidemiological evidence for the introduction of dietary fat recommendations in 1977 and 1983: A systematic review and meta-analysis.”

Food Junkies Podcast Episode 53: Recap with Vera, Clarissa & Molly

On todays episode Vera, Molly and Clarissa discuss our favorite takeaways from each guest from the 2nd half of the 1st season. This is your cheat sheet to go back if you missed an episode.

We have officially reached over 100,000 downloads and we want to thank each and every one of you for tuning in. We are overwhelmed by the response and so grateful for your listening support. You are our community and we recover together with you one meal at time!

Thank you for being a part of our family. Thank you for your recovery passion. Thank you for your trust. Thank you for your support. Thank you for your feedback and most importantly thank you for listening

Food Junkies Podcast Episode 52: Dr. Kim Dennis (Part 2)

PART 2 of this exciting conversation with Dr. Kim Dennis is available HERE. Clarissa and Molly had to have Dr. Dennis back for a second interview to finish getting ALL the questions answered!

In This Episode

Medications to treat Food Addiction
Pros/Cons for medication interventions
Conversations with medical providers
Professionals need to work together on these issues
Bariatric options

Hope for remission and solution for this disease
Will Food Addiction ever be acknowledged?
Will ED ever acknowledge FA is real?
What research is still needed?
Spirituality
Body Image

Food Junkies Podcast Episode 51: Dr. Kim Dennis (Part 1)

“Dr. Kim”, as she is known, has been treating addictions (substance, process, and food), mood disorders, eating disorders, PTSD, and personality disorders for more than a decade. In 2016 she co-founded SunCloud Health and currently serves as Chief Medical Officer and CEO.

Kim Dennis, MD, CEDS is a board-certified psychiatrist who specializes in treating addictions (substance, process, and food), eating disorders, and co-occurring disorders. She has helped thousands of remarkable people with their illnesses. Her knowledge of eating disorders and addiction isn’t just limited to her academic and clinical experience, having had her own personal experience as a woman in recovery from an eating disorder and alcoholism. Today, she can combine her personal journey with her medical training to help SunCloud Health patients become emotionally strong, responsible problem-solvers, who are inspired to create fulfilling lives for themselves. She believes in and maintains a holistic perspective in the practice of psychiatry, incorporating biological, psycho-social and spiritual approaches into the individually tailored treatment programs for each patient at SunCloud Health.

Food Junkies Podcast Episode 50: Vinnie Tortorich #2

In today’s episode, we have Fitness and weight loss expert Vinnie Tortorich. He is a businessman, podcaster, and author of the best-selling book “Fitness Confidential.” Vinnie promotes the dispels the widespread mistaken beliefs regarding weight loss and exercise. He advocates for a ‘No Sugar No Grains (NSNG) lifestyle, a Low-Carbohydrate way of eating. He has 35 years of experience in the fitness and weight loss industry and has helped hundreds of thousands of people around the world lose hundreds of thousands of unhealthy pounds in an easy and sustainable way.

In 2019, he co-created and starred in his documentary, FAT: A Documentary, directed by Peter Pardini, distributed by Gravitas Ventures. The documentary at one point topped the iTunes US charts for independent films and was featured highly on other lists, as well. He has recently released FAT: A Documentary 2 which we encourage all our listeners to check out! This sequel delves deeper into the lies and myths surrounding the age-old question: “What should I be eating?” Vinnie explores the latest scientific discoveries and unravels the myths that have been hampering our health. He is passionate about helping others take back their health through food!

Food Junkies Podcast Episode 49: Professor Tim Noakes

Dr. Tim Noakes is a South African scientist and an emeritus professor in the Division of Exercise Science and Sports Medicine at the University of Cape Town. He is also a member of the National Research Foundation (South Africa), which lists him as one of their highest-rated members.

He has run more than 70 marathons and ultramarathons and is the author of several books on exercise and diet. He is known for his work in sports science and for his support of a low-carbohydrate, high-fat (LCHF) diet, as set out in his books The Real Meal Revolution and Lore of Nutrition: Challenging Conventional Dietary Beliefs.

Noakes is an advocate of a low-carbohydrate, high-fat diet, often referred to in South Africa as the “Noakes” or “Banting” diet. Noakes has characterized mainstream dietary advice as “genocide”.

Noakes co-wrote the 2017 book Lore of Nutrition with journalist Marika Sboros. In it, Noakes describes his Damascene conversion to low-carbohydrate dieting, explores how the lipid hypothesis is the “biggest mistake in modern medicine” and details his struggles with the medical establishment.

Noakes has written several books detailing his research in sports science and nutrition. A selected bibliography is given below.