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.
Food Junkies Summit ~ Frida Sandin
Food Junkies Summit Day 21!!
Frida Sandin is a HolisticAddictionMedicine (HAM) therapist, Behavioural scientist, and nutritional advisor. She is a sober addict with a big heart to help others relate and quit the drug.
Charlotte Schön Poulsen is an Alcohol & Drug therapist, Health coach and nutritional advisor, and passionate about dietary and behavioural effects on body and mind.
Together they are the core of LevaSockerfri (Sugarfreeliving). Since 2016, Frida and Charlotte work professionally with those who have addiction to sugar and/or other (processed) food substances.
The LevaSockerfri treatment program provides a holistic, solution-oriented, approach to addiction. It is all based upon the knowledge from great masters like Robert Lustig, Nicole Avena, Joan Ifland, Eric Braverman, Paul Earley, and not the least, Swedish Bitten Jonsson.
Charlotte and Frida work with food addiction through science and proven experience as defined in ASAM, using screening tools like UNCOPE and diagnostics through SUGAR(r).
Being a team enables Frida and Charlotte to work with groups and individual therapy, with a large variety of methods like ACT, MI, NLP, EFT, CRA, meditation, and mindfulness to mention some.
Charlotte and Frida believe in empowering you as an individual and our long-term treatment program is open for both English-, Danish- and Swedish-speaking food addicts.
Regain your power and reclaim your life! ~ Vera Ingrid Tarman
Food Junkies Summit ~ Dr. Jennifer Unwin BSc, MSc, DPsy, FBPsS
Food Junkies Summit Day 20!!
Dr. Jennifer Unwin BSc, MSc, DPsy, FBPsS is a consultant clinical health psychologist based in the United Kingdom.
She works with the NHS helping patients manage chronic illness and achieve wellbeing. She also works with her GP husband Dr. David Unwin helping patients stick to lifestyle changes. Together, they are consultants for Diet Doctor.
Dr. Unwin is a fellow of the British Psychological Society and a former chair of the UK Association for Solution Focused Practice.
Dr. Jen Unwin created the GRIN tool with physicians in mind.
Heidi Giaever started out in Chemical Engineering. Since then, she has studied Nutrition and Metabolic Therapies as well as Lifestyle Medicine and Sugar and Processed Food Addiction.
Heidi has an Advanced Diploma in Nutrition & Weight Management and is certified by the British Society of Lifestyle Medicine and the International Board of Lifestyle Medicine to practice Lifestyle Medicine. Heidi is also a Certified and Licensed Practitioner for the screening and diagnosis of Sugar and Processed Food Addictions and an X-Pert Diabetes coach and trainer. ~ Vera Ingrid Tarman
Food Junkies Summit ~ Judy Wolfe and Anna Fruehling
Food Junkies Summit Day 19!!
Judy Wolfe is a Certified Food Addiction Counselor and Sugar Certified/Licensed.
Anna Fruehling is Primal Health Certified, KETO/Carnivore Certified, and Sugar Certified/Licensed.
Both are SUGARx Global co-founders and coaches.
Food Junkies Summit ~ Amanda Leith
Food Junkies Summit Day 18!!
Amanda Leith launched SHiFT – Recovery by Acorn in the Spring of 2019, opening an exciting new chapter in the 25-year legacy of Acorn Food Dependency Recovery Services. A member of the Acorn team since 2015, Amanda is an addictions counselor and a recovering food addict.
Amanda’s passion for recovery from food addiction helps to produce life-changing results with her clients. Her sharp sense of what needs to be addressed first in an individual’s life in order to overcome food addiction guides her practice. The message that she brings to those struggling is one of hope.
Amanda is an addiction counselor, a certified food addiction counselor, FAI/ACORN certified food addiction professional, and CENAPS-trained Advanced Relapse Prevention Specialist (ARPS), with a background in drug and alcohol addiction counseling and group facilitation. She sits on the board of directors for the Food Addiction Institute.
Food Junkies Summit ~ Tony Vassallo!
Food Junkies Summit Day 17!!
Tony is a Man on a Nutrition Mission; Founder of MODA Nutrition, he has a passion for helping others achieve healthy, sustained weight loss by using his famous mantra JERF ~ Just Eat Real Food.
Tony has an inspiring recovery journey with Food Addiction. At one point in his life, he experienced a multitude of metabolic issues such as Type II diabetes, hypertension, gout, acid reflux, sleep apnea, constant joint pain. In 2010, he began his life-changing journey of losing 130 pounds and has successfully maintained his weight loss.
Garlic Broccoli with Steak
Roasted Sweet Potato
Food Junkies Summit ~ David A Wiss!
Food Junkies Summit Day 16!!!
In 2012, David founded Nutrition in Recovery and developed a detailed curriculum that provides specialized nutrition services to individuals and treatment centers. He has contributed to numerous peer-reviewed journal articles and works closely with individuals to help them revolutionize their relationship with food. David is a nationally recognized expert in nutrition for addiction and is currently working on his Ph.D. in Public Health from UCLA with research linking nutrition to mental health across the life course.
What we love about David’s message is that it focuses on bridging the Eating Disorder and Food Addiction “camps”. David views every person’s disordered eating behaviors on a spectrum and believes in professionally guided, individualized treatment specific to the client’s needs that are determined by a comprehensive intake and assessment. He believes in using food to rewire the brain and believes public policy change is absolutely necessary for a change in the food environment.
Visit David’s Website: www.nutritioninrecovery.com ~ Vera Ingrid Tarman
Food Junkies Summit ~ Nikki Glantz!
Food Junkies Summit Day 15!!
Nikki Glantz, RDN has served as the Milestones Eating Disorders Program dietitian for the past 19 years and has a diversified background in working with patients suffering from both eating disorders and related mental health issues. A graduate of The University of Florida’s Health Sciences Program, as well as, having an advanced degree from Florida International University with a specialty in Dietetics and Nutrition, Nikki provides an invaluable service to her clients and the patients at Milestones.
In addition to being the proud mother of three boys and married to her husband David since graduating college, Nikki is an active member of the South Florida community. She is highly regarded as the “go-to” person among family, friends, and especially her colleagues at Milestones. She also maintains a part-time private practice at the Milestones Cooper City Campus and serves as a consultant to local chemical dependency programs in the area. ~ Vera Ingrid Tarman
Food Junkies Summit ~ Joy Kiddie!
Food Junkies Summit Day 14!!
She is a member of Canadian Clinicians for Therapeutic Nutrition, a group of Canadian physicians and healthcare professionals that utilizes evidence-based dietary interventions to improve — and when possible, to reverse the symptoms of chronic, nutritionally related diseases.
Training and Credentials
- Registered Dietitian (RD)
- Bachelor of Science (Nutritional Sciences), McGill University
- Master of Science (Human Nutrition), University of British Columbia, 2008
- Bilingual (English, French), listed in the Réso Santé Colombie-Britannique
- Long-standing member Dietitians of Canada (DC)
- Member of Canadian Clinicians for Therapeutic Nutrition Published Researcher
Joy was the lead researcher on a clinical research study about the Dietary Intake and Nutrient Status of Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, that was published in the International Journal of Pediatrics in 2010.
Nutritional Status of Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A Pilot Study, June 2010, International Journal of Pediatrics 2010(2):767318 DOI: 10.1155/2010/767318
The paper has since been cited in almost 60 other publications. ~Vera Ingrid Tarman
Food Junkies Podcast Episode 42: Mark Farley
Mark 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.
Food Junkies Summit ~ David Wolfe!
Food Junkies Summit Day 13!!
Dave has been working as a Registered Dietitian (RD) since 2013. He started in hospital care, then became a Certified Nutrition Support Clinician to better support patients unable to eat by mouth. After moving, he began working in a bariatric clinic, addressing Weight Management, Emotional Eating, and Sugar Addiction.
Dave has been the consulting RD for Renascent, a drug, alcohol, and now food treatment program in Toronto for Canadian women since 2015.
He is a Board Member for The Food Addiction Institute (FAI) and serves as Co-Chair for its Webinar Committee, editing and managing bi-monthly food addiction webinars for the FAI YouTube Channel.
Graduating from the first class of the International School for Food Addiction Counseling and Treatment (INFACT), Dave became certified as a Food Addiction Counselor (FAC) through the Nordic-Baltic Regional Certification Board. He has studied under Phil Werdell M.A; Bitten Jonsson RN; Marty Lerner PhD; H. Theresa Wright MS, RD, LDN; Vera Tarman MD; and school founder, Esther Helga Guðmundsdóttir MSc. Dave is a co-founder of SUGARx Global. ~ Vera Ingrid Tarman
Food Junkies Summit ~ Chef AJ!
Food Junkies Summit Day 12!!
Chef AJ has been devoted to a plant-exclusive diet for over 43 years. She is the host of the television series Healthy Living with CHEF AJ which airs on Foody TV. A chef, culinary instructor, and professional speaker, she is the author of the popular book Unprocessed: How to Achieve Vibrant Health and Your Ideal Weight, which chronicles her journey from an obese junk-food vegan faced with a diagnosis of pre-cancerous polyps, to learning how to create foods that nourish and heal the body. Her latest bestselling book The Secrets to Ultimate Weight Loss: A Revolutionary Approach to Conquer Cravings, Overcome Food Addiction and Lose Weight Without Going Hungry has received glowing endorsement by many luminaries in the plant-based movement.
Chef AJ was the Executive Pastry Chef at Santé Restaurant in Los Angeles where she was famous for her sugar, oil, salt, and gluten-free desserts which use the fruit, the whole fruit, and nothing but the whole fruit. These recipes can be found in her upcoming book A Date With Dessert. She is the creator of the Ultimate Weight Loss Program, which has helped hundreds of people achieve the health and the body that they deserve, and is proud to say that her IQ is higher than her cholesterol. In 2018 she was inducted into the Vegetarian Hall of Fame.
- Learn more about Chef AJ at www.chefaj.com
