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Food Junkies Podcast Episode 45: Dr. David Unwin

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.

Food Junkies Summit ~ Clarissa Kennedy and Molly Painschab

Food Junkies Summit Day 31!!

Clarissa Kennedy is an Internationally Accredited Food Addiction Counsellor. She is a Social Worker, has an additional certification in Mental Health & Addictions, and is certified to perform the diagnostic assessment tool SUGAR®. Clarissa founded Reinvent Your Bliss Point (https://foodaddictionhelp.ca) in 2018 where she works with individuals based on a holistic approach to healing and maintaining recovery. She is passionate about her work in the field of Addiction and Mental Health and hopes to create real change in the field of Food Addiction. Clarissa struggled with Food Addiction her whole life and now has freedom with real food that she never believed was possible. She works with others to help them find this freedom too. “Food is not your enemy, diets are. When you begin to see food as medicine and learn practical strategies around eating, including the types of food to eat, it no longer controls your life it simply complements it.”
Molly Painschab, LCPC/LAC/FAC, is a mental health professional, addiction strategist, behavior specialist, and certified international food addiction counselor with experience coaching individuals and their family members through recovery management and relapse prevention. Her background in addiction treatment while working with individuals being supervised by the Department of Corrections, Child Protective Services, and other Court-Ordered situations inform her solution-focused and forward-thinking style. Molly is fueled by her belief that recovery is possible. She considers herself a ‘helper’, eager to encourage and support individuals and families on their journey to mental and emotional wellness. Her desire to see others succeed in life and determination to turn information into action has contributed to her most recent online Food Recovery Coaching (mpainschab.com), where she shepherds participants through addiction specific education, the processing of new information, and skill-building in support of, and outside, of the traditional 12 Step approach. Molly believes the only way to ensure everyone who needs help with food addiction gets the treatment they need, is to unify professionals in the field and push the APA and WHO to place diagnostic criteria in the DSM.

Food Junkies Summit ~ Zippi Spiro Livneh

Food Junkies Summit Day 30!!

Food Junkies Food Addiction Summit October 30th 2021Zippi has a bachelor’s in nursing and a Master of Business Admin from Haifa University. She became SUGAR® licensed last year and is an EU-certified food addiction counselor. With these credentials, as well as her personal experience as a food addict in 20 years of recovery, she has created the program GPS to Sugar Free©. She is also a proud executive board member of the Food Addiction Institute.

Food Junkies Podcast Episode 44: 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.

Food Junkies Summit ~ Andrea Ascione

Food Junkies Summit Day 28!!

Food Junkies Food Addiction Summit October 28th 2021Andrea Ascione has been in recovery since Jan 2018. She has her “International Food Addiction Training’ certificate (INFACT) and is pursuing more professional studies with Shift Recovery
Of special interest, Andrea has worked in the food industry for 37 years, much of that as a pastry chef.
Turns out she is also an aspiring writer, exploring the seductive underbelly of sugar. Be sure to listen to Andrea’s story of strength and hope! ~ Vera Ingrid Tarman

Food Junkies Summit ~ Marla Marcus

Food Junkies Summit Day 26!!

Food Junkies Food Addiction Summit October 26th 2021Marla Marcus is a lifelong food addict who professes that she would binge on drywall. At 52, Marla had the RNY procedure and believes without it she would not have found her way here. While she was pretty much a poster child for the surgery, 4 years out she knew that her problem was much bigger than what she put in her mouth. Marla says she literally had no off switch. On September 12, 2016, she walked through the doors of Renacent, and has not looked back. Her parting words after 21 days there were that she was never going to an OA meeting again because she was unique. Marla just celebrated 5 years of abstinence, attends OA and other 12 step food fellowships upwards of 7 days a week, has been a key contributor since the start of Sugar-Free for Life Support group, and is now working on learning what it means to live a life of recovery. Marla believes that without connection, 12 steps, like-minded fellows, and a higher power, she would be face down in the food. ~ Vera Ingrid Tarman

Food Junkies Summit ~ Sachir Ajlouni

Food Junkies Summit Day 25!!

Food Junkies Food Addiction Summit October 25th 2021Sachir Ajlouni, is an engineer turned business executive. Sachir is also a food addict who struggled with weight and food-related issues for over 30 years. Over that time, Sachir lost and gained a total of 1000 pounds.

For the last six years, Sachir has been in stable recovery, during which he has helped more than 400 individuals struggling with food addiction and weight matters.

Sachir joined Acorn’s Recovery Professional Training Program and got certified as a food addiction professional in 2018. He recently launched Aglon Recovery, a virtual recovery center set up with the intention of providing HOPE & a PATH to RECOVERY from food addiction and other eating disorders to those in need mainly in the MENA region. A Path to Wellness, a 3 stage program currently offered by Aglon Recovery, was developed by Sachir Ajlouni over the last 5 years and is geared to fit the middle eastern culture with its specific beliefs and idiosyncrasies. ~Vera Ingrid Tarman

Food Junkies Summit ~ Tony Vassallo!

Food Junkies Summit Day 24!!

Food Junkies Food Addiction Summit October 24th 2021Tony 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.

He is the founder of MODA Nutrition and he has a passion for helping others achieve healthy, sustained weight loss by using his famous mantra JERF: Just Eat Real Food.

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Food Junkies Summit ~ Molly Carmel

Food Junkies Summit Day 23!!

Food Junkies Food Addiction Summit October 23rd 2021Molly Carmel is an addiction and eating disorder therapist and the founder and treatment developer of Beacon by MC. She began her professional path after not being able to find a sustainable solution for her own food addiction. Molly has a bachelor’s degree in social work from Cornell University and a master’s in social work from Columbia University. She also has extensive training in Substance Use, Eating Disorders and is intensively trained in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy.

Molly has an unwavering passion for helping people break free from abusive relationships with Sugar, dieting, body obsession, and the like. It’s why she extended the realm of her training into the spirit – Molly is trained in Shamanism, Tibetian sound healing, breathwork, reiki, and intenSati and is a pretty rigorous meditator. ~Vera Ingrid Tarman

Food Junkies Summit ~ Dr. Eva Clemente and Dr. Raquel Delgado

Food Junkies Summit Day 22 !!

Dr. Eva Clemente Registered Doctor and Food Addiction Expert: 

Hello, I am Dr. Eva Clemente with over 20 years of experience working and living in London. I graduated in Madrid, Spain in 1997 and moved to the UK 23 years ago where I completed my postgraduate training. I have been treating people living with Diabetes and weight problems for over 12 years. During this time, I had grown frustrated with the traditional methods used to manage compulsive eating disorders and weight problems.

After many years looking for a solution, I found the Institute of Food Addiction in Iceland where I learned about the concept of food addiction and obtained my qualification as a Food Addiction Counsellor by the European Certification Board. Their successful holistic approach gave me the confidence to help my clients maintain a healthy weight, free of food cravings and obsessions.
Food addiction counseling together with my medical background gives me the perfect tools to support my clients on a life-changing journey.

Dr. Raquel Delgado Registered Doctor and Food Addiction Counsellor: 

Hi, I’m Dr. Raquel Delgado, as a General Practitioner (Family Physician Doctor) I was trained to believe that eating less and moving more was the answer. Yet in 15 years of clinical practice, I felt powerless to help patients with Type 2 diabetes, obesity, and other weight-related problems.

In 2016, I learned that low carbohydrate, ketogenic and intermittent fasting diets could help with weight loss and managing weight-related problems. But after an initially successful weight loss journey on these diets, many people were relapsing into eating fast food and high carb diets again.

In 2019, a friend mentioned that her overeating and obesity were due to sugar addiction. It made a lot of sense to me! Soon after I signed up for the Food Addiction Training by INFACT and became a Food Addiction Counsellor.

Now, I believe that to stop the endless vicious circle of dieting, binge eating, overeating, shame, and guilt we need to rule out an underlying food addiction.

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