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Food Junkies Summit ~ Tony Vassallo

Food Junkies Summit Day 3 !!

Food Junkies Summit - Tony VassalloTony is a Man on a Nutrition Mission. 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.

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.

Two food preparation videos by Tony Vassallo for the Food Junkies Summit

Oat Parfait

Cauliflower Rice

Food Junkies Summit ~ Cynthia Myers-Morrison

Food Junkies Summit Day 2 !!

Food Junkies Summit - Cynthia Myers-MorrisonCynthia 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. Recovery is achievable and maintainable! Additional training in INFACT, IIN, Boston Trauma Center, and other credentialing support her in assisting those struggling with their relationships with food and others. Her interest in genealogy, genes, and Daughters of the American Revolution add depth and history to her current work in Food Addiction.

Food Junkies Summit ~ Kay Sheppard

Food Junkies Summit Day 1 !!

Food Junkies Summit Kay Sheppard, M.A., LMHCKay Sheppard, M.A., LMHC, is the best-selling author of Food Addiction: The Body Knows and From the First Bite.

Since beginning her own recovery in 1977, Sheppard has helped thousands of people live happy and healthy lives by following her comprehensive recovery program.

Find out how to eliminate cravings for sugar, carbohydrates, caffeine, and personal trigger foods by using her Recovery Food Plan; how to recognize the dangers in so-called “health” foods; how to overcome emotional barriers to recovery; how to find recovery buddies; how to recognize the warning signs of relapse; and how to incorporate the Twelve Steps into your life to stay motivated and achieve success.

She is a licensed mental health counselor who conducts workshops for food addicts worldwide.

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.

Food Junkies Podcast Episode 39: Natalia Staniszewska

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

Food Junkies Podcast Episode 38: Dr. Goran & Dr. Avena

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.

 

Food Junkies Podcast EP37: 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.

 

Food Junkies Podcast EP36: Mike Collins

Mike Collins (AKA Sugar -Free Man) HeadshotMichael Collins (AKA The Sugar-Free Man)

Michael Collins is a former sugar addict and takes this addiction very seriously. For the past 30 years he has not consumed sugar in any form – at least not intentionally. His interest in sugar addiction began in the early days of his recovery from substance use disorder. As he weaned himself off other substances he noticed that his relationship to, and his consumption of, sugar was beginning to resemble his other addictions. Curious and concerned, he started to talk about this with his recovery buddies. This led him to decide to quit sugar with the help of some amazing mentors. After many years of successfully starting, scaling, and selling online businesses, Michael decided that what really made him happy was helping people break their addictions of all kinds and come out the other side happier and healthier.

Food Junkies Podcast EP35: Dr. Georgia Ede

Dr. Georgia EdeDr. Georgia Ede, MD is a Harvard-trained, board-certified psychiatrist specializing in college mental health and nutritional psychiatry. She has 18 years of clinical experience in hospitals, community health centers, specialty clinics, and private practices, utilizing medications and psychotherapy to help adults of all ages. She served as a staff psychiatrist and nutrition consultant for seven years at Harvard University Health Services and for five years at Smith College in Western Massachusetts. In 2019, Dr. Ede established a new online video consultation service for individuals, families, and fellow clinicians to support people using special diets to treat psychiatric and other medical conditions. In addition to writing all of the content for her website, Dr. Ede is a regular contributor to Psychology Today and DietDoctor.com and speaks internationally about nutrition science and mental health.

Food Junkies Podcast EP34: Marion Nestle

Marion Nestle HeadshotMarion Nestle is Paulette Goddard Professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health, Emerita, at New York University, in the department she chaired from 1988-2003 and from which she retired in September 2017. 

She earned a Ph.D. in molecular biology and an M.P.H. in public health nutrition from the University of California, Berkeley. Previous faculty positions were at Brandeis University and the UCSF School of Medicine. From 1986-88, she was a senior nutrition policy advisor in the Department of Health and Human Services and editor of the 1988 Surgeon General’s Report on Nutrition and Health. Her research and writing examine scientific and socioeconomic influences on food choice and its consequences, emphasizing the role of food industry marketing.

Food Junkies Podcast Episode 33: Dr. Joan Kent

Dr. Joan KentJoan Kent is an ACE-Certified Health Consultant, with a Ph.D. in Psychoactive Nutrition (foods and brain chemistry) and a Master’s degree in exercise physiology. She specializes in ending sugar addiction and binge eating disorder and helping clients reverse Metabolic Syndrome – diabetes, insulin resistance, hypertension, heart disease, high triglycerides, high cholesterol, and more. Joan offers nutrition support to alleviate mood issues and inflammatory conditions, such as irritable bowel syndrome, MS, and CIDP. She has written two best-selling books, Stronger Than Sugar and The Sugar-Free Workout.

Food Junkies Podcast EP32: Siobhan Harris

Siobhan HarrisClarissa and Molly sat down with Siobhan to hear her personal story, how she works with clients with Sugar/Carb/Processed Food Addiction, and more!

Siobhan Harris is a Certified Integrative Nutrition Health Coach, Podcast Host of “Unsweetened Sio” and certified in The Emotion Code. Siobhan started her recovery from sugar addiction in January 2018 and now that she is free is dedicated to helping others get free too. She shares her journey, both its victories and its challenges, plus interviews other addicts in recovery, sugar addiction coaches and experts on her podcast. Most recently she became certified in The Emotion Code, a powerful method of finding and releasing trapped emotions in the body that are often at the root of many physical ailments, depression, anxiety and just plain old feeling stuck.

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