I found this book to be very informative and motivational. Packed with informative information on how to prevent, treat, and overcome food addition including a … [Read more...] about Book review of Food Junkies!
Book: Review Food Junkies: The Truth About Food Addiction
Although my personal eating habits have improved greatly in the last 5-years it was not always like this for me. Actually for most of my life as I remember it my eating habits were terrible and I survived for … [Read more...] about Book: Review Food Junkies: The Truth About Food Addiction
Food Addiction: It’s Not An Eating Disorder
The Fix Q&A with Vera Tarman about her book Food Junkies: The Truth About Food Addiction.
“I drink pop all the time. It’s like I’m addicted to pop now,” I remember someone telling me after I got sober almost 10 years ago. She said that I, too, would start drinking soda … [Read more...] about Food Addiction: It’s Not An Eating Disorder
Epilogue: A Happy Ending, One Day at a Time
Food Junkies: The Truth about Food Addiction Printed in The Star under Health & Wellness "Epilogue: A Happy Ending, One Day at a Time In the spring of 2013, the struggle with food was back. Did I really think it had gone away? The impact was startling. I looked at the tablespoon … [Read more...] about Epilogue: A Happy Ending, One Day at a Time
Vera Tarman, MD, A Doctor Who Gets It By Jill Escher
Last year when I visited my local doctor for an annual physical, I could not help but notice that not only was he fairly fat, his young female receptionist likely exceeded 400 pounds. Though … [Read more...] about Vera Tarman, MD, A Doctor Who Gets It By Jill Escher
The Science Behind Food Addiction
Physical Craving and Food Addiction
Mark Cheren, Mary Foushi, Ester Helga Gudmundsdotter, Colleen Hillock, Marty Lerner, Michael Prager, Mary Rice, Louisa Walsh, Philip … [Read more...] about The Science Behind Food Addiction
Are We Dieting Ourselves Into Obesity?
How is it possible to diet and then actually gain more weight than you started with? Why does the Yoyo phenomenon of weight loss / weight gain inevitably kick in and sabotage our good intentions? Dr. Gary Taubes’ book Why We Get Fat and What to Do About It explains the physiology of why … [Read more...] about Are We Dieting Ourselves Into Obesity?
