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.
