Clarissa sits down with Dr. Patel, a pediatrician and lifestyle medicine physician in Ontario, to talk about ultra-processed food, screens, and children's health. He shares three family case studies where kids improved markers like pre-diabetes, fatty liver, and … [Read more...] about Episode 296: Dr. Patel | Ultra-Processed Food, Screens & Kids’ Health – What Actually Works
Episode 295: Dr. Thomas Sambrook | Why We Eat When We’re Full – Food Cues & the Brain
Dr. Vera Tarman talks with Dr. Thomas Sambrook, a psychology lecturer at the University of East Anglia, about why the brain keeps responding to food cues after we are full. His research found that people still showed a strong reward signal to cues for a food they had … [Read more...] about Episode 295: Dr. Thomas Sambrook | Why We Eat When We’re Full – Food Cues & the Brain
Episode 294: Luis Mojica | Stimulants, Depressants & Balancers – A New Way to Understand Food Cravings
Luis Mojica, a somatic practitioner and nutritionist, explains how trauma and a dysregulated nervous system can sit underneath food cravings and binge eating. He shares his own history of using food to cope and introduces his framework of stimulants, depressants, and … [Read more...] about Episode 294: Luis Mojica | Stimulants, Depressants & Balancers – A New Way to Understand Food Cravings
Food Junkies Recovery Stories Episode 38: Felicia Sussman
Felicia joins CJ for an honest conversation about recovery and the complicated role food played throughout her life. For years food stayed tangled up in the recovery she was seeking, and she shares how she kept learning and found new ways to care for herself. The … [Read more...] about Food Junkies Recovery Stories Episode 38: Felicia Sussman
Episode 293: Clinician’s Corner | Shame, Shadow & the Parts We Don’t Show
Molly and Clarissa return for a Clinician's Corner on shadow work, exploring Carl Jung's idea of the parts of ourselves we learn to hide. They discuss how suppressed emotions and traits, including positive ones like joy and ambition, can drive compulsive eating and … [Read more...] about Episode 293: Clinician’s Corner | Shame, Shadow & the Parts We Don’t Show
Episode 292: Lucy Loch | Food Addiction in Older Adults – What New Research Reveals
Lucy Loch, a University of Michigan doctoral candidate who studies how addictive-like eating develops across a lifetime, joins the show to discuss new data on food addiction in older adults. Her National Poll on Healthy Aging study found that older women meet food … [Read more...] about Episode 292: Lucy Loch | Food Addiction in Older Adults – What New Research Reveals
Food Junkies Recovery Stories Episode 37: April Oscarson
CJ sits down with April Oscarson for a reflective conversation about recovery. April brings a calm, introspective perspective on healing, growth, and who we are becoming, and the discussion leans toward meaningful questions over quick answers. It is a quieter, more … [Read more...] about Food Junkies Recovery Stories Episode 37: April Oscarson
Episode 291: Dr. Matt Bernstein, MD | Metabolic Psychiatry, Ketosis, and Food Addiction
Psychiatrist Dr. Matt Bernstein, CEO of the metabolic psychiatry program Accord, discusses how brain energy metabolism — not just neurotransmitters — may underlie depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and even Alzheimer's risk decades before symptoms appear. He explains how ketogenic and … [Read more...] about Episode 291: Dr. Matt Bernstein, MD | Metabolic Psychiatry, Ketosis, and Food Addiction
Episode 290: Dr. Carolyn Dean | Magnesium, Yeast Overgrowth & Sugar Cravings
Physician and naturopath Dr. Carolyn Dean, author of "The Magnesium Miracle," explains how widespread magnesium deficiency may drive fatigue, brain fog, and cravings that don't resolve even with a "clean" diet. She connects magnesium status to candida/yeast overgrowth and sugar metabolism, and … [Read more...] about Episode 290: Dr. Carolyn Dean | Magnesium, Yeast Overgrowth & Sugar Cravings
Episode 289: Brian Baumal | Perfectionism, Shame, and Food Addiction Recovery
Registered psychotherapist Brian Baumal, who has over 14 years of food addiction recovery himself, discusses the moment an intense reaction to a piece of chocolate revealed the scale of his own food addiction. He and the hosts explore the difference between adaptive and toxic perfectionism, how … [Read more...] about Episode 289: Brian Baumal | Perfectionism, Shame, and Food Addiction Recovery
Episode 288: Susan Peirce Thompson, PhD — Six-Year Outcomes, GLP-1s & the Identity Shifts Behind Lasting Recovery
Cognitive psychologist Dr. Susan Peirce Thompson, founder of Bright Line Eating, discusses her 2025 study reporting six-year outcomes from an abstinence-based food addiction recovery program. She shares her own path from drug addiction to food addiction recovery, the honest story behind her book … [Read more...] about Episode 288: Susan Peirce Thompson, PhD — Six-Year Outcomes, GLP-1s & the Identity Shifts Behind Lasting Recovery
Episode 287: Dr. Jason Fung | Is Fasting Safe for the Food Addict?
Nephrologist and bestselling author Dr. Jason Fung explores whether fasting is safe for people in food addiction recovery, challenging the calorie-centric model of obesity in favor of a hormonal one. He breaks down homeostatic, hedonic, and conditioned hunger, warns against using fasting as … [Read more...] about Episode 287: Dr. Jason Fung | Is Fasting Safe for the Food Addict?
