You’ve realized that diets don’t work for binge eating, compulsive overeating, food addiction or emotional eating. You’ve been on a lot of diets and even though you lose weight, it doesn’t last. After many diets, you’ve come to the conclusion that there’s more to your food and body image issues than a diet can fix. You feel good about this insight. You may even be working towards taking steps to make peace with food and

Most eating disorders, including binge eating disorder, food addiction and emotional eating occur in women during their reproductive years. It’s not unusual for someone with an eating disorder to also be pregnant or for relapse of an eating disorder to occur during or after a pregnancy. My guest will discuss some of the issues related to nutrition that occur when eating disorder like binge eating disorder, food addiction and emotional eating occur in pregnancy. In

My guest, Rachael Hartley and I will discuss how to change your relationship with food from one of eating only to lose weight to do what she calls “gentle eating.”  She discusses her approach to gentle nutrition and intuitive eating.  Rachael also talks about how trauma can impact intuitive eating and what to do about that.  On this show you will learn: 1. What are some of the psychological effects of dieting? 2. What is

There’s been a lot of talk about whether foods can be addictive or not.  In truth, there are a group of foods, called “ultra-processed industrial formulations” that have been engineered in the nutrition lab and that contain high amounts of fats, sugar and salt.  These foods can lead to eating behaviors that are addictive.  Studies show that 50% of the American diet consists of these ultra-processed food-like substances and that these foods are a cause