Not that I would recommend that folks look to sitcoms for addiction help, but this intervention of sorts from a recent Suburgatory resonated with me. Take a good hard look at yourself in the mirror. … You’re in a spiral, you’re in a downward spiral. This is an ugly side of you, but you don’t [...]
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Quote of the day
Posted in Food addiction, QOTD on January 29, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Your brain on [ porn | food ]
Posted in Brain & appetite, Food addiction on October 8, 2011 | 1 Comment »
[Yikes. This post has been in my draft queue since June. I'm going to go ahead and post this as is for now. More TBD!] Via a Matt Stone post, I came across this fascinating video series on internet porn addiction. There are two things that are great about it: first, it’s extremely well produced [...]
All or nothing?
Posted in Food addiction, Weight loss on September 30, 2011 | 5 Comments »
One of the posts in my queue has been my take on the concept of food addiction. This is not that post. But I saw this in my reader yesterday and just wanted to tease up a bit of the subject. Emily Boller writes, re “cheating” vs following diets 100%: It’s much easier and simpler [...]
About willpower
Posted in Food addiction, Weight loss on September 5, 2011 | 2 Comments »
I’m a Steven Pinker fan, so was happy to read his recent review of the book Willpower for the NY Times. A few highlights (emphasis mine): What is this mysterious thing called self-control? When we fight an urge, it feels like a strenuous effort, as if there were a homunculus in the head that physically [...]
The Sugar Trap – 1986
Posted in Food addiction, Macronutrients on August 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This is an amazing series of videos (thanks Tom Naughton’s commenter!). What really boggled my mind was that you could take all of these folks, plop them down 25 years later and all of their concerns re sugar hold up very, very well. [As an aside, I know I'm dating myself, but I totally remember [...]
Sugar on the Brain
Posted in Brain & appetite, Food addiction, Macronutrients on August 21, 2011 | 2 Comments »
From UCSF (home of Robert Lustig) comes this presentation by Kent Berridge (UMich) at the Sugar Highs and Lows COAST/UCOP Symposium this past March. His presentation looks at “how food pleasure is generated in the brain, the neural bases of wanting and liking, and how fear and stress relate to desire.” The content is pretty [...]
Finding your inner bombshell
Posted in Food addiction, Psychology on June 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Sorry for the lack of posts. I’ve recently been thru a bit of upheaval re the day job, and have my mid-terms for my nutrition program in a little over a week. Yikes! A couple of quick nuggets. First, thanks to commenter mem over on Stephan’s site for the link to the Obesity and Food [...]
Triggers
Posted in Brain & appetite, Food addiction, Psychology on June 1, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Made me laugh! Hat tip: New Me.
About ‘emotional’ eating
Posted in Brain & appetite, Food addiction, Psychology on May 15, 2011 | 15 Comments »
Earlier this month, John Briffa wrote an interesting post on his blog: Is ‘emotional eating’ always due to emotions? In my experience, many individuals who believe they have an ‘emotional eating’ problem appear to have nothing of the sort. How do I know this? Because, I’ve seen time and again that when an ‘emotional’ eater [...]
Our Western diet: Prescription for disaster?
Posted in Brain & appetite, Food addiction on April 21, 2011 | 7 Comments »
I was watching the lectures on essential fatty acids for my nutrition class last week, and learned something that for me was a major, Oprah-league, a ha! High levels of insulin (which you might have if you eat a traditional Western diet and have insulin resistance) increases delta-5 desaturase. So what? Well, it turns out [...]
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