Food Addiction? How to Break Free - Dr. Vera Tarman
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- People often say things like, “I'm addicted to chocolate” or “I can’t live without ice cream.” And sometimes it’s true. Modern food is processed, packaged and concentrated in ways that light up our dopamine and endorphin receptors just like drugs; and yes, psychological and physiological addictions are very common. If you’re addicted to cigarettes, the clear solution is to stop. That’s not easy, but at least the goal is clear. If you’re addicted to food, you have to learn to manage your addiction, and this is why it can be such a challenge to overcome. On this week’s podcast, you’ll meet a medical doctor and recovered food addict herself.
Learn
- How food addiction can affect people of normal weight too
- When have your food habits turned into an addiction?
- Sweet vs. savory, men vs. women, breaking the cycle
- Why cheat days are impossible for addicts
- How to quit some food, but eat freely with others
Dr Tarman’s Site - addictionsunplugged.com/
ABOUT OUR GUEST
Dr. Tarman is a food addiction expert, who writes, speaks and treats people who suffer from sugar addiction, food addiction, and who seek food recovery. She is the author of Food Junkies: The Truth About Food Addiction, and Food Junkies: Recovery from Food Addiction.
SOURCE: The Lucas Rockwood Show | Episode 498
I've been following the concept of moderation for years now and always coming back to binge eating and obesity. I KNOW moderation doesn't work for me, but people around me, my parents, even nutricionists and therapists have spoken against completely cutting sugar from my diet, telling me it would only make me crave more or feel like i'm missing out. But i'm 27 and went from 80 kgs to 130kgs twice now and it always starts with me losing control eventually after trying to moderate it. I can't moderate, it doesn't work for me, i have to completelly cut it from my life, there's no way,
Snap…I’m the same…I cut out sugar and flour from my diet for 3 year….my sister died and the first thing I did was turn to sugar comfort and for almost 4 years I’ve been binged on sugar…a little is not enough when your addicted to sugar …. Those 3 years where the happiest time of my life
That makes sense and I can certainly relate.
I feel you. All my life iv had a sugar addiction, just didn't know it. I have only lost weight when I have completely stopped it. The moment I sneak in a small bite.. I don't know when or how the rest happens and I regain all the weight and usually worse than from where I started. It's been a depressing journey. But now I think its quite clear. Its no sugar for life. No cheat days. I can't practice moderation in this one thing.
My story 🙋🏽♀️ can't moderate I've lost and gained 30kg twice trying to moderate!
Thank you for sharing your experience. My binging is what I cannot control. I've tried everything from changing diets to exercise, supplements, medications, therapy, and the only thing that suppresses my binging is Vyvanse. I don't have ADHD so it causes havoc in my focus. It has affected my job performance. I am desperate to find something else that does not have such serious side effects but... There seems to be none. I wish my share could be positive... Maybe some day. I wish you all the best.
This is confirming what I now suspect. I have had gut problems that have been developing for years! You can get away with eating masses of sugar year after year, but it will cause havoc eventually. I was able to quit sugar for months a few years ago and yes, it didn't take long, just a few weeks and the craving had gone. But I started eating a little chocolate, a little cake...etc etc... again and soon I was back to square one and have now had a wake up call in the form of a confirmed medical issue. The only solution is to stop eating refined sugar for ever! This issue has now unmistakenly revealed itself in the last three days and now I am watching this vlog!!! I haven't had refined sugar or Coffee - (another addiction of mine) since the medical examination I had on Wednesday. Today is Friday. Either I stop or I will cause irreversible damage to my digestive system, especially the gut and esophagus. I will do it!! I will hold out and Stop!! Thank you for this interesting and informative conversation. It is all oh so true!!
You can do it!
Fruit is a way bettet sweet anyway :)
Hi Susan - I find the same, sweet stuff makes me crave/eat more sweet stuff. Thanks for watching!
It's so fascinating to hear her distinguish between food addiction vs. eating disorders. That is critically important to discuss so that people can get the appropriate treatments for these things. Excellent interview. Thank you!
It's so helpful for Vera to describe the (food) addiction model. I gave up alcohol last year after years of 'problem drinking' and thankfully I've had no physiological cravings. What I've realised is that I'm definitely sugar/carb addicted and have reached the conclusion that for me, like alcohol, I need to completely avoid all sugar. Easier said than done but I started going 'cold turkey' yesterday. Wish me luck!
Glad you found it helpful!
I feel like you can have the sugar/food addiction in conjunction with the psychological aspects. I tend to use food as a coping mechanism for anxiety AND I have strong cravings for lots of trigger foods, especially refined sugar.
Good points, Courtney.
Yes I ate emotionally and still do but less frequently than before.
Thank you, Dr. Tarman. When I read that sugar feeds cancer cells, I quit that day, and that was 8 or 9 years ago. I don't miss it a bit. I didn't even miss it the first week. And I just got accepted to your Facebook group! Yay! I look forward to connecting with like-minded people because, right now, I'm the only one I know and people think I'm weird.
I'm 4 years eating clean. I like to watch State Fair food review videos in shock. I'm not triggered at all but I've got to admit a deep fried tennis shoe with cheese sauce for $20.00 looked pretty good, in these videos all the people walking around have their hands full of junk food. Man Thanks to videos like this I know I'm on the right track. took me 50 years to get here but I'm here. Healthy and Happy Finally......
Thank you very much for this interview. I believe that food addiction and any type of addiction really is a need for approval, there is something that is wanted by the emotional body that the physical body tries to fulfil by eating or by another type of compulsive behaviour. I believe it is part of the human journey and as we grow and evolve we discover more ways of being. There are not necessarily wrong, they are all experiential. And having that said, having a human experience in this incarnation I do appreciate the days that I eat, drink and behave without compulsion and can completely self-source. Much love.
Can you elebarote on this, like how to treat addiction. Would it work to create safety emotionally and energetically? And also i find it soooo hard to deal with stress poehh, I always go for food...
Overeating is also a part of eating disorders. Overeaters Anonymous brought hope to my life and made me realize I was dealing with a disease, but above all, that I wasn´t alone to face it.
Thanks for sharing your experience, you're right there is not enough awareness of OA .
Did it help? Did you stop over eating?
i've been making everything from scratch and it helps me so much with my eczema to understand what i'm putting inside my body and see what triggers it. it almost always happens when i eat refined sugar or anything from outside, literally fruit is sweet enough!
Thank you so much for this! I was aware of the connection between sugar and dopamine but all of the pieces fell into place with this podcast. Of course moderation won’t work 🤦🏼♀️I’ve been deluding myself for years.
Thanks for watching, Barbara!
I'm so glad this message is finally starting to get out there! For way too long I never heard this conversation anywhere! This spring I finally went no-contact with refined carbs, potatoes, corn, grains ... treating it like the addiction it is. No more listening to the "everything in moderation" comments. Life is so much better! Thank you for your work! I'll join the Facebook group!
I really needed to hear this. Thanks you for such a clarifying conversation.
Thank you for this interview! Great information
Excellent!Very helping!Thanks from France.Love
I do believe that food manufacturers are making food to stimulate the appetite center in the brain.
I'm on Ozempic, which reduces hunger and appetite. I noticed that if I eat Taco Bell, I experience an increase in my appetite right away in spite of the Ozempic.
That's really interesting, thanks for sharing your insight! Do you think its because of a spike in sugar levels as well that is causing the increase in appetite?
I’m not on ozempic, but I’ve noticed the same thing with Burger King and chocolate bars
Taco bell is disgusting
1st Time Here I'm saving this page. This is one of the best shows on You Tube Thank You. I'm still addicted to coffee w/ Flavored Creamers and sugar and it's been on my mind so Yes I'm still addicted wow I'm powerless over coffee.
Great interview! Thank u 💓
I juggled through the whole show, while I listened/watched it. My brain loves the combination! I really feel more motivated now to quit sugar. But on the other side there is this question I have like: how can the restriction actually work? I mean, for many ppl it only makes more binges. So how to overcome that?
Wow incredible talk, thank you so much!!!!!!
I beat a long cigarette addiction almost a year ago, and the occasional urge to smoke arises, but it is very easy to shut it down, so I feel I have it licked... no more smoking anything ever again. But, I did replace that hand to mouth with food, and now I need to quit the sugar. It really comes down to just quitting for that two week to one month period (the hard part) and then any time you get the urge simply remind yourself of all the bad that goes with falling back into the bad habits. So... ready to do this.
Congrats on kicking the cigarette habit, Don! You've got the determination to tackle sugar too. Take it day by day, and remind yourself of all the positives of staying away from it. You're ready for this.
- YOGABODY Team
Thank you.
I am a food addict. I bought a bag of frozen organic blueberries and a tub of sour cream. I couldn't stop eating it, Ate it all in 2/3 days. Some of us can't even eat blueberries
Consider seeking support to manage cravings. You're not alone in facing food addiction. At least you've been craving for something on the healthier side!
-YOGABODY Team
I am watching this while eating a chocolate bar that I have been craving for all day. I have been doing intermittent fasting because It has helped with my hashimotos for sure and given me much needed energy etc. however, trying to cut out the bread, eggs, cheese, and most of all sugar has been harder than anything. Once I eat some of these items than the craving for more starts in. If I intermittent fast and basically eat meat and vegetables, than I don’t start having bad craving until day three. If I eat the items that I’m not supposed to eat, I get restless leg syndrome, headaches, don’t sleep well, mood swings, brain fog, pains in my legs and feet, my skin looks horrible, heart palpitations, the list goes on. The only reason I am able to pinpoint these reactions is due to fasting and eating right. I love fasting because it has made me feel much better. I don’t however like the fact that I am so horribly addicted to this stuff.
Hi - thanks for sharing your experiences. Glad fasting is working for you, for me sometimes yes, sometimes no.
I was doing fasting but I would binge then fast to lose from the binge. It was a crazy cycle and now I’m not even fasting. I feel that I have binge eating disorder now and I don’t think I had it before fasting.
I have hashimotos and pmdd and I go thru the same thing with the same foods. Once I don’t eat those foods I feel better and pain in my body is less. Then I convince myself I will just indulge once and it creates a binge I feel I can’t escape and then I finally get out after days and weeks of trying . Feel stable and then deceide I can just have a bit and cycle has continued
Yess!! It reminds me of alcoholism which I also am a lucky recipient as well, and when I would drink one drink it would set the cravings in motion. Interesting stuff. Fasting does work indeed, however when I don't eat healthy foods then it does not. When I am not putting optimal fuel into my body then I suffer. It also will set me up for a binge when my body knows where the fast carbs and energy are. I am definitely addicted to sugar and other stuff. Very difficult to kick. Dr. Pradap Jamnadas is great to listen to as well as Dr. Berg. It took Dr. Berg many years to kick his habit. @@lindsaypeek63
Yes I usually cannot binge eat anymore due to the fasting. I used to have a problem with that. I tend to binge eat when I am eating products and not food. When I am putting quality organic veggies and grass fed meats into my body that I tend to eat less. It is just the initial cravings that happen after stopping the sugar that suck so bad. They tend to get less after a week. Once I put the sugar and other horrible processed foods in than it sets an ugly cycle in motion because that is what it was meant to do. Check out Dr. Pradap Jamnadas and Dr. Berg. They have helped me so much. Sometimes it takes years to kick an addiction. It will still be there but you have hit the bottom enough to know that you cannot beat it. This happened to me with my alcoholism. It took many many years to eventually stay quit and it also took a lot of help from others. Good luck to everyone on their journey!! @@YOGABODY.Official
Food addiction for me is the inability to stop eating more calories than my body needs on a consistent basis thereby gaining weight over time. That means I can gain weight without sugar. Also, I have found carbs make it much harder for me to keep below my caloric needs. Definitely in the food addiction camp as this has been the case since I used food to manage stress as a child.
Very good Video. Thanks!
Glad you liked the video, Chhatrapal!
-YOGABODY Team
A really interesting speaker 😃👏
You can listen to podcasts at www.yogabody.com/yoga-talk-show/
I know for a fact that I'm addicted to sugar. I've finally stopped the obvious cookies and chocolate bars, but now drink 3 or 4 cups coffee a day with creamer and maple syrup. I KNOW that I'm looking for the sugar, because just the THOUGHT of getting off the coffee FREAKS ME OUT. I definitely need help.
Best to consult a nutritionist or read more about the effects of sugar to possibly help. Glad you're able to gradually transition from consuming sweet pastries to taking in coffee. Best of luck with your goals.
- YOGABODY Team
Perhaps Parasites need to be included in this discussion?
From what I understand Parasites are ramped, especially in the U.S. however it's everywhere---and parasites override the willpower and 'choice' not to have sugar---and even if one overrides the cravings for weeks, there will be a resurgence if they haven't been treated... Sadly an ideal failure cycle sustains as soon as sugar is ingested 😢
I agree and have clients and myself now clearing parasites, sweet addiction getting better, but really stubborn. The constant hunger is gone though.
Unfortunately, marketing companies promote parasite scares to sell pills and programs. Parasites are very real, of course, but with very few exceptions, very easy to get rid of.
How do we know there is a parasite problem and then how do we treat it?
We're not addicted to anything. Addiction is not a human trait - we know that when we are observing the Amazin tribes. The issue is that we're in pain due to childhood trauma, so we do our best to soothe our mental/emotional pain. The mechanism behind addictions is that our brain doesn't function harmoniously. We didn't manage to properly develop some of our brain circuits in infancy and early childhood. Therefore, lots of people are in pain, and they don't even know it clearly.
No look at the brain science 🧠
Great info. The link for the Dr is wrong and I cannot find her website. Can you provide the correct one please.
Thanks for that! Here's te correct link addictionsunplugged.com/
- YOGABODY Team
Can anyone offer some ideas for meals please?
This is all available for free at FAA
If the fellow with the ice cream monkey finds that he avoids hanging out at night with friends because he wants to be alone with his treat, YES
I must admit, I haven't watched this to the end yet, but isn't sugar carbs? Does the issue include carbs in general or just particular forms of carbs?
Carbs are all turned into glucose, this is true, but the rate / efficiency varies greatly with foods and between people. For example, for one person, oatmeal might be a fine breakfast, for another it can send their blood glucose well into danger zone.
@@YOGABODY.Official That statement is incorrect. All carbohydrates do not turn into glucose. There are 3 types of carbs: sugar, starch and fibre. Fibre is undigestable and hence is never turned into glucose.
Anyone with a real solution will become a millionaire because telling them to, just give it up and the desire will go away in one month, well... it might work for 6 months or a year but it won't last much longer beyond that, because an addict is an addict for life. We're all addicted to something and food is necessary to sustain our life, so we have to eat and that ladies and gentlemen, is the problem, we have to eat. I think if you keep moving your body, example; walk, run, clean your house, go swimming, lift weights, do projects around your house, go to the library, volunteer somewhere, etc. Keep moving and burn some calories. Good luck giving up your addiction.
Valid points on overcoming addiction and food. Appreciate the comment.
- YOGABODY Team
thank you for this interview..very good.. i am concerned about the man with the freezer full of icecream.. he may not be overweight or have any observable health issues at this point..BUT trust me.. all of that sugar and especially in the evening before you go to bed IS wreaking havoc on your health.. when you eat anything at night before you go to bed especially, you are messing up your circadian rhythm..you are causing hormonal change..ie release of cortisol which should be winding down at night while melatonin is rising to aid in sleep... so i am wondering how he sleeps at night..also eating at night especially sugar is a recipe for diabetes.. and use of refined sugar also leads to fatty liver disease which leads to non alcoholic cirrhosis of the liver... your liver is a major detox organ for your body so when you damage your liver you are setting yourself up for multiple health issues. don't fool yourself..just because you are not overweight doesn't mean you are healthy. i have been in health care for over 30 years and recently graduated from a functional nutrition program.. it is incredible what so many are doing to their health with misuse of food..
Good points....
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My addiction affects my body and wallet 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢gonna try to cut refined sugars for 2 weeks cuz moderation doesn't work for me......
Good luck with cutting out refined sugars!
- YOGABODY Team
Does sugar supress the appetite?
Sugar can temporarily suppress appetite, but it's not a healthy long-term strategy.
- YOGABODY Team
No one believes that I suffer from sugar addiction because I’m thin 😢
I can’t have any fruit it is all a trigger for me same as bread … potatoes
That is basically keto ...nothing which triggers hunger ..
Keto is not healthy to do for a long time.
Don't do it my friends, i fell in that trap once too 🤠
Carbs are friends, industrial sugar is enemy
Keto is talked about a lot, rarely achieved. You have to consume (usually) less than 50 grams of carbs per day for keto. That's very challenging and unstainable for most people. Possible but rarely done.
why does the body need carbs?
@@YOGABODY.OfficialI have found that without some carbs e.g. oatmeal I get a lot of digestive problems.
This lady is no doubt knowledgeable and experienced. But this does feel a bit like an amalgamation of having read many text books and delivering a summary. Some of what she says rings, but to me, sounds like lots of gaps which makes me think she's not experienced some of this first hand. Either that or not to severity.