HOTB 153: Is food addiction a real thing Or a bunch of bologna?
Healing Outside The Box
English - November 23, 2017 01:07 - 14 minutes - 10.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsNutrition Health & Fitness Alternative Health foodsafety healthyeating preventativenutrition Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Yes. I'm going there. And by there, I mean discussing the pros and cons of seeing and treating food addiction in a similar way to alcohol or drug addiction.
I discussed the link between eating and emotions in episode 86, which can be found here.
Dr. Pamela Peeke has some strong opinions on the subject and reviews them in her book, "The hunger fix".
During my rambling monologue about this (oh so sensitive) topic, I mention the DSM V criteria for eating disorders. If you're interested in reading it, you can do so here.
The web MD website weighs in on this controversy. The article can be found here.
I would love to hear your opinions on this subject! Feel free to contact the on my website contact page.
I welcome suggestions for topics on future episodes as well.