ORIGINAL EPISODE AIRED 7/4/23

Coincidence that with the increase of diabetes and obesity comes the increase of anxiety, ADHD, and other mental disorders, instead of looking to medicate everyone, let's look at our food system and fix that.

Sat down with Dr. Joan Ifland as she discusses:

• Her background and growing up with processed foods and drinks and how it affected her mood
• How food addiction is a concern in our country
• Story about what happened in the 1980’s that carries us into today in our food system
• 5 As to the addiction model
• The correlation between the processed foods, obesity and Covid deaths
• Describes what inflammation is and how it affects our brain and bodies.
• Tells us how we can recover from this addiction, it is not our fault

And so much more

Dr. Ifland's Bio:

Dr. Ifland is the lead author of the first scholarly description of processed food addiction and addictive foods (2009). Her textbook is Processed Food Addiction: Foundations, Assessment, and Recovery (2018).. She founded The Addiction Reset Community (ARC) as the first online recovery program (2018), ARC Manager Training (2020), and the Food Addiction Recovery Advocate (FARA) Certification (2021). PhD in addictive nutrition from Union Institute and University (2010); MBA from Stanford (1978) and BA from Oberlin College (1974).

Dr. Ifland's Links and Resources:

• Dr. Joan Ifland's Book: Processed Food Addiction: Foundations, Assessment, and Recovery
• Book - Brain Energy: A Revolutionary Breakthrough in Understanding Mental Health and Improving Treatment for Anxiety, Depression, OCD, PTSD and More
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/foodaddictionreset/
• IG: https://www.instagram.com/foodaddictionreset/

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