Read this recent post on my "Thin From Within" blog at Psychology Today! http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/thin-within/201403/addictive-foods
Addictive Foods: Eat More, Want More….Eat Less, Enjoy More?
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Sugar News, Sugar Blues
Those of us concerned with diet, health, weight, eating disorders, and addiction follow what I call “Sugar News” with great interest. Today, binger eaters or self-identified “food addicts” benefit most from the news.
“Food is a Wonderful Place to Hide”
I reprint here the most recent post from my Psychology Today "Thin From Within" blog: In a true sign of our times, binge eaters have shown up significantly in the pages of several novels I’ve read this year. In one fine example, The Middlesteins, by Jami Attenberg,...
Hot Off the Press: Sane Eating News
My recent post at Psychology Today looks at helpful new releases--books, articles, columns--for those aiming to eat more sanely. If weight loss or food addiction concerns you, check these out:...
Leaving the Kingdom of Sweets
My New Year's blogpost at Psychology Today helps us consider how to Leave the Kingdom of Sweets behind, post-holidays. It also proposes that we integrate some of this "leaving behind" into the New Year in whatever way works best for us. Click here to read the entire...
Who Can Eat Just One? More thoughts on sugar addiction
“Your Brain on Food” warns one caption. “Can Some Foods Hijack the Brain?” asks another. Now that science finds similar pathways lighting the brain whether it’s on sugar or cocaine, many overeaters feel validated. They’ve known this “hijacking” for years. ...
SUGAR IN MODERATION? But how?
From http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/thin-within, by Terese Weinstein Katz, Ph.D. As the bad news on sugar grows ever more grim, we may find ourselves overwhelmed—worried, yes, but not sure just what to do. Solid science now labels sugar a toxin, an addictive...
SUGAR: Eating Sanely with a Sweet Tooth (Reprint)
I reprint here a blog from 7/8/10, as a companion to the above entry on how to deal with the new findings on sugar....this was originally posted as SUGAR: Eating with a Sweet Tooth (Part 2). Sweets top the food pyramid—they sit on that tiny “eat sparingly” point. ...
Cutting Calories, Skipping Meals.… and the Binge Eater
I'm reprinting here a verion of "Must Calorie-Cutting Lead to Binging", from my Psychology Today blog (http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/thin-within) You can find several previous blogs dealing with binging under "addictions", "Thin From Within", and "emotional...
SHOULD YOU CALL YOURSELF A FOOD ADDICT?
(recently posted at Psychology Today blogs, http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/thin-within Can we get addicted to food? Lately, the question has absorbed researchers in fields from psychiatry to diabetes medicine. We see headlines like “Addictive Tendencies Tied...
Emotional Overeating: Returning to those questions
Back in February and March, I blogged on topics related to emotional overeating, including the question of how addiction factors in. I share some further thoughts on this issue at "Thin From Within" this week. Read at...
SUGAR: Eating Sanely with a Sweet Tooth (Part 2)
Sweets top the food pyramid—they sit on that tiny “eat sparingly” point. We know “eat sparingly” is easier said than done. Sugary foods fill way too much of the average person’s diet these days. It’s hidden in foods we buy, we love it, and it’s hard to stop after any...