How the Carnivore Diet Ends Sugar Addiction and Transforms Your Health

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Feb 27, 2025

Dr. Lisa Wiedeman, an optometric physician with over 33 years of experience, shares her powerful journey of overcoming food addiction through the carnivore diet. She explains how sugar and processed foods can rival drug addiction and offers transformative insights into health benefits linked to this high-protein, low-carb lifestyle. Dr. Wiedeman discusses the importance of community support and navigating cravings while challenging societal dietary norms, providing listeners with actionable advice for lasting change.

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INSIGHT

Two Drivers Of Food Addiction

Food addiction combines chemical dependence with learned emotional habits like comfort eating and reward.
Processed-food companies engineer palatable products to exploit both brain chemistry and learned behaviors.

INSIGHT

Abstinence Reframes Freedom

Abstaining from foods you cannot control is framed as freedom, not restriction.
Nutrient-dense foods you can eat freely create peace and reduce binge cycles.

ANECDOTE

Journey From Candy To Carnivore

Lisa Wiedeman describes lifelong sugar and binge eating that began in childhood and escalated through adulthood.
She discovered zero/zero-carb forums and switched to meat-and-water which ultimately resolved her disordered eating.

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