Food Junkies Podcast

Today, Vera and Molly interview Dr. Cali Estes, an interactive, solution-focused Positive Psychologist, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapist. She is a best-Selling Author and a highly sought-after Celebrity Coach, Counselor, Life Coach, Transformational Coach, and Wellness Guru that blends talk therapy with forward and positive change to assist her clients in unlocking their true potential. She offers a unique service of combining holistic modalities with talk therapy that gets to the Root Cause of the issues you are experiencing and helps you simply “Unpause Your Life”. Dr. Estes has over 25 years of experience working with clients that want to ‘UnPause their life and Unpack their Backpack’ to combat issues and behaviors that keep you ‘stuck’ in life and limit your goals and dreams in both your career and personal life.   In this episode Personal/Professional Journey Harm Reduction Client programming Training Coaches The Disease Model Coach vs Counselor Working with Celebrities What it’s like working with Dr. Estes Coaches, Sober Companions, and Ethics Dieting and Food Addiction Meeting Clients where they are Aftercare services What’s Next Signature Question   Follow Dr. Estes Website: https://theaddictioncoachonline.com/ Books: https://www.amazon.com/Dr-Cali-Estes-PhD/e/B074HCTC42%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theaddictionscoach Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheAddictionsCo Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr._cali_estes/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-addictions-coach/about/ The content of our show is educational only. It does not supplement or supersede your healthcare provider's professional relationship and direction. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified mental health providers with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition, substance use disorder, or mental health concern.

Today we have guest Anne Poirier who talks to Molly and I about how to become body joyful. Anne overcame her own eating, food, weight, and body image challenges. And, drawing upon close to 4 decades of experience, she wrote the book The Body Joyful to share her highly personal and life-changing journey. Furthermore, Anne is a Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor, Body Confidence Coach, and Eating Disorder Specialist.   Anne is the leader of the Body Joyful Revolution, a non-diet, weight inclusive community for women who want to feel more comfortable and confident in their bodies and selves. Listen and learn how a simple shift of perspective around our thoughts and beliefs leads to completely different behaviors and outcomes. Also, you can choose to think differently about yourself. Our bodies are amazing vessels we get to experience our lives in, and they’re not a measure of our worth.  Anne's mission is to support, encourage and inspire women of all sizes, shapes and to say 'no to diets', 'reject society’s thin ideal' and heal from diet culture. Her book the Body Joyful provides insights and strategies and is a roadmap to help you shift the way you think, act, and live. Inspiring and empowering, this relatable story offers the reader permission to find self-worth, hope, healing, and transformation, regardless of weight, size or shape. Today we cover: Why Body Neutrality rather than Body Positivity and how can the Body Positivity movement be harmful? The Steps to Body Neutrality How do we break free from diet culture Some coping strategies/tools and/or actionable steps you teach around emotional eating, stress eating? (Self-Care practices?)  Her thoughts on the scale. How can we clean up our social media Some actionable things anyone can start doing today to work on their body image.   Body Joyful Revolution https://www.facebook.com/groups/bodyjoyfulrevolution Instagram https://www.instagram.com/annepoirier11/ The book https://shapingperspectives.com/the-body-joyful/ The content of our show is educational only. It does not supplement or supersede your healthcare provider's professional relationship and direction. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified mental health providers with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition, substance use disorder, or mental health concern.  

ANNOUNCEMENT: Enrollment for Dr. Vera Tarman’s Sugar & Food Addiction Course with Adapt Your Life Academy is open and WE have a special discount code just for YOU. Thank you for listening each and every week…..This code will entitle you to 10% off the course which is incredibly thorough and is great for both professionals interested in working in the field and individuals just starting out on their own sugar-free journey to learn the ins and outs of food addiction. There will also be a 3-week support group where Vera, Molly, and I will also be doing two weekly lives to help support you and answer any questions you have. We can’t wait to meet you! This course will not be offered again until Spring of 2023 so sign up now and when you do please use code: Foodjunkies10   Today we have an amazing guest, Dr. Bret Scher. He is a board-certified cardiologist and the medical director of Diet Doctor and the host of the Diet Doctor podcast. He focuses on preventing and reversing heart disease using food as medicine with a low-carbohydrate diet. He is also certified in functional medicine, nutrition, personal training, and behavior modification. Impressive right? In this episode we discuss the cholesterol confusion and how to talk to your doctor about this, the higher satiety eating intervention that Bret is currently excited about, and his thoughts on intermittent fasting, and food addiction. Dr. Bret Scher is a board-certified cardiologist and lipidologist practicing in San Diego and licensed to practice in seven states. He’s our full-time Medical Director, writes medical blogs, reviews guides and news stories for medical accuracy, and hosts The Diet Doctor Podcast. Dr. Scher’s main focus is on preventing and reversing heart disease naturally rather than putting patients on medication and performing surgery. When he started his own preventative wellness center he was introduced to the whole low-carb world. Being a bit skeptical at first, he was soon convinced by the benefits of a low-carb diet. In Dr. Scher’s many patients suffering from heart disease, he found that there was a big overlap with cardiovascular disease, diabetes, metabolic syndrome, and insulin resistance. It was all very interrelated. When he started treating his patients who suffered from heart disease with a low-carb diet, he could quickly see signs of improvements or even full reversal in all of these diseases. Dr. Scher has also obtained specialized certifications in functional medicine, nutrition, personal training, and behavior modification. He is also the author of the book Your best health ever! and he has a blog and website at lowcarbcardiologist.com. In this episode: The Personal The Traditional approach and what you actually do differently now The medications and lifestyle changes The Lifestyle Approach Low carb / Keto diet Food Addiction Intermittent Fasting Advocacy and Education Medical community response to the low carb approach Higher Satiety Eating Plan Follow Dr. Sher: Website Blog Book Twitter Instagram LinkedIn Diet Doctor Podcast The content of our show is educational only. It does not supplement or supersede your healthcare provider's professional relationship and direction. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified mental health providers with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition, substance use disorder, or mental health concern.

Dr. Bikman’s research focus is to elucidate the molecular mechanisms that mediate the disruption that causes and accompanies metabolic disorders, such as obesity, type 2 diabetes, and dementia. Driven by his academic training (Ph.D. in Bioenergetics and postdoctoral fellowship with the Duke-National University of Singapore in metabolic disorders), he is currently exploring the contrasting roles of insulin and ketones as key drivers of metabolic function. He frequently publishes his research in peer-reviewed journals and presents at international science meetings. The focus of Dr. Bikman’s lab (the Laboratory of Obesity and Metabolism) is twofold. First, they aim to identify the molecular mechanisms that explain the increased risk of disease that accompanies weight gain, with particular emphasis on the etiology of insulin resistance and disrupted mitochondrial function. Second, they hope to reveal novel cellular processes that are responsible for fat development and accrual, with a particular emphasis on white/brown fat and the contrasting effects of insulin and ketones. Much of the lab’s recent work is focused on the pathogenicity of the hormone insulin. Insulin, while necessary for healthy living, elicits significant and harmful changes in tissue metabolic function when chronically elevated. Several projects have stemmed from this work, including a focus on the varying effects of dietary macronutrients (e.g., carbohydrates vs. fats) on insulin homeostasis, the effects of insulin on brown adipose tissue (and metabolic rate), and insulin-induced brain alterations. The lab employs numerous pharmacological and genetic tools to better understand the origins and consequences of ceramide accumulation on various factors related to metabolic function, including signal transduction, substrate utilization, and energy expenditure. In this episode: The personal/professional journey The Fat Cell & The Role of Insulin Free Fatty Acids & Fatty Liver Disease Weight Gain The China Study Insulin Resistance Cutting Carbs, Prioritizing Protein, and not Fearing Fat Fasting, Ketones vs Glucose Food Addiction What’s next? Signature Question   Follow Dr. Bikman: Website: https://gethlth.com/ Book- Why We Get Sick Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/benbikmanphd/?hl=en Twitter: @BenBikmanPhD Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BenjaminBikmanPhD/ ANNOUNCEMENTS: Dr. Vera Tarman’s Sugar & Food Addiction Course with Dr. Eric Westman’s Adapt Your Life Academy next enrollment starts September 26th – October 3rd. The course is $167 US and the program is made up of 2 essential components: Modules and Lessons partnered with an Ongoing Support Group. Clarissa and I will be there too!  YOU WILL LEARN Why your self-destructive behaviors around food are not your fault. How specific foods are engineered to hijack your brain chemistry. The role of hormones and neurotransmitters in creating and perpetuating cravings and urges around food. How “wanting,” “knowing,” and “doing” are controlled in the brain and how to make this work to your benefit. The differences between food addiction and various eating disorders and why this matters for diagnosis and treatment. The different stages of food addiction and which treatment approaches are best for each. The critical importance of social support in recovery from food addiction – why treatment must go beyond just the food. How to create a recovery plan that’s realistic, enjoyable, and sustainable, so you can achieve food freedom and reclaim your life. There is hope: no matter how far gone you feel, no matter how alone or out of control, you can recover from sugar and food addiction. https://adaptyourlifeacademy.com/sugar-and-food-addiction/ The content of our show is educational only. It does not supplement or supersede your healthcare provider's professional relationship and direction. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified mental health providers with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition, substance use disorder, or mental health concern.

I’m Clarissa Kennedy and today we are bringing you a one-of-a-kind episode. Molly & I are interviewing the expert Dr. Vera Tarman and asking her some of the tough questions we see every day in our clinical interactions with clients to see if she has some insight or best practices to help us help our clients. Today we dig deep on Volume, Post Acute Withdrawal Syndrome, Food Addiction Recovery Maintenance - what does that look like? Ultra-Processed Food Addiction – what are her thoughts on grains/fruit, What are some Tools/Suggestions she has to help with what some people might refer to as the Chronic Relapser (a term we don’t love and give you some new terms instead, Eating Disorders VS Food Addiction and the difference between 12 Steps (Peer) & Treatment.   Since our Vera needs no introduction we would like to take this opportunity to let you know of a few other ways YOU can receive support around food addiction. This Thursday, Sept. 15th we have a 10-day sugar-free challenge starting with Adapt Your Life Academy. The signup link is on our website and we are promoting it in our sugar-free for life: I’m sweet enough Facebook group.   WHAT YOU GET IN THE CHALLENGE • 5 LIVE interactive sessions with world-renowned experts, Dr. Eric Westman, Dr. Vera Tarman & Sugar Addiction counselors, Molly Painschab and Clarissa Kennedy. • 10 days of support in a private {challengers-only} Facebook group. • Food list & guidelines (based on phase 3 of Dr. Westman’s book, End Your Carb Confusion). • PDF guides that will help you move forward. • Delicious easy recipes to get you started. • Rockstar team of Adapt Your Life Academy admins to help you succeed   Another incredible opportunity for a community and ongoing support is the 3-week course Dr. Vera Tarman is teaching on Sugar and Food addiction. The next enrollment starts September 26th – October 3rd. The course costs $167 US and the program is made up of 2 essential components: Modules and Lessons partnered with an Ongoing Support Group. Your own new recovery community led by the three of us!!   YOU WILL LEARN • Why your self-destructive behaviors around food are not your fault. • How specific foods are engineered to hijack your brain chemistry. • The role of hormones and neurotransmitters in creating and perpetuating cravings and urges around food. • How “wanting,” “knowing,” and “doing” are controlled in the brain and how to make this work to your benefit. • The differences between food addiction and various eating disorders and why this matters for diagnosis and treatment. • The different stages of food addiction and which treatment approaches are best for each. • The critical importance of social support in recovery from food addiction – why treatment must go beyond just the food. • How to create a recovery plan that’s realistic, enjoyable, and sustainable, so you can achieve food freedom and reclaim your life. • There is hope: no matter how far gone you feel, no matter how alone or out of control, you can recover from sugar and food addiction. The content of our show is educational only. It does not supplement or supersede your healthcare provider's professional relationship and direction. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified mental health providers with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition, substance use disorder, or mental health concern.

Dr. Shabnam Das Kar MD, FMNM is a doctor, a specialist in Functional and Metabolic Medicine, and an international speaker. Before transitioning into Functional Medicine she was practicing as an Obstetrician Gynaecologist for more than 20 years in Mumbai. She lives in Calgary, Canada, and Mumbai, India. TRAINING AND CREDENTIALS MBBS and MD (OB-GYN) from India Fellow, American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M), USA. Advanced Endocrinology Certification from Metabolic Medical Institute (MMI) Special training from Metabolic Medicine Institute on Functional Medicine approach to Autoimmune Diseases Brain Health Coaching Certification from Amen Clinics, USA. Trained in The Clinical Practice of Alzheimer’s Prevention From Alzheimer’s Universe Tiny Habits Certified Coach WORK Director of Medical Education at Better Medical Centre, Canada. Guest Faculty Member at the Maryland University of Integrative Health in Professional Continuing Education. Speaker at medical conferences in Asia and Canada. In this episode: Dr. Kar’s personal and professional journey Bioidentical hormones Vitamin & Mineral Deficiency and Therapeutic Supplementation Protein & Fats Ketones & Glucose Fasting & Time Restricted Eating (TRE) What to expect when working with Dr. Kar Sugar & Mood What’s next? Signature Question Follow Dr. Das Kar: Website: https://drkarmd.com/ Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/karshabnam The content of our show is educational only. It does not supplement or supersede your healthcare provider's professional relationship and direction. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified mental health providers with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition, substance use disorder, or mental health concern.

Dr. David Wiss, Ph.D., RDN is the founder of Nutrition in Recovery and Wise Mind Nutrition, a group practice in Los Angeles specializing in substance use disorders, eating disorders, body image, mental health, and general wellness. Mr. Wiss has contributed numerous articles to peer-reviewed journals and book chapters on his various topics of expertise, including nutrition for substance use disorder, food addiction, and eating disorders. He has spoken at dozens of academic conferences on these topics and his dissertation describes links between early life adversity and mental health in adulthood. Mr. Wiss is passionate about helping people achieve long-term recovery. In this episode: What Trauma-Informed Nutrition is Different types of trauma ACES & Food Selection Whether or not weight gain is a protective measure Interventions for Food Addiction or Disordered Eating that are helpful or harmful Events, Effects, and Experiences How trauma alters the brain Responses to presenting Food Addiction research to Eating Disorder professionals Whether or not trauma may be the bridge for the Food Addiction and Eating Disorder camps Follow David: INSTAGRAM: @davidawiss EMAIL ADDRESS: DavidAWiss@NutritionInRecovery.com WEBSITE: Wise Mind Nutrition Nutrition In Recovery   The content of our show is educational only. It does not supplement or supersede your healthcare provider's professional relationship and direction. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified mental health providers with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition, substance use disorder, or mental health concern.  

Dr. Sandy Van is a licensed medical doctor in Family Medicine and diplomat of the American Board of Obesity Medicine. She is the founder and medical director of Haven Weight Management, a virtual medical clinic focused on obesity care. Additionally, she co-founded 3 Sails, a social learning program for mental resiliency in weight management, and is a staff physician at MEDCAN, an Executive Health Clinic. She dedicates her practice to helping individuals achieve sustainable weight loss with the use of psychotherapy tools and medical management. Dr. Van offers a unique voice for the medical community regarding behavioral treatment for obesity. Her professional initiatives have included speaking engagements regarding the application of psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy for weight loss and providing consultation to healthcare practitioners. She is also a frequently invited media guest on national television and radio. Her mission is to evolve the field of behavioral weight management and effect lasting change in the many individuals who struggle with weight. Dr. Van received her Doctorate of Medicine followed by completion of residency in Family Medicine at the University of Toronto. Today Dr. Vera Tarman and Clarissa Kennedy interview Dr. Sandy Van. They discuss: Dr. Van’s personal/professional path to bariatric medicine The psychological & behavioral aspects of obesity medicine Dr. Van’s hybrid program Different phenotypes for eating behavior Weight bias/weight stigma Precision Nutrition Volume eating Obesity medicine guidelines Post-surgery interventions CBT in the medical setting How to support the concept of food addiction acceptance in the medical community Leading promise of obesity medicine What’s next Signature Question Find Dr. Sandy Van: Website: https://www.drsandyvan.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drsandy.md/   The content of our show is educational only. It does not supplement or supersede your healthcare provider's professional relationship and direction. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified mental health providers with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition, substance use disorder, or mental health concern.

Loretta Graziano Breuning, Ph.D. is the author of Habits of a Happy Brain: Retrain Your Brain to Boost Your Serotonin, Dopamine, Oxytocin, and Endorphin Levels. She founded the Inner Mammal Institute to help people build new neural pathways to turn on their happy chemicals in new ways. (www.InnerMammalInstitute.org) As a Professor of Management at California State University, and a mom, Loretta was not convinced by prevailing theories of human motivation. While researching alternatives, she uncovered the brain chemistry we share with animals. She learned that each happy chemical evolved to motivate a specific survival behavior, not to make you feel good all the time for no reason. Then everything made sense, and she began creating resources to spread this knowledge: books, videos, blogs, podcasts, infographics, slide shows, social media, and a training program. Loretta's work has helped thousands of people "make peace with the animal inside." And she still marvels every day at the overlap between a wildlife documentary and the lyrics to a love song. Dr. Breuning’s work has been translated into Spanish, Russian, Chinese, Arabic, French, Turkish, and German. She has been quoted in Forbes, NPR, the Wall St. Journal, Fox, Time, NBC, Psychology Today, Cosmopolitan, Real Simple, and Psychologies. Her podcast is "The Happy Brain," and she's been a guest on many podcasts, including Almost 30, James Altucher, Brainfluence, Recovery Unscripted, Fat Burning Man, Humans 2.0, and Yogabody. Details at InnerMammalInstitute.org. To become a Certified Inner Mammal Trainer and help people make peace with their inner mammal, check out our new training program at InnerMammalInstitute.org/training. In this Episode: Dr. Breuning’s personal and professional journey Neurochemistry & the disease model Neural pathways & reward center wiring Alternative experiences & dealing with life on life’s terms Understanding brain wiring and behavior Dopamine, Oxytocin, Serotonin, and Endorphin The Inner Mammal Institute and Inner Mammal Method Satiation Expectation management and Distress Intolerance Dr. Breuning’s take on addiction and Building Neuropathways What’s next? Signature Question Follow Dr. Breuning: Website: https://innermammalinstitute.org/ Psychology Today: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/contributors/loretta-g-breuning-phd LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lorettabreuning/ Books: https://www.amazon.com/Loretta-Graziano-Breuning/e/B001K8RYKU%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share The content of our show is educational only. It does not supplement or supersede the professional relationship and direction of your healthcare provider. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified mental health providers with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition, substance use disorder, or mental health concern.

Erica Schulte, has a PhD in clinical psychology and is an assistant research professor in The Drexel University Center for Weight, Eating and Lifestyle Science (known as the WELL Centre). This is an interdisciplinary clinical research center which aims to develop, test and create new behavioral and technological solutions to the problems of obesity and disordered eating. Erica Schulte's program of research applies a cutting-edge perspective to understanding overeating and obesity by examining 1) which foods or food attributes (e.g., sugar) may be reinforcing in a manner that directly drives overeating, 2) whether core mechanisms of addictive disorders (e.g., withdrawal) may contribute to eating-related problems for vulnerable individuals, and 3) how food addiction may be a useful construct for individualized interventions. Schulte has investigated these empirical questions using a multi-method approach, including neuroimaging, scale development, food consumption paradigms, and self-report. Her Research Interest is the clinical utility of food addiction as a unique phenotype of disordered eating, the addictive potentials of ultra-processed foods, overlapping mechanisms implicated in substance-use disorders and eating and weight disorders, assessment of addictive-like eating behaviors, and treatment development for eating and weight disorders. She is passionate about finding solutions and validating ultra-processed foods addiction. Her inspired throughout her career has been listening to individuals express significant shame about their eating behavior and body weight, because they attribute it to personal weakness or a lack of willpower. Her mission is to help reduce and remove this self-blame by highlighting the direct roles that ultra-processed foods play in motivating eating behavior. These foods have been created by a multi-billion-dollar industry to be highly rewarding in a way that disrupts natural hunger signals and promotes cravings. Erica is developing a research program to inform new clinical interventions and public policies that address the influences of the food environment.