Food Junkies Podcast

Cynthia Myers-Morrison, EdD. is a Certified Food Addiction Counselor. She is Certified and Licensed to offer the SUGAR® Assessment based on ICD or DSM criteria for Substance Use. In addition to her 3 masters and doctorate degrees, she continued professional studies in INFACT, IIN, Boston Trauma Center, Institute of Integrative Nutrition and International Food Addiction Counseling Training. Cynthia has a personal food addiction recovery story of letting go of nearly 100 pounds and has kept it off for more than 22 years. She is driven to help increase educational resources for those not yet served and helped accomplished this by co-authoring THE FIX for cravings. In her role as Vice Chair of FAI, she strives to support individuals, families, legislators, and educators in changing responses to food addiction. Her interest in genealogy, genes, and Daughters of the American Revolution led to her creation of the Genogram Discovery Program, which she offers in addition to Food Addiction Counselling, Speaking, and advocating. Follow Cynthia: https://www.myersmorrison.com

On this episode Molly and I interviewed Jonno Proudfoot co-author of the wildly successful book The Real Meal Revolution as well as Superfood for super children and The Real Meal Revolution Low Carb cooking. He is a well-known South African chef, who trained and worked in a five-times rated Top 10 restaurant and spent time at a variety of food and wine establishments before finding his passion in Paleo and LCHF (low carb/high fat) cookery. He is also a professional coach who is passionate about helping people transform their health. He has created the Food Transformation Coaching to help people crush their excess weight and rejuvenate their health by rewiring their relationship with food and bringing deliciousness back into your life. He helped drive the biggest eating revolution in South African history, and broke a world record when he swam from Mozambique to Madagascar (that’s 460km). However, he has slayed his own demons. He grew up in a broken home with a parent in active addiction. As a teen he was angry at the world and had no self-worth. He drank, took drugs and disclosed his nickname was ‘Trash’. “Life is good at throwing obstacles in the way of noble goals. When you work with me, I will use your greatest obstacles to fuel your hunger for greatness. The obstacle is the way.” Jonno Proudfoot In today’s episode: What Banting is and how it has changed Jonno’s life The Real Meal Revolution and why it has been so successful in South Africa What it was like to work with Prof. Tim Noakes We talk about food addiction and compulsive overeating How he helps parents navigate grocery shopping, school lunches, parties AND SO MUCH MORE!!! Follow Jonno: Website: https://supperhero.co Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thejonnoproudfoot/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jonnoproudfoot/?hl=en Don’t forget there are still a few more days of the Food Junkies Summit!!! So listen to this episode and then be sure to check out the final speakers of the month!  

Mark Farley has been active in the recovery fellowships for almost 30 years. Mark found his Spiritual connection and his sobriety through the Salvation Army ARC program in 1991. They helped him to get back on his feet and begin putting his life back together. Mark wound up going back to school to get his Drug and Alcohol Counseling Certificates and went through the Salvation Army’s Adjutant program to earn a Pastoral certification. He worked at the Salvation Army for 3 years running their Drug and Alcohol Rehab program and managing the homeless shelter in Sacramento California. Mark has a passion for helping others to overcome their addictions and afflictions as well as working with the homeless. Mark went on to build a very successful business that coordinated with hospitals and drug and alcohol treatment centers to medically manage detoxes before realizing his passion for helping the helpless, hopeless, hurting, and addicted. He earned his MBA and Pastoral Ordination while co-founding and building the 501c3 Furniture Bank, Inc. with his wife Tami. Mark is the Senior Pastor and Founder of Faith Through Works Fellowship, an outreach church that works primarily with the homeless, helpless, hurting and addicted. Known as the “cussing Pastor” you won’t find Mark preaching from a pulpit on a Sunday! He prefers to be in the rehabs, shelters, and centers that helped him to find his way long ago. As Mark grew older his weight became an issue and in time lead to health issues. Like most folks, he tried every diet, food program, pill, and powder, but had no success. Mark tried to find a solution within the existing 12 Step based eating disorder and food programs but struggled to adhere to their suggestions. November 26, 2017, Mark hit his bottom and in desperation found Bitten Jonsson through the internet. Bitten responded to Mark’s request and helped him to see that he was addicted to sugar and bad carbs just like his addiction to drugs and alcohol! The light at the end of the tunnel appeared! Mark continued to work with other existing food programs but found the 12 Step approach severely lacking. At the encouragement of Bitten and others, Mark decided to create what he was seeking. Mark is the founder of SCAA – Sugar and Carb Addicts Anonymous. A 12 Step Fellowship that has been meeting via Zoom since May of 2018. With just under 500 active members worldwide, there are 19 meetings weekly. The SCAA fellowship works from the AA Big Book and follows the 12 Steps as their suggested way to recover. Mark has been married to Tami for 26 years. They have a 23-year-old daughter Kai and reside 1n Queen Creek Arizona. Mark has published 3 Daily Devotionals and (3) 12 Step Recovery Workbooks. 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.

Anna Lembke is medical director of Stanford Addiction Medicine, program director for the Stanford Addiction Medicine Fellowship, and chief of the Stanford Addiction Medicine Dual Diagnosis Clinic. A clinician scholar, she is a professor of psychiatry at Stanford and has published more than a hundred peer-reviewed papers, book chapters, and commentaries. She sits on the board of several state and national addiction-focused organizations, has testified before various committees in the United States House of Representatives and Senate, keeps an active speaking calendar, and maintains a thriving clinical practice. She is a well sought after speaker on the subject of addiction. In 2016, she published Drug Dealer, MD – How Doctors Were Duped, Patients Got Hooked, and Why It’s So Hard to Stop which was highlighted in the New York Times as one of the top five books to read to understand the opioid epidemic. Dr. Lembke recently appeared on the Netflix documentary The Social Dilemma, an unvarnished look at the impact of social media on our lives. Her book Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence was released last month and it explores how to moderate compulsive overconsumption in a world where feeling good is the highest good. Today we talk to Anna about Food Addiction. She not only believes in Food Addiciton she feels that in our modern day scientifically hijacked, excessively accessible food world that it is likely EVERYONE has a disordered relationship with eating and food. How could we not?? She believes these foods are drugs and she validated the withdrawal and detox that comes with removing these foods and choosing to abstain from them when we start to seek Food Addiction recovery. She speaks to the pleasure/pain balance and how this plays a role in understanding our compulsive, addictive behaviours around food. She shares her experiences of working with individuals with food addiction and why food can be one of the most challenging addicitons to overcome We discuss the importance of getting through those first 30days and some strategies for staying safe in the initial period of removing the substances from our lives Why it’s so important to act in a way that’s opposite to what you are feeling. How social media drufigys human connection. The importance of practicing radical honesty and how it rewires our brain to stimulate connections between the prefrontal cortex and our reward pathway And whether she believes that food addiction should and will be recognized in the near future in the DSM. This episode is filled with helpful insights into the disease of addiction and tools you can use to help you recover. We hope that YOU enjoy it as much as we were honoured to sit in on it! Follow Anna: https://www.annalembke.com 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.  

Dan DeFigio is a well-known nutrition expert who has been featured on CNN's Fit Nation, The Dr. Phil Show, SELF Magazine, Readers Digest, Weight Watchers, Shape Magazine, and a host of other media outlets. Dan is the author of multiple books, including the bestselling Beating Sugar Addiction For Dummies.  Follow Dan: Website: https://beatingsugaraddiction.com Twitter: @dandefigio 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.    

Natalia Staniszewska is an MSc of Neuroscience and a nutritionist originally from Poland, currently living in the Netherlands. She is on a mission to help people overcome their struggles with food by utilizing principles of neuroplasticity and mind management techniques. In her work, she combines the knowledge of neuroscience with a holistic approach to create a personalized approach for her clients who come to her struggling with binge eating, overeating, emotional eating, and yo-yo dieting. Today’s Episode: Natalia gives talks about her journey with food and eating How her personal journey plays into her professional journey Who her clients are How she uses her knowledge of neuroscience to inform how she works with clients How she determines Binge Eating, Overeating, Food Addiction, and Emotional Eating The different kinds of overeaters Breaking up with diet culture PODCASTING! Instagram: @binge.proof.brain Website: https://bingeproofbrain.com/ Podcast: Bingeproof Brain   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.

Dr. Michael Goran is a childhood nutritional expert. He works as a Professor of Pediatrics in the Keck School of Medicine at the U of Southern California. He is the program chair for Diabetes and Obesity at the Saban Research Institute and he holds the Atkins Endowed Chair in Childhood Obesity and Diabetes. He has worked for more than 30 years covering research areas such as Maternal-Infant nutrition, how the developmental programming of obesity occurs,  and the ethnic disparities in obesity and obesity-related diseases. Dr. Lustig has said that “Dr. Michael Goran trained as a biochemist and has morphed into a pediatric nutrition research powerhouse”. He is the co-author (with Emily Ventura) of  "Sugar Proof: How Sugar Puts Your Kids at risk of Hyperactivity, Tantrums Digestive Troubles and Learning Problems and More- And What You Can Do About It.” FB and IG: @sugarproofkids Twitter: @michaelgoran   Dr. Nicole Avena is a research neuroscientist, author, and expert in the fields of nutrition, diet, and addiction. She received a Ph.D. in Neuroscience and Psychology from Princeton University, followed by a post-doctoral fellowship in molecular biology at the Rockefeller University in New York City.  She regularly appears on TV and radio and speaks at universities, government agencies, schools about her research on food, addiction, and nutrition throughout the life span. As a mother of a 10-year-old daughter, she has a keen interest in the nutritional needs of infants and toddlers. She is the author of books such as - Hedonic Eating: How the Pleasure of Food Affects our Brains and Behaviour -Why Diets Fail: Because You're Addicted to Sugar, and for the parents struggling to make sense of food in today’s food environment: -What to Eat When You're Pregnant -What to Feed Your Babies and Toddler: A month by Month Guide to Support Your Childs’ Health and Development www.drnicoleavena.com In today’s episode: What happens in pregnancy when consuming sugar The role our brains play in the preference for sweetness and genetic changes in the reward system in babies who were gestated in a sugar environment Developing children are more susceptible to the dangers of sugar The importance of early life nutrition Why breakfast is a big deal! Examples of healthy swaps that we can make for our children Consider starting a Switch Witch tradition What should limits on added sugar be for our children How to have conversations with our children about reasonable amounts of sweets to be eating in a day The budding sugar addict and what to do Sugar Substitutes/low-calorie sweeteners Thoughts on simple and complex carbs and our children How grandparents can help their children and grandchildren to reduce added sugar in their lives Why do we need more research on Food Addiction in the younger populations The importance of treating the symptoms of Food Addiction whether it is or not   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.

Sandra Elia is a Certified Food Addiction Counselor and a pioneer in the field of addictive eating. Her expertise has brought about partnerships with Canada's top obesity and addiction doctors. Her Food Addiction Recovery Program has yielded tremendous success. Clients report improved health, improved sense of well being, most importantly, changing their relationship with food. Sandra runs an outpatient Food Addiction Recovery Program in medical weight management clinics across Canada. She co-created Canada's first 28-day residential treatment program for food addiction at Renascent Addiction Rehab Centre in Toronto. Sandra is dedicated to changing the conversation so that anyone living with Food Addiction has access to treatment that is steeped with dignity, respect, and understanding. Follow Sandra: Website: https://sandraelia.com https://www.3sails.org/the-end-of-overeating https://www.facebook.com/3sailsrecovery Don’t miss out on the 28-Day Intensive Get Abstinent | Stay Abstinent Program starting on September 27th, email contact@sandraelia.com to secure your spot.  

Michael Collins is a former sugar addict and takes this addiction very seriously. For the past 30 years he has not consumed sugar in any form – at least not intentionally. His interest in sugar addiction began in the early days of his recovery from substance use disorder. As he weaned himself off other substances he noticed that his relationship to, and his consumption of, sugar was beginning to resemble his other addictions. Curious and concerned, he started to talk about this with his recovery buddies. This led him to decide to quit sugar with the help of some amazing mentors. After many years of successfully starting, scaling, and selling online businesses, Michael decided that what really made him happy was helping people break their addictions of all kinds and come out the other side happier and healthier.   Today’s Episode: Mike’s AHA moment The story behind “The Sugar-Free Man” How Mike works with clients How Mike helps people get past the “food” Mike shares something he believed early on in his career that has since changed He shares what factors he sees in clients that lead to doing well in recovery and the challenges clients face. We all sit on the Board for the Food Addiction Institute so we talk about our recent submission to the World Health Organization for the official recognition of Food Addiction as a legitimate diagnosis. We talk about Mike’s hopes for the future of Food Addiction Treatment Don’t miss how Mike answers our signature question Follow Mike:  Website: https://sugaraddiction.com/               https://quitsugarsummit.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SugarDetoxGuy/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sugar_free_man/?hl=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/IAmSugarFreeMan Book: https://www.amazon.com/Last-Resort-Sugar-Detox-Guide-ebook/dp/B07JNSBVX4 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.

Dr. Georgia Ede, MD is a Harvard-trained, board-certified psychiatrist specializing in college mental health and nutritional psychiatry. She has 18 years of clinical experience in hospitals, community health centers, specialty clinics, and private practices, utilizing medications and psychotherapy to help adults of all ages. She served as a staff psychiatrist and nutrition consultant for seven years at Harvard University Health Services and for five years at Smith College in Western Massachusetts. In 2019, Dr. Ede established a new online video consultation service for individuals, families, and fellow clinicians to support people using special diets to treat psychiatric and other medical conditions. In addition to writing all of the content for her website, Dr. Ede is a regular contributor to Psychology Today and DietDoctor.com and speaks internationally about nutrition science and mental health.   Dr. Ede is convinced that what we eat is by far the single most important factor in our mental and physical health and is one of a growing number of physicians around the world who has come to believe that people who apply the truth about nutrition science to their lives can experience life-changing improvements in their own health and well-being. Dr. Ede’s nutrition philosophy is grounded in evolutionary science, human metabolism, and food biochemistry.   In Today’s episode, Dr. Vera Tarman and Molly Painschab interview Dr. Georgia Ede and cover: How Dr. Ede get involved in nutritional psychiatry How the Standard American Diet and the increase in mental health issues (including Food Addiction) are related Inflammation in the brain and Oxidative Stress How to move clients away from disease/illness and toward health Metabolic Evaluations and why they are important! The food plan(s) she prefers to use with patients Obstacles to nutritional psychiatry / nutritional interventions Non-nutritive sweeteners Concerns for plant-based clients We ask about volume addiction The professional training Dr. Ede is offering Follow Dr. Ede Website: https://www.diagnosisdiet.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/GeorgiaEdeMD Blog: https://www.diagnosisdiet.com/blog   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.