The Face of Food Addiction: Living Through and Beyond
An increasing number of scientific studies suggest that food, like drugs or alcohol, can have addictive qualities. Food addiction is a disease which causes loss of control over the ability to stop eating certain foods. Three people share their personal experiences and how they came through. Recorded on 03/13/2018. [7/2018] [Show ID: 33583]
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Incredible talk. I fully recovered from 13 years of bulimia and uncontrollable binge eating in 2011.
@niviamaeva
2 жыл бұрын
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 you go girl! I am absolutely struggling like hell! So so tired! Suffocated even! 😔
@user-bk2ew5jo4x
2 жыл бұрын
What helped you recover?
@sophievthomson
Жыл бұрын
HOW DID YOU DO IT??
@worshiparise
Жыл бұрын
In the miserable pit of bulemia - how did you stop?
Thank you for talking about sugar/food addiction that doesn’t revolve around diet and weight. For ME, it’s never been about weight, but TRUE crazy addiction.
@EmbodyYourDivinity
2 жыл бұрын
@linda Russ I so know what you mean. A lot of people don't get that the addiction can be separate from the obsession with weight loss. I was in a normal weight range but completely out of control with my addiction. Thank goodness today I'm free from all of it.
@paisleygirl6642
2 жыл бұрын
@@moredatesmorefiber3526, you can live without cocaine but you can't live without food.
Food addiction is real!!! When people (including myself) put food in-front of their life, health and happiness how anyone can say it’s not a real addiction is beyond me. Well done to these brave people for speaking out
@nadinabbott3991
2 жыл бұрын
Additives, like sugar. This is what they mean.
@1artistvocalist
2 жыл бұрын
Very well said, Helena..Indeed it is real..And I have put it in front of my life, health and happiness on and off for years..Trying again to get on the straight and narrow..
@helenalovelock1030
2 жыл бұрын
@@1artistvocalist me too
@helenalovelock1030
2 жыл бұрын
@@nadinabbott3991 hence why food companies put it in literally everything. It’s not just sugar though chips, burgers etc
@nadinabbott3991
2 жыл бұрын
@@helenalovelock1030 why we have very little franken foods at home
I'm so glad this is getting attention. Many of us need help overcoming food addiction and most of society does not understand it and just simplifies it as an ugly weakness. Also, it's not only sugar, it's high calorie salty, high fat, processed foods as well.
I'm a recovering food addict and don't understand how she could think Binge Eating Disorder is not an addiction. It involves compulsion, cravings, consequences and control. As someone who has fought this for years, I can tell you it definitely is a true addiction.
@dellisgibbs5823
3 ай бұрын
I've suffered good addiction my whole 57 years and due to health issues, I changed to no meat / dairy products and through commitment have reversed diabetes and fatty liver. My impulses triggers have gone. My wallet is better because I'm not comfort eating through stress that has consumed my whole life. My niece had bulimia and followed after my progress and both following vegan pathway.
Carb addiction... Took me 3 months to break it, cold turkey. Like heroin, no going back once clean. Went to a ketogenic diet and weight training, lost 25kg, now weight stable. One ice cream, one bag of chips, one chocolate bar and I need a 48 hour fast to stop craving carbs. If I am the usual "could be obese person" there is no "everything in moderation" line that works. But, after 2 years, ice cream, chocolates, potatoes, cakes are no longer a visual trigger. Hard initially, but easy after time.
When the woman at the end speaks about neutrality with food, rather to hyper focusing on the experience: Yes!! Completely agree. There is a difference between being mindful and becoming completely entrenched in every aspect of the experience. I also find that to be triggering and not helpful. I feel best when I chew throughly, have something that is live giving, and exactly what my body needs at the time, and acknowledge that whatever I’m having is to serve a specific purpose ie to energize, benefit digestion, help me relax, etc Not to get super obsessive about every detail Thank you for uploading, it’s so great to see that people care, and are working together to help people overcome this problem
Thank you for sharing your stories. I’m a food addict, in 12 step program and had sleeve surgery 3 yrs ago. I lost 25lbs thru Overeaters Anonymous and 70lbs after the sleeve surgery BUT I still struggle. Recently I regained 30lbs so I’m back in program, eating as my bariatric surgeon prescribed AND going to a therapist and a nutritionist. Recovery is a lifestyle not a end goal. I’ve lost 5lbs so far and I know that before I go to far down the rabbit hole I need to reach out and be proactive. Food addiction is the primary addiction for many people with drug and alcohol addiction. I hear that in lots of meeting that once the addict is clean of drugs/booze they start to remember when they “used” food as a child.
@lizafield9002
2 жыл бұрын
This is a great post. The soul hungers for true soul-spirit balm (interest, creativity, love, mercy, empathy for others)....but the survival brain & our consumer cult(ure) form a habitual neuropathway to cut off this uncomfy pilgrimage & quest, with a stack of greasy in- your- face pizzas! The terrific thing about any addiction, affliction, betrayal, loss, wound, brokenness- is that they crack us open to the vaster cosmos, divine beauty, our soul's true reality, the suffering of others who call to us for help. Just putting a fresh basin of water out each day for thirsty wildlife is a start to connecting to the greater communion of life, which the industrial age lopped out (no wonder people are hungry). Then wildflowers for bees, trees for birds, people to share with can expand the communion. Listen if you get a chance to Dr Gabor Maté. Tons of great talks on this plight of our time & very accessible balms to heal & find joy.
I change the words in the AA Big Book. I started in recovery years ago and the only Twelve Step program was AA and I went for my recovery. It is a physical, emotional and spiritual disease that called for recovery for me.
@EmbodyYourDivinity
2 жыл бұрын
AGREED!
A crucial part of my Recovery includes managing my thinking...This is not talked about very much, that training is tucked into a corner of the total Recovery Plan. For example I train myself to look at my impulses and ask "IS THIS A SUBJECTIVE WANT OR AN OBJECTIVE NEED?"
I hope we become more aware of this as a culture. I feel like when you decline food, people assume you’re only concerned about weight and try to push you to lighten up and just have a bite or start describing how good it is so you’ll try it. They don’t realize that just having that little bit will send you into your addiction cycle. I think ppl just don’t know but it can be really rude.
This is powerful I didn't know this was a thing. Im a food addict!
Ana knew exactly what she talked about and had some very good hints, tips and answers. The “professionals” around her, unfortunately, not so much … Thankyou Ana
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It really should be called refined/processed carbohydrate addiction. Or sugar & starch addiction.
@juliegrune1375
9 ай бұрын
There is a group called sugar and carb addiction anonymous
I rarely binge on sugary things. My binge foods are nuts, potatoes, and many savoury foods but primarily peanuts, almonds and brazil nuts. I eat them till I'm sick
We need to throw all the drug dealers in jail- Kraft, General Mills, Coca Cola, Monsanto, McDonald’s, etc
@Just...Peachy
8 ай бұрын
💯
Thank you for sharing - I really appreciated the authenticity of each of you.
Thank you to the moderators and panelists. Thank you to the people in the audience who asked great questions. Thank you for posting this video. Very helpful. I have a little more hope now.
Abstinence from sugar and flour can bring food neutrality. I’m shocked this was not more prominent in this talk.
Really enjoyed this..well done! My only thought to add is that there is also Salt Addiction. My food addiction was around sugar for years and it switched to salty foods,,struggling just as much with that.
@robinmartinez4749
3 жыл бұрын
Karen, are you low carb or keto? If so you need 2 teaspoons of salt daily as the body's insulin levels decrease and thge kidneys excrete sodium. the 2 teaspoons of salt daily is to replace what is excreted out. You may want to watch Stephan Phinney doscuss this on youtube. Good luck.
@mickilayfield-ellis7104
3 жыл бұрын
You may want to check the salt you use. Many salts contain sugar which causes the phenomenon of craving, Sea Salt usually does not but FDA has been allowing sugar to be added to that as well. I read every label since there are literally 99 types of sugar, dextrose is usually the one that is added.
@helenalovelock1030
3 жыл бұрын
@@robinmartinez4749 is it Deffo 2? You also must have potassium and magnesium electrolytes I’m following keto/carnivore and fasting it’s the inly thing that’s curbs my cravings and helps me at the moment
@helenalovelock1030
3 жыл бұрын
@@mickilayfield-ellis7104 Celtic sea salt I think is better than normal sea salt some contain plastics. Also Pink Himalayan. I’m looking into Redmans real salt at the moment
@1artistvocalist
2 жыл бұрын
@@robinmartinez4749 thanks Robin..OMGosh..just seeing this comment now..so sorry!
When you constantly think about food it’s definitely an addiction and I’m addicted to food especially sweets! Mostly at night. It started right after menopause. I tried to eat less, I don’t eat junk but I do eat big quantities like a whole bar of dark chocolate, fruit tarts, cakes etc.. pastries. It’s so not so much food, but pastries . I always say no more sugar I won’t buy sweets anymore and then I end up buying something like low carb sweets ( to make me feel less guilty) etc. I’m 5.6 and 190 lbs I was size 8 when I was young after 45 years of age I became size 10 and after menopause I’m size 14 at 61 years of age. I’m ashamed to see friends I can’t wear what I like I’m always wearing sneakers and black cloths I was a beautiful woman and I ruined my body .my relationship with my husband is like a friendship rather than intimate because he doesn’t like woman having a big belly. He’s being kind asks me to take care of my self and lose weight for my health, I ended up having osteoarthritis, cholesterol and I’m also pre diabetic ! I’m trying not to consume sugar.. but I’m addicted!
Identifying my food intolerances (dairy n gluten) really helped curb out unnecessary food hunger panga
Thank you too all the speakers ur honesty has helped many. I can relate too the stories. I suffered from severe eating disorder in teen years and early twenties. My issues were starving myself, excessive exercise, purging with laxatives, fat blockers in excess, carb blockers in excess and speed. I found recovery and was in recovery for decades til around 15 years ago when I was going Thur a really tough stressful time in my life and did not seek therapy or talk with a close friend and over time started eating less and less and exercising more and more and dropped a hole lot of weight in a few months and some one I worked with and spent time with pulled me aside and expressed concern about my weight loss as it was quick in a very short time and it got my attention that maybe I was experiencing a relapse of my eating disorder and needed help which I sought. Thank u too the caring person that cared enough too say something. I never thought a relapse was possible after being in recovery for decades. I was wrong . This is a life long process.
If you eat homemade food most of the time and out once in awhile you will be fine. Restaurant food is only salt,sugar and fat.
Here because I've been following the Grey Sheet Anonymous plan for 8 days. I've seriously become disinterested in food. Seems to be working... I'm learning what my particular food triggers are and staying away from them. I to had mentioned that I was addicted to food or that my compulsion to eat was like being addicted to medical professionals and I don't remember any of them agreeing with it. I am no longer a volume eater due to the Duodenal Switch Bariatric surgery, I started out at 400 lbs, lost 115 lbs, , still had about 150 lbs to go. However after the surgery I had slipped into eating fast food, just less of it. This past year I had gained back up to 320 and severe back issues. I hit rock bottom with it and somehow found GSA. I started on 1/17/21 and have already lost 13 lbs. But most importantly, the food has lost its hold on me. The mental clarity I feel not eating sugar or starches has really opened my eyes, but it was difficult.... but it is so eye opening. My overeating started around the age of 6 I think to calm my ADHD and anxiety. But it really blew up when I was molested from the ages of 7-9. I ate because it numbed me. I ate to stuff down the feelings. I ate to make myself unattractive, the bigger I got the stronger I felt. But knowing the reasons behind why I ate didnt help the compulsion, I didn't want to live like this, constantly fighting this? I have hope on this plan from GSA.. because my compulsion and constantly thinking of food is gone for whole days at a time! I can tell the difference in my psyche when I have slipped up and eaten the sugar or too much starch.
@g.s.5868
3 жыл бұрын
did you possibly balloon weight out of control, so you would be unattractive to anybody as a defense shield against sexual abusers?
@ec614
2 жыл бұрын
What is gray sheet anonymous???
@angelwaldrop693
2 жыл бұрын
Yes, as a child... but I no longer need that coping mechanism.
@yentavegan8823
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing. We give over control to a Power greater than our Addiction. We work through the 12 steps and we stay in recovery mode.
Thankful I have a doctor who referred me to a registered dietitian- this has changed my life. I learned how to eat healthier.
Her lever is leptin sensitivity. I used to have one. 15 years ago. I am convinced we food addicts are extraordinarily leptin resistant. I totally am on the same wavelength as the first woman. Probably all of them.
The first statements say it ALL! Food is NOT addictive. Food additives.. aka sugar, flour, ALL processed food is addictive.
Beautiful people, thank you!
20:31 - 32:30 - Ana (FA) - Good testimonial story of atheist in food addiction recovery. Speaker was mis-introduced as a member of FAA, but the opening slide represented her as a member of FA.
I appreciate listening to everybody's story. However, it saddens me that many women believe that they have to wait to for the weight to come off first, before starting to try new things and do not permit themselves to live happily until they are skinny. You can take on new hobbies and date when you are heavier. I am not advocating for bad health, but stop limiting yourselves. Too much weight stigma in California.
My name is Gail and I am addicted to sugar and carbs. Complete abstence...from sugar and carbs🙂👍🏽💯
In 2021 it's beautiful to hear that they went virtual 3 years ago. Virtual support groups are the future, IMHO.
Incredible. Thanks for sharing.
I live in Australia so your treatment of people with food related issues might be more advanced. Heck, ours may be more advanced than my experience. I have eating issues going back decades. Self-diagnosed with BED but I really am not sure. I sought and obtained an appointment with a psychiatrist well known for her treatment of eating disorders. Turns out, she's really only interested in anorexia nervosa and just told me not to have chocolates in the house. Not a great deal of help.
@miyarabumaree1490
3 жыл бұрын
Which part of australia did you seek support? I'm based in Melbourne and am curious what services exist and how successful they are
@helenalovelock1030
3 жыл бұрын
No it’s not a great help because all that happens is those crazy shop trips. I’ve done so many. But I guess it helps a little and not so instant temptation
I had food addiction when from age of 17 to 20. it stopped when I met my husband we lived in a bedsit and to get out of the bedsit i went walking every day for two hours... the addiction stopped.
The food industry's dirty secrets. To the speakers on this conference, I would hire a bodyguard. Honestly. Or a lawyer.
@TheSasukefang
4 жыл бұрын
Yep its called the Food and Drug Administration for a reason. Why else would those 2 things be lumped into one association?
@mickilayfield-ellis7104
3 жыл бұрын
@@TheSasukefang absolute truth. Not to be trusted
very good panel
I´m glad to know that i´m not crazy. Thanks for sharing.
I’m watching this while overeating
Notice: if you can't find a FAA meeting, you may find an OA meeting near you.
The food-reward-palatability model is most useful in hyperphagia and obesity, which makes sense of the dopaminergic/opioidergic brain chemistry that mimics addiction; that said, one can overeat or binge on almost any foods, but it is clear that the hyper-palatable, low-satiating chemical profiles of many foods with the right ratios of fats, carbs, salts, etc., is whay we identify as "junk" or "comfort" or "bliss" foods. No one of these isolated, purified chemicals is an addictive drug in the same way that cocaine or heroin is--consider that an addict when confronted with an abundance of pure drug of choice will probably indulge, but when do we see a food "addict" simply eating a pile of salt or a pile of sugar cubes or a bottle of pure fat--but the chemical composition of some foods makes them more hedonic/rewarding and some people have brains more susceptible to the "addictive" response to these, thus forming a habit to obsessively/compulsively/addictively overeat/binge-eat more than a normal person. The obesogenic person who once was adaptive as famine-resistant, now in the modern food environment is maladaptive, so prevention and early diagnosis is critical in post-industrialized society. Ultimately, all people struggle with some form of vice/sin, but those tied to the biological drives for sex (lust) and substance use (gluttony) will always be common struggles as these primal urges will always live in the lower/limbic brain. God help us all!
I'm wondering if that isn't my issue. I have little control over food. I can lose weight, but cannot keep the weight off.
@g.s.5868
3 жыл бұрын
learn to fast... or at least skip breakfast
This content is absolutely stellar. I recently read a book on this topic that truly inspired me. "Your Body Your Temple" by Various
Thank you for your honesty!
Ha, MadTV Newhart sketch is classic!!!
This can confuse people. FAA is different than FA. Two separate programs. The logo showed FA - Food Addicts In Recovery Anonymous.
Fantastic. Thank u.
Is there anyone that can comment on the neurophysical effects of sugar alcohols? Are the effects the same as sugar??
This is a healthy food FA (food addicts anonymous) plan for men. If you find yourself losing too much weight, your sponsor (free everyone gets a sponsor) will adjust your plan) Breakfast 8 Oz plain full fat yogurt / or 3 eggs 6 Oz fruit / or 1 piece 4 Oz sweet potato/or potato/ grain / oats/ rice/ quinoa (pick one) Or 4 Oz sweet potato / potato (or 4 Oz grain like rice or quinoa) grain at lunch only for weight loss 3 large eggs 8oz veg low carb - spinach tomato etc Lunch ~6 Oz meat (or 8 Oz vegan chickpeas / tofu) ~2 Oz sweet potato/ or grain like rice ~6 Oz vegetable ~6 Oz salad ~1 tablespoon .5 Oz of oil ~1 tbsp balsamic and Tamari / spices sugar/ gluten free Dinner ~6 Oz chicken (8 Oz vegan) ~6 Oz vegetable ~6 Oz salad ~1 tablespoon .5 Oz of oil ~1 tbsp balsamic and Tamari / spices
@christinaherren
Ай бұрын
Potatoes, rice, etc while I'm sure they healthy, they are slippery slope for me. Eating a potatoe will triggers my desre for bread. Does the FAA program allow for flexibility in this area.
Recap:education in schools ,at homes,learning how to deal with stress since childhood as the brain is undeveloped when we are born.All environment has to change and food industry selling foods like morphine ,what our politicians are doing about it?if food is addictive, like alcohol.cigareytes ,so why we allow such addictive drugs as free?.Addiction is not genetic but epigenetic which switch on and off good and bad genes.These stories are so depressing and the solutions of root causes are not addressed.Thank you.
IS there any follow-up to this lecture and studies mentioned?
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I was very disappointed in this video because having a food allergy addiction to red meat my whole life I was hoping that somebody was bothering to come up with a treatment for it. When I stopped eating red meat in 1980 I went into severe withdrawal and was unable to get out of bed for 5 days with flu-like symptoms and now microscopic levels of cross contamination will keep me in the bathroom for a week.
Who was the philanthropist who funded this initially that she spoke about?
The face of food addictions We have already seen the effect of food addictions
@robertobobby7646
2 жыл бұрын
Food addiction for long decades that results of obesity , cardiovascular ,heart attack , strokes and paralyze " well the truth is what you eat is what you gain..so My advice is this be wise to choose the right healthy food to consume you can consult the nutritionist and ask them the best dietary foods to consume ."further more still you need to to control your eating habits or craving for junk snacks .there are way to avoid addiction on food such as drinking hot beverages ,eating sour fruit, or nuts instead . As the professional said the more you eat the more complications you will gain .. so this issue are only being ignored but not being control by the body it self ..that's what I call mental health out of mind control.Itermittent fasting can reduce this condition if you do or try.. note you will not die if you eat one meal a day just you have a plenty of water to drink never die it's just a spy
Addiction Reset Community is the most compassionate and effective food addiction program. If 12 step food programs are not working for you, check it out. It’s an amazing program. Joan Ifland Phd is the founder and CEO. It is affordable and it support 24/7. Incidentally, it’s not about weight for many. Weight is not a marker of being addicted to processed food or not.
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I'm addicted to eggs
@francescofulghieri9608
2 жыл бұрын
that’s not so bad, boosts testosterone
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What is the name of the first brunette woman?
@loligreg
3 жыл бұрын
Fay Zenoff
@overcomer4226
3 жыл бұрын
elissa epel
why do humans always have to make animals suffer to help humans? A very sick thing humans do!!!!!
@stevesaratoga3787
5 жыл бұрын
Yeah, screw humans, lets worry about everything else first. Humans last
@arcidiavolo
5 жыл бұрын
we test you to help us
@kathya1956
4 жыл бұрын
Oh geez, here we go
@adorable3817
4 жыл бұрын
Because humans are heartless, egotistical monsters. They think the world belongs to them. It's sickening.
@lime7253
4 жыл бұрын
that's also my major problem in this world.....awful people we are.....l hope the coronavirus will get rid of us all
I'm sorry but the "um" guy is sooo annoying Edit: oh my god the lady after him is literally just as bad with the "um"s
@VelvetyMoon
2 жыл бұрын
Is that all you got from this? There was so much more! :)
@GlitterGum
2 жыл бұрын
@@VelvetyMoon that's just what I chose to comment on
@Allegra11
2 жыл бұрын
They are obviously very nervous and unused to public speaking but they've pushed themselves for our benefit.
Rubbish!!! I’m on natraxolone and I still eat chocolate and crave it just as much! What a load of crap, it doesn’t work for craving junk food at all
@g.s.5868
3 жыл бұрын
high dose or low dose ?
@meman6964
3 жыл бұрын
What??? Big pharma didn't fix it??? Do they ever fix anything?
@lenorepaletta9267
3 жыл бұрын
@@meman6964 nope.
WOW! Now we can all identify as victims and place the blame on others. Great! I didn't want that damned personal responsibility. It's not my fault, THEY did it to me.
@michellehashish5341
3 жыл бұрын
Are you trying to say that big business are not creating frankenfoods and putting fat, sugar and other god knows what chemicals in foods to make us addicted to them? There have been plenty of documentaries on this and how dirty the packaged food industry is. People just don't realise/know that these companies are paying alot of money to scientists to come up with different chemicals that light up the addiction centre in your brain. There is a group that tried to get these chemicals banned and out of our foods, unfortunately they didn't succeed because these chemicals are not classed as drugs - they should be since the body has the same response to them as drugs. Joan Ifland has an excellent talk about the tobacco industry buying up alot of the food industry companies like kraft, Nabisco etc in the 80's and this is where it all started.
@g.s.5868
3 жыл бұрын
@@michellehashish5341 food should have no labels, if it has labels, leave it on the shelf.... there is always personal responsibility ... you don't balloon to 400 pounds on veggies & carrots
@michellehashish5341
3 жыл бұрын
@@g.s.5868 that is what I support. Whole food plant based way of eating. Problem is people are very naive/ignorant about the way packaged foods are produced, specifically to get people addicted to them. People are also time poor. I luckily am not addicted to these foods, but I do believe in food addiction. Yes there is personal responsibility, but there is little education about these harmful additives/chemicals.
@nopenope1834
3 жыл бұрын
There is a reason marketing is a booming industry, so your comment is extremely reductionist.
@kyliepechler
2 жыл бұрын
If you bothered to watch the whole video, you will realize how redundant your comment is.