Ultra-Processed People by Chris van Tulleken does a fantastic job of setting out the dangers of highly processed foods, and makes it clear that something about modern processing is to blame. If you are looking for books similar to Ultra-Processed People, common recommendations include: The Dorito Effect by Mark Schatzer, Nourishment by Fred Provenza, and ... Read more The post Books like…
The excellent book Ultra-Processed People by Dr Chris van Tulleken makes a compelling case that ultra-processed foodstuffs are addictive and cause people to overeat. As a consequence of reading this book, more people than ever are now fervently committed to avoiding ultra-processed food in their diets. However, cutting out ultra-processed food can initially seem difficult ... Read more The post…
This website describes a way of eating normal, nourishing flavor-honest food that allows you to lose weight, without restrictive dieting and without exercising. The method is simple and it sticks. It leaves you with an unimaginable freedom: escape from the endless mood swings, anxiety and despair that often accompanies fluctuating weight, starvation diets, binge eating, and ... Read more The post…
If you are ready to end fake food addiction and stop compulsive overeating, what is the optimal time to do so? When is the best time to start? Even with all of the knowledge set out on this website, there may be a tiny smidgen of doubt; a quiet nagging desire to delay eating normally ... Read more The post When is the best time to start eating normally? appeared first on EAT LIKE A NORMAL PERSON .
Am I addicted to food? This is a question that many of those who struggle with binge eating, ‘emotional eating’, ‘stress eating’, compulsive grazing, or any other form of undesired overeating eventually ask. The rational part of the brain wishes that we would eat sensibly; another part demands otherwise. With Dr. Robert Lustig, author of ... Read more The post Overcoming food addiction: a…
Many years ago I read Allen Carr s Easy Way to Quit Smoking (available from Amazon – it is one of the few books to retain a 5 star rating, with over 1,000 reviews). This might not sound especially surprising, until you realise that I have never smoked a cigarette in my life. Allen Carr s book ... Read more The post How anti-smoking guru Allen Carr saved me from obesity appeared first on EAT LIKE A…
This website introduces a new idea that helped me stop binge eating and lose weight. It communicates a hypothesis that I ve been developing for decades: a story of misguided biological signals, mistaken beliefs – and freedom. I have a long history of chronic dieting. I was a compulsive eater with severe episodes of binge eating ... Read more The post How to stop binge eating: the idea that helped…