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    Food Junkies: The Truth About Food Addiction
    Food Junkies: The Truth About Food Addiction
    Food Junkies: The Truth About Food Addiction
    Audiobook8 hours

    Food Junkies: The Truth About Food Addiction

    Written by Vera Tarman, MD and Phil Werdell

    Narrated by Lisa Bunting

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    About this audiobook

    Overeating, binge eating, obesity, anorexia, and bulimia: Food Junkies tackles the complex, poorly understood issue of food addiction from the perspectives of a medical researcher and dozens of survivors.
    What exactly is food addiction?
    Is it possible to draw a hard line between indulging cravings for “comfort food” and engaging in substance abuse?
    For people struggling with food addictions, recognizing their condition — to say nothing of gaining support and advice — remains a frustrating battle.
    “Beyond my wildest expectations”
    “The reader’s calming voice assists with decreasing the shame so often found with addiction and can open the listener up to actually hearing.”
    A fact-filled guide to coping with compulsive overeating problems by an experienced addictions doctor who draws on many patients’ stories of recovery.
    Built around the experiences of people suffering and recovering from food addictions, Food Junkies offers practical information grounded in medical science, while putting a face to the problems of food addiction. It is meant to be a knowledgeable and friendly guide on the road to food serenity.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPost Hypnotic Press
    Release dateJan 1, 2016
    ISBN9781772560497
    Food Junkies: The Truth About Food Addiction

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    • 5/5
      Very well written, very well narrated ... it tells a bitter truth ... insightful .. I like it

      2 people found this helpful

    • 5/5
      I recently relapsed in my bulimia. This helped me tremendously! It's hard to find treatment centers that will take my insurance. I'm now two weeks on the straight and narrow! Thank you!!!

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Eye opening and liberating. Thank you Dr. Vera. My recovery has finally begun.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      It s a very very good book about food addiction!

      1 person found this helpful

    • 1/5
      The books makes valid points but it does not address the actual root of the problem, that is the beliefs people hold around food, feelings of shame and dieting mentality. All in all, it's a decent read if you want to deep your toes in these waters (or research for some project) and it's pretty relatable. I was at the beginning of my recovery when I found this book and I was extremely happy about it, it seemed like the ultimate truth, however 1 year later I discovered it was not. Following the rules and banning sugar from your life is not sustainable and quite dangerous. I DO NOT recommend anyone to apply what they read in this book on themselves. Use it for research or anything else just DON'T use those techniques on anyone because this will aggravate their eating issues.
    • 5/5
      Life changing! Information is great, narrated beautifully, I plan to listen/read again soon
    • 5/5
      This really was an enlightening book. I highly recommend this one
    • 5/5
      This is what I would call the end of the line method of food recovery. I highly recommend for people who have tried everything else to no avail. Those of you who still think you can find a way to eat flour and sugar successfully probably need to try something else like intuitive eating. Who knows? Maybe you aren't an addict and you can.

      It's still a seed of thought that needs to be planted regardless. If you wonder if you are a food addict, you need to at least listen to this audio book.

      Whether or not you actually try abstinence is something to consider carefully. Once you cage this lion, you need to keep it there. When we relapse it does get progressively harder to quit each time, because the disease continues to progress.
    • 5/5
      Very insightful and deep, honest text about food addiction. Gave me a lot of strength and encouragement to stay on this newly discovered path of recovering from my own (food) addiction. Grateful for this book!
    • 3/5
      Was hoping for more instruction on how to stop eating sugar. It mostly just told you to find a 12 step program.