Dr. Ifland is considered to be the world's leading expert in processed food addiction.
She is the author of the textbook, Processed Food Addiction.
Dr. Ifland educates health practitioners on using food addiction recovery to put diet-related diseases into remission.
She was selected by the Oprah Winfrey Network as food addiction specialist, is a Fellow of the American College of Nutrition, and an innovator in food addiction recovery programs.
In this episode, we discuss:
- the Standard American Diet (SAD) being filled with highly-processed, low nutrient, cheap foods, which Dr. Ifland calls "addictive food-like substances”
- the food industry and what happened in the 1980s
- how the brain learns to crave
- the impact on the brain and body when processed foods are consumed
- how many people who eat The Standard American Diet have a food addiction and how you can identify if you have one
- if you have a food addiction, what steps you should take
- obsession and cravings
- how to avoid relapse
- how to overcome an addiction to processed food
Where to find Joan:
https://www.drjoanifland.com
Food Addiction Reset Program:
https://www.foodaddictionreset.com/arc-membership-details
Dr. Vera Tarman, Author of "Food Junkies": Food Addiction 101
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0W3V_4cMW4
How to Break Free of Food Addiction: Clarissa Kennedy and Molly Painschab of Sweet Sobriety
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_sGEubvmcg&t=264s
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