THIS EPISODE OF GROWING OLDER LIVING YOUNGER focuses on food addiction, in particular addiction to sugar and refined carbohydrates.Today’s Featured Expert is Dr. Vera Tarman, author of Food Junkies: Recovery from Food Addiction, cohost of the popular Food Junkies Podcast and founder of the Facebook group called “I’m Sweet Enough: Sugar-Free for Life.”We discuss the reality and the pathophysiology of sugar addiction, how to know whether you have an addiction and the impact that corporate sponsorship of research and disease-focused organizations have on the common narrative.
Episode Timeline0:11 Introduction to today’s episode.
2:58 The difference between pleasure seeking and addiction.
7:45 How to decide if you have a true sugar addiction?
12:29 Dopamine re-uptake.
17:08 Are there genetic predispositions to addiction?
21:28 The connection between Diabetes and sugar addiction.
25:27 You are what you eat
31:41 Why sponsorship of research by corporations is problematic.
37:52 Training yourself to say no to sugar addiction.
Speaker Bio: Dr, Vera Tarman. MD, MSc, FCFP, ABAM, is a specialist in addiction medicine, Medical Director of Renascent and a senior staff physician at Salvation Army. she is author of Food Junkies: Recovery from Food Addiction and cohosts the Food Junkies Podcast
Learn more about Dr. Tarman’s work, and sugar addiction at the links in the show notes. Facebook: www.fb.com/groups/SugarFreeForLife
Website: veratarmanMD.com and addictionsunplugged.com;
You tube: https://www.youtube.com/c/VeraTarmanMD
Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drveratarman/
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