264. Sugar and emotional eating

264. Sugar and emotional eating

What is emotional eating? For a long time, I didn’t think emotional eating had anything to do with me. I thought I just liked sugar. I thought I needed more discipline. I thought I should “do better.” You may relate. In this episode, I share my own experience with comfort foods and the role sugar played in helping me cope and unwind at the end of a long day. I talk about why comfort foods feel so comforting, how emotional eating is different from trauma responses. If you’ve ...

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In this episode, I want to talk about something that confuses a lot of people: cholesterol. What it actually is, why your body needs it, and why the LDL number on your lab report doesn't tell the whol...

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275. "Cutting refined carbs helped me train for a marathon": John

275. "Cutting refined carbs helped me train for a marathon": John

John grew up in Indiana eating Hungry Man dinners, boxes of sugary cereal, and green-frosted Ninja Turtle pies... and no-one ever told him sugar was a problem! By his early 30s he was pushing 290 pou...

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274. "My faith helped me quit sugar": Christine

274. "My faith helped me quit sugar": Christine

Christine spent 30 years trapped in the cycle of yo-yo dieting. She tried everything from Weight Watchers to a hospital-supervised liquid protein program. But nobody ever taught her why her body was ...

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273. What to say when someone offers you sugar

273. What to say when someone offers you sugar

What do you say when someone offers you something with sugar in it… and you don’t want it? Or you kind of do... but you don't want to sabotage your efforts to break free from sugar cravings? In this e...

5 Apr 16min

272. "Mindful eating helped reduce my sugar cravings": Angela

272. "Mindful eating helped reduce my sugar cravings": Angela

Angela grew up with a lot of stress and tension around food at home. In her 20s, she struggled with severe sugar addiction alongside anxiety and depression, using sugar as a primary coping mechanism. ...

29 Mar 43min

271. "White sugar and flour were our biggest triggers": Violet

271. "White sugar and flour were our biggest triggers": Violet

When Violet's husband’s health crisis forced them to look for solutions, sugar and white flour weren’t even on the list. In this episode, Violet shares how her husband’s Crohn’s disease led them to co...

22 Mar 28min

270. "Detox" symptoms to expect when you first cut sugar

270. "Detox" symptoms to expect when you first cut sugar

If you’ve ever thought about cutting sugar, flour, and processed foods, it's better to be prepared for what you might experience. In this episode, I talk about the symptoms people often call “detox” a...

15 Mar 18min

269. "I'm worthy to have a life free from cravings": Evon

269. "I'm worthy to have a life free from cravings": Evon

Evon Dennis grew up in a large family where most meals were home-cooked. But as her family’s income increased, so did the presence of ultra-processed foods. After leaving home as a teenager, and beco...

8 Mar 38min

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