Food Addiction: Why We Can't Stop Eating
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- Опубликовано: 25 авг 2024
- Neal Barnard, M.D., joins the show to explain how the brain reacts similarly to certain foods as it does to narcotics. There is a reason why we crave high-fat and high-calorie foods.
If I don't eat what I'm craving, I pick at other things, until I give in and eat what I want. So I end up eating even more food.
I've learned to just eat what you crave, in that situation. What happened to you is very common.
Can you not have the bad things around then they're not an option?
I'm glad you posted this . I get advise all the time ' eat high protein or fiber to get rid of the hunger '. Ummm it's not about hunger it's a CRAVING... so that doesn't work for me. Certain foods make me feel so good... like a high.
Omg me too
yesss. ty for typing that out
Who's here because you wanna go on a diet, but the struggle is real 😣
i was vegetarian for 3 straight years, never cheated once. Then i went straight into a 21 day raw diet to go vegan. I was a vegan for a yr straight, never cheated, but this was back about 2011-2014 and now i can't do it. I find it so hard.
@@TheMJT515 I have read the older you get the harder it is for many things. I'm starting back on a healthy diet, I eat way too much junk. Day one, apple for lunch, not liking it 🤐 doing it for heart health though. So hopefully that keeps me motivated.
@@kellyk.8519 I wish you all the best!
Kelly K. Literally I’ve been trying to lose weight for 4 years
I wish u the best too! You can do it!!!
Dr Barnard is so right about addiction not being a moral failing. It's just dopamine hijacking. I wish everyone would look at it this way.
I'm here because I see the same behavioral attributes in both food addicts and substance abuse addicts. Alcoholism isn't a moral failing. It just forces itself into a glass and makes you drink it. I wish everyone would look at it in this way. (Said every alcoholic.)
@@kathrynj.hernandez8425 It's still not a moral failing; it's a symptom of a deeper malaise that then becomes a problem in itself. Whether the substance used to change one's emotional state is junk food, drugs, alcohol, or something else, we go for it as an antidote to some kind of emotional pain, and then the dopamine produced by all these substances, including bad food, keeps us hooked. The way out is not to see it as a moral failing but to try to understand what is happening beyond or beneath the food or alcohol or drugs, and to deal with that imbalance through a combination of psychological and physical approaches.
@@Equinox1.5 social media addiction too
@@sophon238 Definitely!
I just want to have a healthy relationship with food. But I either overeat or eat barely anything. I just want to get it right
totally!!! just like me
I am the same
That part!
Same
Same girl
As someone with a long-term eating disorder, there are a number of factors involved, food addiction being one of them.
“Addiction isn’t a moral failing”. Based on my reaction, these words will stick w/me forever.
It is a lack of self control.
@@kathrynj.hernandez8425 It is exactly because of people like you why addiction becomes a stigma. In addiction,the nervous system in the brain gets changed due to repeated use of the addictive substance or activity.Therefore, it is a medical issue not a problem of self control.
@@kathrynj.hernandez8425 so drug and alcohol addiction is a lack of self control? Fuck off
@@kathrynj.hernandez8425 I feel anxious now thinking to meet a lot of people cause I've social anxiety and now in my brain they keep thinking is foods even when I about to type *brain* it suddenly I typed *foods* and this addiction since I was child cause I always get bullied by people around me especially my family and I turned my anger to foods so everytime I got depressed or anxious and after eating foods it likes take away my problems.
@pranavpratheekmalleboyina4483 I have a major food addiction I'm trying to get over, but find myself failing repeatedly. It definitely feels as if I have a lack of self control. It makes me hate myself. Your comment made me feel a bit better knowing it's a condition, but another part of me wanted to use it as an excuse to continue. I'm just really depressed about the whole situation.
Dealt with feelings of loneliness and disappointment almost my whole life, which i have used food to fill the void. The more unsatisfied or lonely i feel the stronger my desire to eat to feel better becomes ...never works though does it
Can I cuddle with you
I think I am similar. I have become suspicious that I'm not adequately stimulated in my social and personal life and I eat numb or distract from this. The reason I suspect this is when I'm busy outdoors or with someone I like, I don't think about eating and my appetite is very low. I would still eat but out of necessity or the off chance that I've been so active then pass a restaurant, not compulsively. I think if this is true that's my way out. But I'd say to you, eating must work enough or we wouldn't keep doing it. However it's obviously not the solution or we wouldn't keep needing to do it in excess.
for the record, in case anyone is wondering, Dr. Bernard is SIXTY SIX YEARS OLD
Incredible and he's Vegan
Wow!!!!!!! Really??? He looks amazing 🥰
omfg he could like.. get it 💦
@@chelseakayyy lol
He looks great!!
I’ve been addicted to bad-for-me foods for 50+ years. Been doing low carb high fat for over a year and I have no cravings at all. There were side effects: Lost 40 lbs and A1C went from 7.9 to 6.1. I’m still a work in progress.
1 yr later are you still low carb high fat and still feeling healthy ? Is your high fat intake: saturated fats? Have you had blood tests done recently?
@@avawhetton1713 Yes. I feel great. A1C down to 5.7 and lost 75 lbs. I’ve been at this weight for about 5 months. My doctor is asking me for eating advice.
It’s now been 20 months for me. I’m right there with you. Down 75 lbs and weight is stable for last 4 months. I’d like to lose 10 more lbs but I’m ok if I don’t. A1C down to 5.7. It’s stuck there. Not sure why. I guess it will take more time to fix all the damage I did.
Just did 5 days keto and the sugar cravings were so bad that I was moody, distracted, angry etc. By Saturday I gave in and had a mad baking session and ate tonnes all weekend. I know if I can get past two weeks the cravings go away but it's so hard
I am not addicted to a certain food, but I am addicted to eating period. It does mot matter if it is carrots or cereal, I just want to eat :( even if I am already full
Mrs. Santos Ciarolla damn hopefully you get through this.Idk if that’s you in your profile pic but you still look good lol
Me too! I seriously will die!
Me too!!! For 2 years I would eat from the time I came home from work, until going to bed. Anything and everything - and ganed 40lbs.
My stomach was enormous, bloated with all that food, so much it hurt! ...so I waited 30 Minutes or so, and then kept eating.
I have it under control now.
If I lived alone, I wouldn't buy garbage. But my husband likes bad food, and is skinny no matter what he eats.... so, to break my habit, 2 rules:
#1 I asked him to lock the kitchen door when he leaves the house for work at 1:30pm.
Because evenings is the worst.
#2 NO EATING AFTER 6PM
Baby steps. And it's working 😊
Been doing it for 3 weeks now.
Breakthrough!!
Yesterday, around 8pm I discovered 1/2 of a Clementine from lunch and gave myself permission to eat it, but I didn't.
It was the weirdest thing!!!!
Not because I was looking at the clock, but because I literally had no Appetit, no desire, no feeling of wanting to put it in my mouth.
That's freedom 🙏✌💚
Not being controlled by urges, addictions.
One day at a time
Good luck to everyone, peace and love 🙏✌💚
Same here. I just love to eat. I eat when I’m happy, sad, mad, or just simply bored.
@@adorable3817 I am the same .. come home and begin eating like continuously... tomatos, spinach, pumpkin .. you name it. I try to swap for something that will not give me such weight gain but from time it gets out of hand.
It is seriously exhausting, you cant even relax at home with TV as all you want do is eat
I dont know what this is and really dont know how to get rid of it .. cant even enjoy anthing anymore
I have kicked it but every time it was just for a period of time... good for you that you manage!!! :D
I am soooooo disgusted with myself for overeating. I can do ok during the day but at dinner( between 5:00/6pm) I am overeating and continue to do so until I fall asleep and then if i get up for any reason i get something and take it back to bed with me. I've woke up with peanut butter crackers still in my hand. This was pretty interesting and educational. What bums me out is being able to intellectualize this with your brain but still continue to overeat/binge food. I've done alot of the usual things to stop,lose weight but my food addiction wins out every time.
Even though I'm pretty discouraged by this and my weight I'm definitely not going to give up finding a solution.
You should start overeating broccoli - no joke
Eat an entire crown of broccoli each day - start when you get up in the morning and do not go to bed until it’s gone - eat the stem, eat every bit of it, even if you have to cut the thick stem into small pieces - I bite right into it like it’s an apple; I love me some broccoli and it’s not always easy for everyone to eat it that way….
Also, drink 96 oz of water every day - buy 3 bottles of water, 33 oz each - that’s 99oz - buy two regular bottles that are 33oz each and buy another 33oz bottle that’s either SmartWater or Essentia water - both of these have electrolytes and sodium bicarbonate and all sorts of things to help you stay hydrated while drinking so much water every day; so start with 1 regular bottle, make it gone by lunch, the 2nd bottle (smart water or essentia) drink that with lunch and into the afternoon, and the 3rd regular bottle, start that in the evening
Snack all day on the broccoli crown - the water and broccoli will make you feel very full
In the morning for breakfast, have a protein shake (one of the small ones from a 4 pack, I would recommend Premier Protein or Atkins Plus, both taste good and are 30g of protein) - also, have an orange, not a huge oversized on, a regular small/mid sized orange - you can have a cup of coffee but it needs to be black, no sugar no creamer, nothing - just straight black coffee - have a cup or two….
For lunch, have a 2nd protein shake and 4 slices of deli turkey, add some salt and pepper and be generous with both of them, the extra salt will be helpful to your body because all the water you’re drinking will be washing the sodium that’s in your body away, so the salt is a good replenish….. have a handful or two of lightly salted peanuts…. And maybe a couple stalks of celery….
For dinner - have another 4 slices of turkey (or a plain can of tuna fish - pick one but not both) cup with salt and pepper, and you can either have a sweet potato (microwaved, plain with nothing) or some brown rice - the minute rice brand makes cups of rice that can be microwaved (no water needed, pull the cover off the top and place in the microwave for 1 minute and bam, you have a helping of delicious brown rice, eat it plain) and feel free to have another handful or two of peanuts - small handfuls….
You’ll be amazed at how full you feel all day long - do this for two weeks straight - this is a good cleanse and a great way to shock your body and digestive system so they can reset; the gorging you’re doing in the evening is partially due to not feeling full, and once you’re around all that delicious u healthy food, the mechanism that’s used to control that u healthy eating just goes out the window and bam, you’re overeating a lot of unhealthy food again…. your body needs that dopamine fix from the bad food you’re eating because it’s addicted to it, I’ve been there so I know exactly what it’s like - you need to break the daily cycle that your body is clocked to doing and detox from it
The cleanse and shock will reset your system for those 2 weeks to get your body out of the habit of rewarding itself with unhealthy food at roughly the same time every evening….
I hope this helps, and good luck to you - I’m dead serious, if you try this you’ll feel like a whole new person in just 2-3 days into it - sticking strict to it for two weeks and then going to a more healthy diet is an excellent approach to breaking yourself of bad habits like that; and you’ll not only feel amazing but you’ll also be real proud of yourself too
You can do it - you have way more strength than you know - look at the person in the mirror and tell them they aren’t going to keep you from being healthy; not anymore…. 🔥👊
Please do NOT be disgusted with yourself!! That only makes you feel worse and maybe feeds the addiction. Addiction is not your fault ... although you do have the challenge of dealing with it.
Eating a huge breakfast helps me. I have oatmeal with fruit, plate of steamed vegetables. Then at 10am I eat a plain baked yam or baked potato and a banana. I eat a big lunch with a salad, bean soup, and a fruit. Dinner is a bowl of soup because by then I'm not so hungry. I eat 80% of my calories before 2pm. This cured my night time eating.
@jason- Thank you for this, I’m going to try it!
Are you taking Ambien?
I honestly can’t stop eating junk food. Sometimes I will go to the gym and eat well for three or four days but before long I am back snacking and phoning takeaways and eating chocolate and loads of ice cream etc . And when I start eating junk food I eat about 3000 calories at a time. I don’t think I can stop and I’m worried how my health is going to be in the next five years. I am only 33 just now but I have noticed on the last two years it is taking its effects big time
Look into OA. Overeaters Anonymous OA.org
Dude I'm the same way. I'm a distance runner that does a lot of miles each month so I need a lot of calories to maintain, but more and more of them are coming from garbage than ever. Started in March when covid broke out and I had more time. I just started hitting the chocolate hard now i can't stop.
Richy H 🙋🏽♀️
I’m in my early 40’s used to be an emotional eater for decades which became bad habits to then try restrictive diets & always came full circle there are real consequences as you get older. I was pretty fecked, been over 3 months I went whole food plant based. It’s given me a much healthier relationship with food I don’t crave ‘comfort’ foods anymore. Sugar/carb fix? Oat chia fruit smoothies or baking 3 ingredient oat dark chocolate banana cookies or a baked potato with lentils etc. No junk food, no take away, no cheap supermarket junk. Whole grains only rice, oats, barley, pasta, nuts, seeds, all fruits, all vegetables, avocados are super filling, legumes & pulses. I don’t count calories or portions I don’t stress about food anymore, it’s sustainable. Our gut bacteria is messed up with the sh!t food out there and the human microbiome is linked to Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, depression, hormones, skin conditions, IBS/Chrons heart health & weight. My blood work has completely changed, dropped off my meds most importantly I don’t get the cravings and when I eat I actually feel satisfied. High fibre foods are crucial to human health even if you looked at flexitarian method, my daughter has fish or meat twice a month the rest of the time WFPB. I seen a friend after several months n she was like 😮 you look younger. Good luck it’s not easy. Fibre Fuelled by Will Bulieswicz is a fascinating book on our gut health it really put things into perspective for me don’t wait like I did, till the degenerative diseases catch up with you. 😕
Yasmin Ariana thanks and God bless you for getting back to me I really appreciate your comment
Richy H when I was due my period I used to want to water-boat my face in a bag of sugar 🤣 if I can do it you can too. God bless you too hon all the best. X
Dr Barnard is so comforting...and I always learn so much
Dr. Barnard always provides great information. Thank you!
Food addiction is worse than drugs or alcohol because you have to eat to live.
I dont agree that any is worth than the other. Yes we have to eat, but we dont have to eat junk and junk isnt helping us "live".
You will die of thirst long before starving tho. You have to drink to live. So this theory doesn't hold water.
I agree. You can get away from heroin. You can’t get away from food. You can’t even get away from junk food very easily. Sooner or later someone is going to bring you a biscuit with your tea and your off and racing again
Food addiction is so real and so painful to live with. People make fun of you for your weight. You learn to cope with life and pain by eating to make yourself feel better. It’s a vicious cycle of self hatred, guilt and shame. Food addiction is harder to get over than cocaine.
Wow 😳 my eyes are wide open! And I’m in the medical field. To a certain extent I know this...but it’s nice to be reminded and to retrieve more details as well. Thank you!!
Im a binge. I can't stop.. lm so full that my body hurts... I can't seem to click over to stop
Can I kiss u
Interestingly, is example of narcan taking away the pleasure of sugar, I had the exact same thing with vaping nicotine vs. smoking. For some reason, vaping took away the pleasure of smoking, so I used it to my advantage. Before I smoked, I would vape. Eventually I quit smoking, and then I was able to gradually decrease the nicotine dosage lower & lower until I was able to quit vaping & nicotine entirely.
I *needed* these videos.
I’ve been getting sicker and sicker with a congenital duodenal malrotation, and that along with my food addiction is literally killing me slowly.
I will not last if I can’t beat this thing but I’m not sure I can do it. But these vids are helping. *Thank you.*
I thought alcoholism was a bitch to beat.
🙄🥺😓
Hope you’re feeling better.
Im sorry to hear this. I hope you find a way to help heal yourself
You can do anything you dedicate yourself too, just refuse to lose and never give up.
Anything that provides pleasure, has the potential for addiction. From drugs to sex to gambling to food to self harm..
Great work, thank you for hosting Dr Barnard. All the best, Maeve in Ireland
Great information on why we’re addicted, but I would have also appreciated information on how to avoid getting addicted
Avoid addictive foods?
No one mentioned salty foods. They stimulate the appetite!
I think this is the MAIN addiction bc nothing would taste good without it so no one would binge
If you eat enough salt you won't crave much salt.. alot of people avoid added salt and therefore the body tries to compensate being eating more food containing salt.
If you eat salt by itself it won't make you hungry
I hope I can overcome mine , I dont want to be overweight anymore. I used to be thin. I just cant stop eating bad foods, especially before bed. :/
WOW. I wish everyone could see this! I learned so much. Thank you.
Addiction is not a moral failing... So needed to hear it. I wish it would be common way of seeing it. Because God knows I really want to stop eating sugary stuff. I wake up with the conviction every day. But by the afternoon I just cannot keep up. I either don't eat anything all day or I eat sweets... And Remeron doesn't help either.... And otherwise I eat healthy, whole foods and all by the book. But this ruins it all like nothing happens...And here they put sweets next to veggies and health foods or higiene products.... Cannot even avoid it... Evil shops
Narcan has been available for some time now as oral form and is being used for food addiction. Contrave is one product.
Dr Barnard is one of the greats
Junk food is more like a drug than a food.
Whole plant foods are healthy and not addictive. No one gets addicted to broccoli or green tea. But people get damaging addictions to cheese, meat, alcohol, etc. Seems that the more refined and palatable something is the more addictive it is.
Cheese was my big dietary addiction, and giving that up with Neil Barnard’s advice was a big turning point to have a plant based diet
I actually kind of disagree.
I completely cut out all processed foods and saturated fats and I started craving fruit like mad. I would eat 10-15 pieces of fruit a day to the point it started affecting my blood sugar. I was concerned so cut out fruit and then became obsessed with carrots to the point where my skin started to go yellow. The Dr told me to lay off the carrots so then I would crave lettuce. I would go through a head of lettuce and an entire celery a day. I would actually dream about having a huge green salad as I was driving home.
For some people with addictive personalities you can get addicted to any food.
I can literally get addicted to any food until it becomes problematic!
No one gets addicted to meat, cut your vegan dogma nonsense. People are addicted to ultra processed foods.
Focus on a healthy lifestyle and the weight-loss will take care of it's self. Success requires the discovery of a motivational trigger that you can maintain. I have forced myself to carry a small card (credit card-size) that has two sides. One side lists poisons (dairy, meat, sugars, pop, oils) and the other side lists medicines (fruit, vegetables, beans, seeds). Before I decide to eat anything, I look at the card and remind myself of whether it is a poison or medicine. Who wants to eat poison? Conclusion: find your motivation and stick to it for life.
Dr. Neal Barnard is so strait forward. I enjoy every time I hear him speak. Thank you for this wonderful interview. I thought the information on the sugar to babes was very interesting. I agree we need to stop feeding people bacon. Pigs are so very smart and wonderful animals. There is a video that shows pigs swimming and one that shows a pig rescuing a goat out of a muddy river. Ice cream is very addictive to some people the fat and sugar with the diary is a triple threat. Thank for this wonderful information.
Sorry to tell you that pig rescues a goat video was faked. The pig was trained to swim and a person was underwater holding the baby goat.
The video of a pig attacking 3 men ready to kill it's friend was real. That's all we need yo know. They don't want yo die. They don't want each other to die.
Lay's Potato Chips
*"Betcha can't eat just one!"*
“It's the real thing-Coke
@Covenant Life ...as in the Standard American Diet.
That explains why a lot of granola bars are coated or infused with chocolate. They used to only have the granola and sugars.
Didn't even know PCRM had a podcast. Cool!
I thought I was the only one...
This is insane.. we really need more help than "just eat healthy"
If i don’t eat what I’m craving I’ll binge on everything else around me to try to clear the craving but I just end up eating more until I eat what I want . I’m tired of it
as far as I'm concerned all of this is public knowledge and has been known for a while. so what do we do about it? how do we stop the cycle of addiction?
Mindfulness and a deep desire to free oneself, just like any other addiction
@@sophon238 other addictions are treated with abstinence. you cannot abstain from food.
@@kass8139 you actually can, if you are used to eating for comfort, refusing to eat when you feel stressed is akin to abstaining from a drug. It's just a surreal level of discipline. It can be done
@@sophon238 if that is the case I think it would be counter productive to describe it as an ‘addiction’ just a bad coping mechanism / habit.
When I think of a food “addiction” I think of eating disorders that stem from mental health conditions & I think it would be offensive to chuck it down to lack of discipline. For binge eaters, overeating is usually a physiological response to restriction. It is a more complicated fix than simply “abstaining”.
@@kass8139 there are physiological responses to halting drug abuse too. Ultimately the discipline to endure it is needed. Being fully aware of all the mental and physiological handicaps doesn't dissolve the need for discipline.
High fructose corn syrup in the form of Pepsi.
Once I gave that up...my other food cravings subsided.
It was so strange. I would pair certain junk foods with certain Sodas.
Pizza and Pepsi
Cheeseburgers and Mug Root beer
Chicken sandwiches and Sprite or Dr Pepper.
So strange!
Whew! This made me cry. 😭😭😭
When it comes to the bacon question - again it's the fat and sugar. Fatty cut of meat and for whatever reason, most commercial bacons are cured in sugar. Get an uncured bacon and a traditional bacon and see the difference in taste and shelf life
I agree, far more people are addicted to food. I used to not only be addicted to certain foods, I was also addicted to being full, no matter what food it was.
or you go to different store so the people at the store do not discover your addiction.
Goodness gracious I can literally feel the pain in this comment.
Right because the Starbucks I normally go to will walk my order to me and all know me by name 🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️ that’s an expensive addiction
@@SuprEmpth ouch - that's me!
@@sealily6015 I know someone who does this routinely. I cannot imagine being hooked on SB!
It’s got to the stage now I’ve stopped caring so I don’t bother going to different stores anymore
I wasn’t able to eat for about 7 months due to a swallowing disorder after a stroke, so I was getting all my nutrition through a feeding tube and any thought of food was just so appealing to me. I was extremely skinny before, being 5’9 100lbs although my diet was mostly takeout foods and junk, I never had the urge to eat a lot so I was a skeleton even on that shit diet. During the time I wasn’t allowed to eat all I could think about was those foods, like pizza, Taco Bell, Chinese food, cookies, cake, all that bad stuff and how much I missed eating it. I was allowed to eat again after those 7 months after passing an examination and I haven’t been able to stop eating. First I told myself I was just gonna satisfy the cravings for the food I haven’t had for all that time, but it’s actually starting to feel like an addiction. The other day I ate 50$ worth of junk food I ordered off doordash in 2 days. And just like they mentioned in this video I’ve found myself feeling like I have to be secretive about my eating habits, because when my mom has confronted me about it or tried to limit my eating I found myself irritated, which I felt bad about because I know it’s not like me at all and that it’s just for my own good. I’m trying now to eat better foods and eat less, although it’s a lot harder than I thought especially considering I’ve been a twig most of my life up to now.
Um so can I kiss you
Your body might be trying get you back to your set point weight if you’re underweight. When I was underweight I really struggled with binging all I could think about was food, it’s like a survival mechanism, once I restored weight and stopped dieting things calmed down a bit, hopefully that’s the same for you 🙏
Why do we have addictions? I figure addictions had an evolutionary advantage for humans survival because everyone can become addicted although possibly each of us has different areas of more of less vulnerability.
I think i have a hormonal imbalance as a man. Ive always struggled with food addiction as a kid and plus my parents were addicts as well. I used food as a coping strategy because it was the only thing that comforted me, even till this day. I need to find a healthy outlet. I exercise, meditate and try to keep my environment calm but i get these random cravings out of nowhere
Yeah it turns out that I had to gut my food choices. Triggers are everywhere. Fast food, grocery store and friends/family gatherings. My shopping list is struct...no complex carbs, sugar, and restricted fruits. So meat and veggies. So sad. I chose this b/c I know that my days are numbered if I don't stop. God bless and you can do it!
So i can get addicted to food that doesn't taste that good but releases dopamine in my brain? I always go to McD when i feel sad and i don't even like the taste of a BigMac that much but i keep buying it. 😕
That to me is the weirdest thing, but it also shows that there's more going on than just liking food. When I'm on a bad streak, I'll eat junk food that I don't like, I'll even say to myself "Why am I eating this?", but I do it anyway. Sometimes I'll throw half of it away but the next day I buy more. :( :( :(
@@MrClarence1126 lmao I've done that too
So what's the solution... Someone make dopamine cubes we can shuffle down our gullet and forget any idea of unhealthy addictions..nobody dies of feeling good,high on naturally generated dopamine (apart from opiate overdoses)
All this information is nice to know, but it really still comes down to caring and having enough respect and self-discipline for yourself to Build enough willpower to conquer any addiction. The will has to come from within.🤓
Honestly, I disagree. I've always been a disciplined person (wake up at the same time every day, work out almost daily, keep my deadlines.. And all that WHILE I was addicted) but the only way I was able to kick my addiction was education and outside help. If you really can just "muster" the discipline to "kik" an addiction, you likely were not addicted in the first place.
@@DM-nw5lu The point of my comment was simply to say no matter how you get to the point of breaking an addiction (and by the way habits and addictions are two different things), in the end, it still comes down to your state of mind and willpower to overcome the addiction. Maybe I could have worded my comment a little better, but the bottom line truth is still there.☮Peace☮🤓
No! The "will power" happens when you remove the oil, fat, sugar, sweeteners, salt, animal products and ultra-processed foods. If you eat natural, high fiber foods like vegetables, whole fruits, starches like baked potato, steamed brown rice, etc. the cravings will virtually disappear in about 5 days. Introducing those craving foods back into your body will restart the cravings and addiction.
@@mikimikethat doesn't come automatically
@@DM-nw5luWILLPOWER AN DISCIPLINE DOSNT COME AUTOMATICALLY THATS GOOFY I HAVE BETTER ADVICE GET RID OF ALL PROSSESD FOOD GET REGULAR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AN EAT NATURAL MEAT VEGGIES FRUITS IN MODERATION
I didn’t realize I had food addiction until I was prescribed LDN for pain, and I stopped getting a fix after eating. I had no idea that I was getting a reward in my brain until I didn’t get that hit after a big yummy meal.
So the medication made it so you didn’t feel satisfaction from eating your problem food?
@@gircakes It's not that I don't feel satisfaction. It's that I don't get a dopamine hit after eating things like donuts. Hard to explain. I basically stopped craving them. I don't feel the need to eat them anymore. I had a donut last weekend and it was good, but I didn't feel like I needed to eat 6 of them.
Where he talks about the relationship between bacon and colorectal cancer, he's referencing a study that was carried out to investigate the link between cured meats and cancer. It was an epidemiological study, which is the weakest form of science, and I spent days digging into the design and data from this study. The study indeed showed a correlation between the ingestion of cured meats and the prevalence of specific cancers. The group that had the highest consumption of cured meats had something like a 40% increased risk of developing colon cancer; this finding certainly warrants further investigation, but it is a correlation, so it cannot prove causation. The group eating more cured meats also had far higher rates of obesity, smoking, alcohol consumption, and they exercised far less. This is called healthy user bias; those who eat the food they are told not to are far more likely to engage in other behaviours that are deemed unhealthy, thus skewing the figures disproportionately. This is why you cannot derive causation from epidemiology; we need long-term interventional studies that allow us to control for variables.
Can't believe I used to be into bodybuilding and had a good physique. And now I'm here at 300 lbs and just can't stop eating...
You guys gotta have Dr. Barnard on more
Once I cut off processed foods and added sugar, my food addiction is gone for good!
I'm addicted to cookies! But I eat healthy ones. I just bake a whole batch with healthy ingredients and sweetened it with date and I eat 2-3 pieces every evening with plain black tea. It's so delicious and it is better than to eat store bought cookie every day 😊
Applied knowledge is powerful...this Dr knows his onions👨⚕️👍
Food in response to emotional triggers with a hope to numb the feelings=addiction.
Okay, right on we know food is addictive and there are many reasons why, but how do we relate to these addiction and overcome the addiction?
This is really fabulous, so informative
Walking past the prescription pick-up area at my local drug store, I noticed that they had a tray of
candy bars for sale right on the counter!!!
There is one tough thing about food addiction. Food obviously is everywhere. With other addictions you can give up what you are addicted to completely however that doesn't quite work with food. It has more to do with making healthy choices and such and not pure abstinence like other addictions.
I'm still trying to stop overeating junk and fatty foods that I can't have why does it seem so freakin hard for anyone that suffers through this I have seen most other people in different countries they all have very small amount of foods that they have and here for us in America have to suffer with restriction and calorie intakes of what we have to focus on
I'm addicted to fruits. Keep snacking it. I don't consume sugar or processed foods so eating fruits feel so good
I am not addicted to any of those things mentioned in the video. There is one food I could always go for. No American has ever heard of it, and probably has idea of its ingredients. I love charmura pachadi. It is everybody's favorite go-to snack in India. It contains: puffed rice, cilantro, onion, lemon/lime juice or green pickled mangoes, salt, sambar powder, grated coconut, and coconut oil. I can eat that everyday for the rest of my life and be extremely happy.
It is salty, sweet, crunchy, soft, and every type of texture you would enjoy for mouthfeel. It is the perfect food.
That sounds delicious!
Green mango pickles have sugar and oil. Then there are the heart clogging saturated fats in coconut. Yep fat/sugar/salt combination. I used to eat at Hot Chips in Chennai intersection of LB road near Kalakshetera Arts Center. Very tasty! Loved living in India. Beautiful food with great diversity in each state.
@@happycook6737 No, the green mangos are pickled in salted water. No oil. No sugar.
@@happycook6737 The grated coconut is a whole food, which means it’s unprocessed. The amount of coconut oil is between a teaspoon and a tablespoon. There is no need to ostracize fat. Your body does need fat. Just don’t over do it. Fat is only bad in uncontrolled amounts such as fried foods or processed from a food vendor. Home cooked foods are fine as long as you are in control of adding oils.
It's hard but... you have to outsmart the food by keeping it out of your house so you don't eat it... obviously avoid ALL processed food... at the store, review your basket before checking out, and pull out the junk food... if you still 'accidentally' buy junk food, immediately at getting home dump half into the trash can, so you don't eat it all... try skipping dinner altogether because you really don't need any calories at night to read, watch TV and sleep.. don't think of it as losing food but as gaining the body you want and avoiding chronic long-term disease... track your weight every day so you feel accountable to yourself and know that if you eat something you'll have to work it off... avoid regular grocery stores full of poison, shop at a food co-op or farmers market if you can... take a walk to lower your stress level because stress triggers cortisol and cortisol makes you hungry... watch 'The Game Changers' and 'Fat Fiction' on YT (free)... after your last intentional meal of the day, brush your teeth, which signals to your brain that you're done eating for the day and maybe you won't snack because then you'll have to brush again.... if you mess up one day, forgive yourself and start fresh the next day.
Cocoa powder in my smoothie from time to time satisfies my chocolate cravings. I actually use carob powder more often than not, so I don't break out in acne.
Great video!
Dopamine: ‘come back, same time same place tomorrow, or else something bad just might happen to you, you understand what I’m trying say’
Awesome video much needed
We used to mix brown sugar with butter and cook it a bit to make caramel to pour over a plain white cake. Then the icing. But! once a year for a birthday.
Very interesting
My current addiction is plain soy milk with cocoa powder and a few dates. I don't think I've ever not had an addiction of some kind, and I feel like at this point my addiction is so relatively healthy, if that gets taken away I've got nothing. But clearly that's just the addiction talking. ;)
I would say 90% are addicted. Its just that they dont stop eating foods they are addicted too so thats why they dont even know.
I keep trying to start a diet and each time I fail because I will have a cheeseburger or other high calorie meal. It’s a repeated cycle where I went from 123 pounds to 180 within a year. 😔
Brother, you did not form the bad habits overnight and there is no reason that you are going to develop good ones that fast either. They slowly built up in terms of severity. You mentioned yourself that it is a repeated cycle, which is the habit loop that Mr. Barnard mentioned in the video. You most likely have multiple of those habit loops that you need to break separately rather than taking drastic measures like an entirely different diet to break all of them at once, forcing you fail. Identify your eating patterns and the cues that trigger them and experiment with different methods of slowly breaking the habit loops. Even gradual changes like replacing full-sugar cola with a diet one or not using that sauce with your fries is a big change and can get that ball rolling. At least from my experience your diet often reflects on your life situation where stress, boredom, convenience, etc caused that person to build up that habit.
gwait Thank you. I really needed that. 🙏🏻
I hear that. I definitely have been addicted to cheeseburgers. Gonna try the vegetarian diet though...or get as close to it as possible! That fast food has those added chemicals to addict us. We must realize that every time. Good habits lead to easier more good habits!
Try starting by eating so many steamed vegetables and raw, fresh whole fruits, and beans. I started by adding more foods for a few days and then cut the junk. I made it through the withdrawals. You can do this friend.
If you guys are struggling with food addiction, a person tip, would be to at least slip in something healthy on the side. I eat to the point where my brain feels like mush and my stomach's so full that I get nausea and fall asleep like a bear going into hibernation.
Brain circuitry guides us but why can it make us impulsive?
Watch The Cram Circuit by Dr. doug lisle
12 step programmes helped thousands of alcoholics and helped thousands of good addicts ,drug adddicts and other addicts it’s the only way to go no such thing as “Will power “ only Higher Power”.
Dr. Pepper gives me the coughs. Must distant myself
I’m super interested to see how the findings of Narcan can possibly help to treat this insidious disease
Food is a drug. In the U.S almost everything is literally processed to be prettier, extend shelf-life, give it a certain consistency, to color foods & I could go on and on. Feed us food that creates all kinds of health problems and environmental problems, Sell us medicine that only treats symptoms of root problems in a vicious money-making cycle.
The volume on this is too low
i cant hear well even at max volume
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Chuck, volume is recorded to low :( But thx. anyway...Love the show and Dr. B...!
Nestle, Kraft, Coke, big companies are evil
Me but with ramen I want to stop but I can’t stop
Every two hours, like clockwork. Different food, including "healthy" foods. Says she "never feels full". It can start as early as 5:30 in the morning and continue into the late evening.
I got stuck in the middle of bulking right before Covid shut the gyms down… been struggling to cut down since
I am so bloody confused! There are doctors all over the place advocating keto (that is, bacon and lots of it) as the best possible diet. I personally know 2 people who have lost a lot eating tons of the stuff. And yet it's going to kill us all.
Hi Dana! I'm about to graduate as a qualified nutrition so maybe I can shed some light on it? Hope you don't mind. Ok, so Keto is great short term- it removes the excess glycogen from the liver and switches the body to using ketones as fuel, so you are then switching to burning fat instead of carbs. Carbs also contain more water so in the body stored as glycogen they take up more space. That's why in the first few days of keto people look thinner in the face--water loss. I have been doing a lot of academic research into keto, diets, sustainability and health. Some studies (RCTS) have shown significant weight loss with those people who did a high protein low carb (mostly under 50 g, often 20g) for a period of 12 weeks. I myself experimented over the last 3 years with Veganism, Carnivore, Keto, and Mediterranean diet. The problem with Keto specifically to address this issue is that it relies a lot on meat. There are really two problems I see with this. IN terms of sustainability and ethics it just isn't sustainable for the planet, and YES i have looked at the problem of soy crops/mono crops wiping out natural forests as an argument against processed vegan foods too. There are no longitudinal studies that have examined the effects of a keto diet and whether it puts added strain on the kidneys, and the liver. I was Keto for 1.5 years strict Keto. Yep I lost weight. But I am really convinced of the health benefits of plants and vegetables--essentially whole food eating. Here is my two cents worth from over 6 years of studying nutrition obsessively. including research. Eat whole foods. Kick the sugar and processed foods. Greet food as a true healer for your body. This is the most liveable, sustainable way to get healthy and stay healthy. Don't go down the middle isles. Spend time learning to cook a few excellent meals you enjoy using whole foods. For a life of enjoying health and being sustainable for the planet and less cruel I personally have now shifted to a mainly vego diet. I do still eat fish once a week and some eggs and cheese. But for me it was a slow realisation of changing the actual relationship to food, learning what different foods do...and how some foods hijack your body and make you an addict. All the best health to you. xxxx
@@spazaliciousbim That was very helpful. Thank you so much for taking the time to explain it to me in depth. I will read it several times to get the details.
@@danacampbell5982 you’re so welcome! Best of health to you!
i have food addiction that is so badddd i cant anymore , i just dont want to live anymore
I like this guy, I wonder if he meditates
Good zoom video,people like in African Cultural Transformation
My fiance says Im addicted to caffeine because I drink coffee ASAP. I have allergies so it does make me feel better. No solid food addiction though..
What does having allergies have to do with coffee addiction?
@@cheezheadz3928 wakes me up so effects of congestion don't affect me as much.
Bright Minds Memory concentration and focus powder for memory concentration and focus to come against those food addiction s
I can live w/o. fast food. I find unsatiable. But I LOVE my own cooking. I love the whole eating experience from marketing, preparing and completeing a delicious home cooked meal.
Its hard for me to lose weight because of that.
You have to make healthy foods and learn to love them just as much.
Portion control.
I wonder if they can create something like Narcan in pill form that people can take daily and help them with food addiction?
Needed this
I gotta have my coffee at 4 pm! 😊
I'm additive to sugar and I'm on a keto way of eating.
Finally, someone said it.
I fast my addiction away.