Welcome to Natural MD Radio, your place to hear the whole truth on health and medicine for women and children and get the tools you need to take back your health naturally genetic trait. We either have it or we don't. So when we just can't resist that Ben and Jerry's pint or

hitting the bottom of that bag of sea salt and vinegar chips when we really want to, we

assume there's something wrong with us.

But there's a lot more to cravings, food binges, and uncontrollable desire

than just one bag of chips or a Ben and Jerry's pint that we can't resist and more than just the food

industry's ability to create the perfect crunch or the perfect taste sweet spot that they

devote hundreds of millions in research and development to do to get us to eat more.

And there's also a lot more to willpower than something that we just can't control.

In fact, cravings can often and pretty much always do represent something we're missing

whether it's nutritionally something that we need because of stress in our

lives for example needing fat or sugar something that we need because of stress in our lives,

for example needing fat or sugar or salt which feed

and nourish us when we're under so much more stress demand

because of our adrenal system,

or because there's something else that we're trying to fill or fulfill.

Today joining me is the Uber cool Alexandra Jamieson.

Many of you first met Alex as the co-star and co-creator of SuperSized Me,

the Oscar-nominated documentary that shook up the Fast Food Nation in 2004. Alex has been seen on Oprah the today show Dr. Oz, Martha Stewart Living,

CNN Fox News, USA Today, and People.

Alex delivers inspirational keynote speeches and workshops around the globe and was

declared L magazine's coach for January 2015.

Alex's podcast, The Cravencast, debuted at Number One on iTunes and Alternative Health and continues

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