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Abel James Show

Dr. Vera Tarman: Overcoming Food Addiction & How She Dropped 100 Pounds and Kept it Off

Abel James Show

Abel James Bascom

Mental Health, Business, Entrepreneurship, Health & Fitness, Alternative Health, Nutrition

4.62.6K Ratings

🗓️ 3 January 2020

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

We're here with Dr. Vera Tarman, Medical Director of one of Canada’s largest treatment centers for substance abuse and author of "Food Junkies: Recovery from Food Addiction".

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey folks, this is Abel James and thanks so much for joining us on the Fat Burning Man

0:05.6

Show where we talk about real food and real results.

0:09.9

Have you heard this one before?

0:11.8

According to brain scans, sugar is more addictive than cocaine.

0:16.6

Now I know people who have heard of this.

0:19.1

I love to bicker about it.

0:21.6

But you know, the truth be told, I've never had cocaine or tried it or anything like

0:26.2

that, but I have had sugar and I can tell you that that cracks me out.

0:30.3

I have yet to meet a single human being who isn't totally affected by sugar, usually

0:36.8

in a positive way, right away, and then totally negative after that.

0:42.0

Straight downhill.

0:43.2

Just think about a kid and the crazy amount of energy they have for a little while and

0:47.2

then the tantrum and the crash.

0:49.4

Why do you think that would ever change as we age?

0:51.6

It doesn't.

0:52.6

The nubs have tantrums too, but anyway, once you kick sugar, your whole life and outlook

0:58.9

on life can change for the better, for good.

1:02.4

And you can kick some certain foods that you know are bad for you.

1:06.0

Your trigger foods out for good.

1:07.8

And when you do, oh man, does it serve you?

1:10.1

So that's what today's show is about and I can't think of a better person to talk to

1:14.6

than Dr. Vera Tarmann.

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