Ep. 120 Confronting Our Addiction to Processed Food with Dr. Joan Ifland

Everyday Wellness with Cynthia Thurlow ™

Cynthia Thurlow

Alternative Health, Nutrition, Science, Life Sciences, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2020

⏱️ 61 minutes

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We are delighted to have Dr. Joan Ifland joining us today. She is an expert in the processed food addiction space, and she has written the textbook on foundations, assessment, and recovery from processed food addiction. She is a Fellow of the American College of Nutrition, she has earned her Ph.D., she has an MBA from Stanford Business School, and she also has a BA in Economics and Political Science. She has appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Network on the Book of John Gray, and she founded online services for food-addicted people. Dr. Ifland is spearheading a movement to educate individuals and clinicians about processed food addiction, and she has some helpful resources available for people who feel helpless in their struggles with their food addiction. In today’s episode, Dr. Ifland shares her story and talks to us about why people become addicted to processed foods. Be sure to tune in today to get Dr. Ifland’s expert advice and find out why weight-loss programs are not powerful enough to overcome severe food addiction. IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN ABOUT: The scope of the problem with processed food and when, where, and how it all started. The role of the tobacco industry in creating addictions to processed foods. Why, after 30 years of tobacco involvement, many people have addictions to food. How the five As in the corporate business model lead to people becoming addicted to processed food. They are Advertising, Availability, Affordability, (young) Age of onset, Addictive properties in the product. How the ‘Bliss Point’ affects people. How the pleasure centers in the brain make processed foods irresistible. Some other factors that lower people’s ability to resist compulsively eating processed foods. Why weight loss programs are not strong enough to overcome severe food addiction. Where you can get more information about overcoming food addiction. The similarities between alcoholism and food addiction. How the online global Addiction Reset Community (ARC) trains people to manage their food addictions. Integrating healthier food choices. Connect with Cynthia Thurlow Follow on Twitter, Instagram & LinkedIn Check out Cynthia’s website Connect with Dr. Joan Ifland Dr. Ifland’s food addiction reset website Dr. Ifland’s speaker website About Everyday Wellness Podcast Everyday Wellness is not just another health podcast. Your host, Cynthia Thurlow (nurse practitioner and nutrition/IF expert) has over 20 years of experience in clinical medicine and wellness. Her mission is to bring you the best, science-backed yet practical information to improve your physical and mental wellness every day. She is a busy mompreneur and knows how important your time is. She has designed this podcast to be short in time and big on impact. She interviews a variety of guests in the field of health and wellness, and discusses important issues, and provide practical strategies that you can use in your real life.

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0:00.0	This is everyday wellness, a podcast dedicated to helping you achieve your health and wellness goals and provide practical strategies that you can use in your real life.
0:11.0	And now, here is your host, Nurse Pract practitioner, Cynthia Thurlow.
0:17.8	Today I'm delighted to have Dr. Joan Eifland.
0:21.1	She is without question, an expert in the process food
0:24.5	addiction space.
0:25.7	She has written the textbook on process food addiction
0:28.7	foundations assessment and recovery.
0:31.2	She is also a fellow of the American College of Nutrition earned her PhD. and
0:35.0	and also a fellow of the American College of Nutrition, earned her PhD, also has an MBA from Stanford and a BA in economics and political science.
0:40.0	She's appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Network on the book of John Gray.
0:43.7	She's founded online services for food addicted people.
0:46.7	And I want to be really clear, I was looking through your content last night.
0:50.1	What incredible resources for people that are struggling with food addiction? It is such a pleasure to have you here with me. It's your morning. It's starting to head into my afternoon. Such a pleasure to reconnect with you. I know we met initially at Mindshare last summer. I remember we were just positioned at the same table with one another and I was so encouraged to know that there was an individual that was really spearheading, which I can say this to be spearheading this movement of really educating not only clinicians, but also individuals because I think there's for far too many years I think people have felt helpless and then
1:24.8	somehow there's something wrong with them but in reality these foods are designed to be
1:29.5	as addictive as possible so I would love for you to kind of start from the beginning. What got you interested in this
1:36.1	field and in this focus? Well, I started into recovery almost 25 years ago, January of 1996. I had a weight problem. I was a
1:46.6	yo-yo dieter. I would do restricted calories and then gain it back. And started, I had back to back pregnancies in 83 and 84,
1:56.0	and I think the addiction accelerated through those years
2:00.0	because I just was eating a lot more.
2:02.0	And with the first pregnancy allowed my... because I just was eating a lot more.
2:03.0	And with the first pregnancy, I allowed myself,
2:05.8	it was my first thought, I'm pregnant.
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