EP 146: Reader Question - What is the link between drinking and binge eating?

This Naked Mind Podcast

Annie Grace

Mental Health, Education, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2019

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

There seems to be a correlation between binging food and binging alcohol. If there is a link, what is it? Annie Grace answers this question, giving us three theories that might help explain this. She discusses the ‘forbidden fruit’ syndrome, self-medicating with food/alcohol, and filling the void in our lives with food and drinking.

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0:00.0	This is Annie Grace and you're listening to this naked mind podcast where without
0:15.2	judgment, pain or rules, we explore the role of alcohol in our lives and culture.
0:19.8	Hi, this is Annie Grace and I'm the author of this naked mind and today I have a great question.
0:32.6	I'm answering various questions and today I have a great question from Julia. She says,
0:36.8	Annie, what is the link between drinking and binge eating and it's really interesting because
0:41.5	there's a very intense link actually between binge drinking and binge eating and just alcohol abuse
0:49.1	in general in binge eating. So it doesn't necessarily even have to be binge drinking. So alcohol
0:54.8	problems are actually five times more common in people who binge eat than in the general population.
1:02.3	In fact, 50% of people who binge abuse alcohol. So why does this happen? There's a number of theories
1:10.2	and I'm going to give you basically three theories, some of them are somewhat similar,
1:14.5	but these are the most prevalent theories that are out there and if you're doing both of these
1:18.6	things, one of these will probably feel true for you and you're like, oh, that's it. But the truth
1:22.8	is that the same mechanisms that you can use to overcome drinking of really changing your thinking
1:29.4	about it and foundationally changing your life and your ability to relate to yourself in a more
1:35.7	healthy way will absolutely also help with binge eating. So the first theory is this struggle between
1:42.2	desire and discipline. And this theory goes something like this. We have built inside of us this
1:48.8	forbidden fruit syndrome. And so when we restrict something in our lives and women often restrict food
1:56.0	for all sorts of, you know, social reasons and body image reasons and self hatred reasons, etc.
2:03.3	Then we are much more prone to overindulge later because will power only last so long. It's finite
2:10.1	and ultimately when we feel restricted, restricted, restricted, then we feel like we need that
2:15.1	indulgence. And this happens with food certainly. So if you're on a diet, studies correlate being,
2:21.2	you know, strict dieting, strict adherence to what goes in your mouth very much focused on body
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