The Food-Addicted Mind With Dotsie Bausch and Alexandra Paul
The Exam Room by the Physicians Committee
Physicians Committee
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🗓️ 5 November 2020
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
From near tragedy to resounding triumph. Go inside the mind of three food addicts with very different stories, but whose life-and-death battles were also very much similar in many ways.
On this episode of The Exam Room™ podcast, Olympic cyclist Dotsie Bausch will recall her experience with anorexia, Baywatch star Alexandra Paul details her battle with bulimia, and "The Weight Loss Champion" Chuck Carroll describes the compulsion that drove him to eat 10,000 calories per day. The differences between the eating disorders seem as great as the weight that separated them. However, as the trio open up about their struggles it becomes clear that while their food addictions manifested in polarizing ways the mental battle is very much a shared struggle.
Plus, you will become inspired by their stories of recovery as Dotsie and Alexandra, who host the Switch4Good podcast, and Chuck share their paths to overcoming their disorders and the role that a plant-based diet plays in sustaining their healthy mindset. This uplifting conversation continues a discussion that originally began when Chuck was interviewed by them on their show.
Also on this episode, Dr. Neal Barnard delves into the science of food and mental health. You will learn why we are drawn to "comfort food" and the genetic predisposition that causes some people to become addicted to it.
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Switch4Good Podcast
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Dotsie Bausch
Twitter: @DotsieBausch
IG: @veganolympian
Website: https://dotsiebauschusa.com
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Alexandra Paul
Website: http://alexandrapaul.com
Health Coaching: http://alexandracoaching.com
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Chuck Carroll
Twitter: @ChuckCarrollWLC
IG: @ChuckCarrollWLC
Facebook: https://wghtloss.cc/ChuckFacebook
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Physicians Committee
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| 0:00.0 | I would spend sometimes an entire day binging, |
| 0:04.5 | then purging, then recovering, and going to binge again. |
| 0:08.8 | People knew I was bulimic, I would say I was bulimic, |
| 0:11.5 | but I would never tell anybody right before it was about to binge. |
| 0:14.6 | There's a lot of secrecy involved with bulimia, |
| 0:18.0 | as there is with anorexia and over you. |
| 0:20.1 | Well, hello there! |
| 0:30.5 | And welcome to the Exam Room Podcast, |
| 0:32.4 | brought to you by the Physicians Committee. |
| 0:34.2 | Hi, I am the Weight Loss Champion, Chuck Carroll. |
| 0:37.2 | Thank you so very much for giving the show a listen, |
| 0:39.9 | or a few, or a download, wherever it is in the world that you are. |
| 0:45.6 | We appreciate the fact that you are here. |
| 0:51.4 | Obesity, anorexia, bulimia. |
| 0:57.0 | Three disorders that on paper are very different. |
| 1:00.9 | Polar opposites, they manifest themselves in a way with differences |
| 1:04.8 | as extreme as the 300-pound weight difference that can separate them. |
| 1:11.8 | But what if, upon closer inspection, |
| 1:15.6 | we find out that they are more alike than they are different? |
| 1:21.4 | Maybe that juxtaposition is merely a mirage. |
| 1:26.8 | Could that be? |
| 1:28.6 | Well that is what we are going to attempt to find out on the show today. |
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