49 min

8. How to Beat Shame, Cravings and Food Addiction, with Dr. David L. Katz Feeling Full

    • Alternative Health

Today I am joined by Dr. David Katz to discuss how to foster a healthy relationship with food in a culture where unhealthy food habits are ubiquitous. Dr. Katz is a preventive medicine specialist and globally recognized authority on lifestyle medicine... 

Topics Include: 
Why we don't need more information about diets or nutrition... How companies exploit our primal instincts... Dropping the weight of shame and guilt... How you can start making healthier food choices today... The REAL benefits of losing weight and being healthyAnd other topics...... 
[2:30] - Dr. Katz discusses his new book, How to Eat, and why we don’t need another book about diet and nutrition… 

[5:15] - Blue zones–places around the world where people derive the most benefits from their diets and live long, healthy lives–and what they can teach us about eating… 

[8:48] - How fast-food chains, fad diet books, and the pharmaceutical industry all work together to profit off of you… 

[13:15] - What the paleo diet fad gets right, and where it is misguided… 

[18:35] - If I struggle with my weight, do I need to cut out sugar completely? Can we develop a healthy relationship with sugar? 

[28:54] - Resources for listeners to learn more about sugar addiction, sustainable sugar consumption habits, and “tastebud rehab”... 

[32:57] - Why being overweight in modern society is not a personal fault, but a cultural one… 

[37:15] - Drop the weight of guilt and shame, and pick up the skills you need to be healthy in our modern culture… 

[40:50] - How anyone can start making healthier food choices, regardless of income, and one policy change that would support a healthier society… 

[44:56] - The real benefits of losing weight–it may not be what you think! 

Resources Mentioned:
Dr. David Katz 
How to Eat by Dr. David Katz 
Taste Bud Rehab 
True Health Initiative 
The Truth About Food 
The extraordinary science of addictive junk food - NY Times Article 
Salt, Sugar, Fat by Michael Moss 
Cusinicity from Dr. Catherine Katz 
Overall nutritional quality index algorithm of food (NuVal) - The overall nutritional quality index was a nutritional rating system developed at the Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center in 2008. 

Today I am joined by Dr. David Katz to discuss how to foster a healthy relationship with food in a culture where unhealthy food habits are ubiquitous. Dr. Katz is a preventive medicine specialist and globally recognized authority on lifestyle medicine... 

Topics Include: 
Why we don't need more information about diets or nutrition... How companies exploit our primal instincts... Dropping the weight of shame and guilt... How you can start making healthier food choices today... The REAL benefits of losing weight and being healthyAnd other topics...... 
[2:30] - Dr. Katz discusses his new book, How to Eat, and why we don’t need another book about diet and nutrition… 

[5:15] - Blue zones–places around the world where people derive the most benefits from their diets and live long, healthy lives–and what they can teach us about eating… 

[8:48] - How fast-food chains, fad diet books, and the pharmaceutical industry all work together to profit off of you… 

[13:15] - What the paleo diet fad gets right, and where it is misguided… 

[18:35] - If I struggle with my weight, do I need to cut out sugar completely? Can we develop a healthy relationship with sugar? 

[28:54] - Resources for listeners to learn more about sugar addiction, sustainable sugar consumption habits, and “tastebud rehab”... 

[32:57] - Why being overweight in modern society is not a personal fault, but a cultural one… 

[37:15] - Drop the weight of guilt and shame, and pick up the skills you need to be healthy in our modern culture… 

[40:50] - How anyone can start making healthier food choices, regardless of income, and one policy change that would support a healthier society… 

[44:56] - The real benefits of losing weight–it may not be what you think! 

Resources Mentioned:
Dr. David Katz 
How to Eat by Dr. David Katz 
Taste Bud Rehab 
True Health Initiative 
The Truth About Food 
The extraordinary science of addictive junk food - NY Times Article 
Salt, Sugar, Fat by Michael Moss 
Cusinicity from Dr. Catherine Katz 
Overall nutritional quality index algorithm of food (NuVal) - The overall nutritional quality index was a nutritional rating system developed at the Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center in 2008. 

49 min