Feeling Full
Feeling Full
Feb 11, 2021
8. How to Beat Shame, Cravings and Food Addiction, with Dr. David L. Katz
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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 healthy
  • And other topics...

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[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. 

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