The Dr. Carolyn Coker Ross Show: Binge Eating Disorder, Stress Eating, Emotional Eating, Food Addiction

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87: Eating Disorders in Pregnancy with Jaren Soloff, RD May 10, 2021

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"Pregnancy can be an intense time for women with eating disorders." Most eating disorders, including binge eating disorder, food addiction, and emotional eating occur in women during their reproductive years. It's not unusual for someone with an eating disorder to also be pregnant or for relapse of an eating disorder to occur during or after a pregnancy. My guest will discuss some of the issues related to nutrition that occur when eating disorders like binge eating disorder, food addiction, and emotional eating occur in pregnancy.

In this podcast, you will learn:

What is the most critical time for your baby to get the best nutrition for health and development?
What are some of the triggers during pregnancy for binge eating disorder, emotional eating, and food addiction?
How to nourish yourself during the fourth trimester.

You can reach Jaren Soloff, RD and find out about her book at: https://www.fullcrcl.co/about

Thanks for listening! If you're interested in learning more about food addiction, enter the book sweepstakes to win a copy of The Food Addiction Recovery Workbook.

Schedule a free consult to discuss your food and body image issues: https://findingyouranchor.as.me/CONSULT

The Anchor Program is a 12-week non-diet program offering ONLINE group and individual sessions for the treatment of binge eating, emotional eating, food addiction, and compulsive overeating. Want to learn more about the Anchor Program? https://AnchorProgram.com

Where you can find me:

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/real-healing https://www.youtube.com/user/DrCarolynRoss

Be sure to subscribe to this podcast on iTunes and leave us a rating and a review!

86: Discovering the Joy of Eating with Rachael Hartley Apr 23, 2021

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"How would you eat if you weren't trying to lose weight?" - Rachael Hartley

My guest, Rachael Hartley, and I will discuss how to change your relationship with food from one of eating only to lose weight to do what she calls "gentle eating." She discusses her approach to gentle nutrition and intuitive eating. Rachael also talks about how trauma can impact intuitive eating and what to do about that.

In this show you will learn:

What are some of the psychological effects of dieting?
What is intuitive eating?
What is the difference between the pursuit of health and the pursuit of thinness?

Information on today's guest:

Rachael Hartley, RD, LD, is a Columbia, SC-based nutrition therapist, certified intuitive eating counselor, and nationally recognized food and nutrition expert who is passionate about helping others rediscover the joy of eating and foster a healthier relationship with food. She is the founder of Rachael Hartley Nutrition, a weight-inclusive practice where she specializes in disordered eating and healing from chronic dieting, IBS and other digestive disorders, and women's health. She also runs the popular blog The Joy of Eating, where she shares practical intuitive eating advice and non-diet recipes and is featured regularly in national media outlets.

In 2021, Rachael's first book, Gentle Nutrition: A Non-Diet Approach to Healthy Eating was released.

https://RachaelHartleyNutrition.com

Thanks for listening! If you're interested in learning more about food addiction, enter the book sweepstakes to win a copy of The Food Addiction Recovery Workbook.

Schedule a free consult to discuss your food and body image issues: https://findingyouranchor.as.me/CONSULT

Where you can find me:

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/real-healing https://www.youtube.com/user/DrCarolynRoss

Be sure to subscribe to this podcast on iTunes and leave us a rating and a review!

85: How Our Food Has Been Engineered to be Addictive Apr 09, 2021

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"Research has shown that HALF of all the foods Americans eat are ultra-processed "industrial formulations."

There's been a lot of talk about whether foods can be addictive or not. In truth, there are a group of foods, called "ultra-processed industrial formulations" that have been engineered in the nutrition lab and that contain high amounts of fats, sugar, and salt. These foods can lead to eating behaviors that are addictive. Studies show that 50% of the American diet consists of these ultra-processed food-like substances and that these foods are a cause of increases in weight, diabetes, heart disease, and other medical problems. If you have binge eating, emotional eating, or food addiction, you are more vulnerable to being "hooked" by these industrial formulations. In this podcast, you will learn:

What are the top 5 foods that are considered "industrial formulations?"
How is food changed to make it more addictive?
Is it true that sugar is highly addictive?

Thanks for listening! If you're interested in learning more about food addiction, enter the book sweepstakes to win a copy of The Food Addiction Recovery Workbook.

Schedule a free consult to discuss your food and body image issues: https://findingyouranchor.as.me/CONSULT

Where you can find me:

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/real-healing https://www.youtube.com/user/DrCarolynRoss

Be sure to subscribe to this podcast on iTunes and leave us a rating and a review!

84: Stressed, Tired and Binging – You May Have Adrenal Fatigue Mar 24, 2021

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Whether you've been stressed about your health, suffered losses, tired of the quarantine, had financial stressors, working long hours, or had a relationship breakup, stress has become a constant irritant for many of us. If you're struggling with binge eating, emotional eating, or food addiction, your eating behaviors may be the first sign that you are stressed to the max. When the situation goes on for weeks or months, and the stress becomes chronic, the adrenal glands burn out from chronic production of cortisol and may cause what is called adrenal fatigue syndrome (AFS).

In this podcast, you will learn:

1. How can you tell if you have adrenal fatigue syndrome (AFS)? 2. What causes adrenal fatigue? 3. How do stress and adrenal fatigue cause binge eating, food obsessions, and emotional eating? 4. What can you do about AFS?

Supplements and free meditation mentioned in the video:

· For sleep: magnesium at bedtime or the homeopathic remedy Calm Forte

· Take vitamins - vitamins C and B5 help with cortisol production, vitamin D can help support the immune system.

Download a free meditation here

Thanks for listening! Schedule a free consult to discuss your food and body image issues: https://findingyouranchor.as.me/CONSULT The Anchor Program is a 12-week non-diet program offering ONLINE group and individual sessions for the treatment of binge eating, emotional eating, food addiction, and compulsive overeating. Want to learn more about the Anchor Program? https://AnchorProgram.com Where you can find me: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/real-healing https://www.youtube.com/user/DrCarolynRoss Be sure to subscribe to this podcast on iTunes and leave us a rating and a review!

83: I Don't Like the Way I Feel About My Body Mar 10, 2021

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"Body image is the picture you hold in your mind of your body."

When you hold a negative picture or are dissatisfied with your body, it can be a significant predictor of compulsive overeating, binge eating, emotional distress, depression, and problems in your relationships. Having positive feelings about your body if you are in a bigger body may be difficult in a culture filled with images of the thin "ideal," but it's not impossible.

In this podcast, you will learn:

How childhood adversity or trauma affects body image.
Why you may have trouble knowing what you are feeling.
How eating can be part of your survivor self's playbook.
How to tap into your body's wisdom.

82: What You Should Know About the Intermittent Fasting Diet Feb 24, 2021

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"There is no one diet that works for everyBODY."

Despite the research, many people continue to look for a "perfect diet" (diet to go on) and cycle from one fad diet to the next, hoping that they will find a quick fix or a solution to their food and body image issues. They are often excited when starting a new fad diet, then disappointed when they are not able to stay on their chosen diet or to maintain their gains. But have you ever considered that you're going about this entirely the wrong way?

In this podcast, you will learn:

What the research shows about the intermittent fasting diet.
What the $60 billion diet industry won't tell you.
What you should eat to get and stay healthy.

Mentioned on the show: Link to my blog on Intermittent Fasting: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/real-healing/202102/what-you-should-know-about-intermittent-fasting

Link to my blog on the Keto Diet: http://bit.ly/3aEyfIQ

Dr. Andrew Weil's Anti-Inflammatory Food Pyramid: http://bit.ly/3pErGdK

Michael Pollan Article: "Unhappy Meals" - https://nyti.ms/3bmfTLW

81: The 5 Things You Don't Know About Food Addiction Feb 10, 2021

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There are over 200 million searches on Google for the term "food addiction." Food addiction affects a large number of individuals, even though it's not accepted as a true diagnosis (yet) by the medical profession. Using the Yale Food Addiction Scale, 5-10% of the general population test positive for food addiction. Over half of individuals diagnosed with binge eating disorder also meet the criteria for food addiction. When you struggle with food addiction, the basic principles of healthy eating can get buried beneath your beliefs, fears, and obsessions.

In this podcast, you will learn:

1. The signs that you may have a food addiction. 2. Specific practices you can use to overcome food addiction. 3. How you can get rid of the negative self-talk that makes food addiction worse.

HOMEWORK: 5 Things About Food Addiction and Practices that Will Help You Overcome Food Addiction

1. Yo-yo dieting makes food addiction worse

Practice: I will not diet. My body is an exquisitely tuned organism that knows how to manage its weight. I don't need to restrict my food intake to make my body work correctly. 2. There's a difference between asking yourself: "What's wrong with me?" and recognize "What happened to you."

Practice: I will become more aware of when I am emotionally hungry and find other ways of coping with my emotions without always using food. 3. Your body has all the wisdom you need to overcome your food addiction.

Practice: I will interrupt any negative inner dialogue I have towards my body and replace it with a neutral thought.

4. Unconscious core beliefs can stand between you and your goal to put an end to your food addiction behaviors.

Practice: I will honor the part of me who did what she could to survive and instead of continuing with negative core beliefs, I will start journaling about guiding principles (gp) I can use for my new life. (Ex. instead of "I'm not worthy", a gp could be "I value myself."

5. Recovery from food addiction may be different than you expect

Practice: I will be gentle with myself as I learn new ways of being the best I can be.

Thanks for listening! Schedule a free consult to discuss your food and body image issues: https://findingyouranchor.as.me/CONSULT The Anchor Program is a 12-week non-diet program offering ONLINE group and individual sessions for the treatment of binge eating, emotional eating, food addiction, and compulsive overeating. Want to learn more about the Anchor Program? https://AnchorProgram.com How you can reach (guest): Where you can find me: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/real-healing https://www.youtube.com/user/DrCarolynRoss Be sure to subscribe to this podcast on iTunes and leave us a rating and a review!

80: The Relationship Between Binge Eating and Grieving Jan 27, 2021

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"Everyone's experience of grief is unique - there is no "right" way to grieve."

Grief is a normal reaction to any major loss. If you've lost a loved one during the pandemic, you may have experienced complicated grief. The normal feelings of yearning and sadness may have been complicated by not being able to be with your loved one or not even being able to go through normal rituals that can bring a sense of comfort and closure. Maybe during the pandemic, you've experienced other serious losses - loss of a job, the breakup of a significant relationship, loss of a long term friendship or you've been diagnosed with a serious illness (including COVID-19). All of these losses can also be a cause for grieving.

In this podcast, you will learn:

>>What are the signs that you are having a grief reaction >>How binge eating, food addiction, and emotional eating are a normal response to grief and loss. >>How to manage your grief, cope with losses during the pandemic – lessons learned from personal experience.

Mentioned on the show: Thanks for listening! Schedule a free consult to discuss your food and body image issues: https://findingyouranchor.as.me/consult The Anchor Program is a 12-week non-diet program offering ONLINE group and individual sessions for the treatment of binge eating, emotional eating, food addiction, and compulsive overeating. Want to learn more about the Anchor Program? https://AnchorProgram.com How you can reach (guest): Where you can find me: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/real-healing https://www.youtube.com/user/DrCarolynRoss Be sure to subscribe to this podcast on iTunes and leave us a rating and a review!

79: The Ultimate Guide to Ending Food Cravings NOW! Jan 20, 2021

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"Depriving yourself of foods you crave just sets you up for more cravings"

Are you struggling with food cravings? Well, you're not alone. At least 50% of people experience food cravings on a regular basis. If you have binge eating, emotional eating, or food addiction, these cravings can threaten to overwhelm you and lead to unwanted behaviors. You may use food as a way to "self-medicate" your emotions. Essentially, the stress or unpleasant feelings are the "problem," and eating is the "medicine" that makes you feel better.

In this episode, you will learn:

>>Why food cravings come from a lack of dopamine in the brain >>How to find out if you use food to help with your mood >>What specific things you can do to conquer your food cravings

HOMEWORK-- Try one or more of these tips to help you conquer your cravings:

1. Journal about your feelings. See if you can identify patterns associated with your cravings. If your journaling shows that you're always hungry (emotionally) after stressful days at work, change your routine. Don't go straight home and binge on peanut butter; stop at a local park and take a short walk, or call a friend to meet you for tea. 2. Here are some integrative medicine tips to help with cravings:

Eat bitter foods (ex. arugula, olives) to reduce sweet cravings
For salt cravings, look at how you're managing your stress and use "adaptogens" which are herbs that help your body deal with stress (ex. drink ginseng tea) or take a yoga class or take a nap
Take a chromium supplement to help keep your blood sugar stable to reduce cravings

3. Even if you give in to the cravings, eat mindfully and pay attention to how your body is feeling, and don't judge yourself 4. Get a good night's sleep (7-9 hours of sleep). Studies show that cravings are worse when we are tired

Thanks for listening!

If you are struggling and need professional help to manage stress during the pandemic, you can find a list of resources: https://bit.ly/3ooKNIC Schedule a free consult to discuss your food and body image issues: https://findingyouranchor.as.me/consult The Anchor Program is a 12-week non-diet program offering ONLINE group and individual sessions for the treatment of binge eating, emotional eating, food addiction, and compulsive overeating. Want to learn more about the Anchor Program? https://AnchorProgram.com Where you can find me: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/real-healing https://www.youtube.com/user/DrCarolynRoss

78: This Might Be the BEST New Years Resolution You Can Make Jan 11, 2021

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"Gratitude is the glue that lets us maintain our optimism!"

The New Year is usually a time when we make resolutions, express our hope for the future, and shake off our past troubles to make a new start at whatever we want to change. But 2020 was a much different and more challenging year!! So, how should you approach THIS New Year? Should we still be optimistic?

In this podcast, you will learn:

>What I learned from #MichaelJFox about his struggle with #optimism >Why it's just as important to be realistic as it is to be optimistic. >What is the best New Year's resolution you can make? Exercise mentioned in the podcast: Gratitude Practice

Homework Exercise: Thank You >>List below areas of your life where you feel you are struggling to be grateful. (Example: My mother does lots of thoughtful things for me, but I rarely show my appreciation.) >>In response to the list above, write specific actions you are willing to take to show your gratitude to people in the areas you listed. >>Create a Daily Practice

Choose from the list below or make your own list of things you can do every day to practice gratitude.

>>Take a few minutes at the start or end of each day to take three deep breaths— breathing in gratitude with each breath and feeling the energy of gratitude pulsing throughout your body with each beat of your heart. >>Say grace before your meals. >>Say thank you to at least five people every day for one week.

Affirmation mentioned in the podcast: "Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. Today I am grateful for all that I have and all that I am." Thanks for listening!

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