Incredible talk. I fully recovered from 13 years of bulimia and uncontrollable binge eating in 2011.

Thank you for talking about sugar/food addiction that doesn’t revolve around diet and weight. For ME, it’s never been about weight, but TRUE crazy addiction.

Food addiction is real!!! When people (including myself) put food in-front of their life, health and happiness how anyone can say it’s not a real addiction is beyond me. Well done to these brave people for speaking out

I'm so glad this is getting attention. Many of us need help overcoming food addiction and most of society does not understand it and just simplifies it as an ugly weakness. Also, it's not only sugar, it's high calorie salty, high fat, processed foods as well.

Carb addiction... Took me 3 months to break it, cold turkey. Like heroin, no going back once clean. Went to a ketogenic diet and weight training, lost 25kg, now weight stable. One ice cream, one bag of chips, one chocolate bar and I need a 48 hour fast to stop craving carbs. If I am the usual "could be obese person" there is no "everything in moderation" line that works. But, after 2 years, ice cream, chocolates, potatoes, cakes are no longer a visual trigger. Hard initially, but easy after time.

I'm a recovering food addict and don't understand how she could think Binge Eating Disorder is not an addiction. It involves compulsion, cravings, consequences and control. As someone who has fought this for years, I can tell you it definitely is a true addiction.

When the woman at the end speaks about neutrality with food, rather to hyper focusing on the experience: Yes!! Completely agree. There is a difference between being mindful and becoming completely entrenched in every aspect of the experience. I also find that to be triggering and not helpful. I feel best when I chew throughly, have something that is live giving, and exactly what my body needs at the time, and acknowledge that whatever I’m having is to serve a specific purpose ie to energize, benefit digestion, help me relax, etc Not to get super obsessive about every detail Thank you for uploading, it’s so great to see that people care, and are working together to help people overcome this problem

Thank you for sharing your stories. I’m a food addict, in 12 step program and had sleeve surgery 3 yrs ago. I lost 25lbs thru Overeaters Anonymous and 70lbs after the sleeve surgery BUT I still struggle. Recently I regained 30lbs so I’m back in program, eating as my bariatric surgeon prescribed AND going to a therapist and a nutritionist. Recovery is a lifestyle not a end goal. I’ve lost 5lbs so far and I know that before I go to far down the rabbit hole I need to reach out and be proactive. Food addiction is the primary addiction for many people with drug and alcohol addiction. I hear that in lots of meeting that once the addict is clean of drugs/booze they start to remember when they “used” food as a child.

I change the words in the AA Big Book. I started in recovery years ago and the only Twelve Step program was AA and I went for my recovery. It is a physical, emotional and spiritual disease that called for recovery for me.

It really should be called refined/processed carbohydrate addiction. Or sugar & starch addiction.

A crucial part of my Recovery includes managing my thinking...This is not talked about very much, that training is tucked into a corner of the total Recovery Plan. For example I train myself to look at my impulses and ask "IS THIS A SUBJECTIVE WANT OR AN OBJECTIVE NEED?"

Womens meal plan example 20 December Breakfast 1tbs mct oil 2 eggs 4oz rice 6 Oz green veg Lunch ~4 Oz chicken ~6 Oz mix veg ~6 Oz salad ~1 tablespoon .5 Oz of oil ~1 tbsp balsamic Dinner ~4 Oz chicken ~6 Oz mix veg ~6 Oz salad ~1 tablespoon .5 Oz of oil ~1 tbsp balsamic Many other plans available Men get 6 Oz meat/ protein per meal - vegetarian options avail

Abstinence from sugar and flour can bring food neutrality. I’m shocked this was not more prominent in this talk.

I hope we become more aware of this as a culture. I feel like when you decline food, people assume you’re only concerned about weight and try to push you to lighten up and just have a bite or start describing how good it is so you’ll try it. They don’t realize that just having that little bit will send you into your addiction cycle. I think ppl just don’t know but it can be really rude.

Ana knew exactly what she talked about and had some very good hints, tips and answers. The “professionals” around her, unfortunately, not so much … Thankyou Ana

I rarely binge on sugary things. My binge foods are nuts, potatoes, and many savoury foods but primarily peanuts, almonds and brazil nuts. I eat them till I'm sick

Thank you to the moderators and panelists. Thank you to the people in the audience who asked great questions. Thank you for posting this video. Very helpful. I have a little more hope now.

We need to throw all the drug dealers in jail- Kraft, General Mills, Coca Cola, Monsanto, McDonald’s, etc

Thank you for sharing - I really appreciated the authenticity of each of you.

Here because I've been following the Grey Sheet Anonymous plan for 8 days. I've seriously become disinterested in food. Seems to be working... I'm learning what my particular food triggers are and staying away from them. I to had mentioned that I was addicted to food or that my compulsion to eat was like being addicted to medical professionals and I don't remember any of them agreeing with it. I am no longer a volume eater due to the Duodenal Switch Bariatric surgery, I started out at 400 lbs, lost 115 lbs, , still had about 150 lbs to go. However after the surgery I had slipped into eating fast food, just less of it. This past year I had gained back up to 320 and severe back issues. I hit rock bottom with it and somehow found GSA. I started on 1/17/21 and have already lost 13 lbs. But most importantly, the food has lost its hold on me. The mental clarity I feel not eating sugar or starches has really opened my eyes, but it was difficult.... but it is so eye opening. My overeating started around the age of 6 I think to calm my ADHD and anxiety. But it really blew up when I was molested from the ages of 7-9. I ate because it numbed me. I ate to stuff down the feelings. I ate to make myself unattractive, the bigger I got the stronger I felt. But knowing the reasons behind why I ate didnt help the compulsion, I didn't want to live like this, constantly fighting this? I have hope on this plan from GSA.. because my compulsion and constantly thinking of food is gone for whole days at a time! I can tell the difference in my psyche when I have slipped up and eaten the sugar or too much starch.

Really enjoyed this..well done! My only thought to add is that there is also Salt Addiction. My food addiction was around sugar for years and it switched to salty foods,,struggling just as much with that.

This is powerful I didn't know this was a thing. Im a food addict!

Thank you too all the speakers ur honesty has helped many. I can relate too the stories. I suffered from severe eating disorder in teen years and early twenties. My issues were starving myself, excessive exercise, purging with laxatives, fat blockers in excess, carb blockers in excess and speed. I found recovery and was in recovery for decades til around 15 years ago when I was going Thur a really tough stressful time in my life and did not seek therapy or talk with a close friend and over time started eating less and less and exercising more and more and dropped a hole lot of weight in a few months and some one I worked with and spent time with pulled me aside and expressed concern about my weight loss as it was quick in a very short time and it got my attention that maybe I was experiencing a relapse of my eating disorder and needed help which I sought. Thank u too the caring person that cared enough too say something. I never thought a relapse was possible after being in recovery for decades. I was wrong . This is a life long process.

When you constantly think about food it’s definitely an addiction and I’m addicted to food especially sweets! Mostly at night. It started right after menopause. I tried to eat less, I don’t eat junk but I do eat big quantities like a whole bar of dark chocolate, fruit tarts, cakes etc.. pastries. It’s so not so much food, but pastries . I always say no more sugar I won’t buy sweets anymore and then I end up buying something like low carb sweets ( to make me feel less guilty) etc. I’m 5.6 and 190 lbs I was size 8 when I was young after 45 years of age I became size 10 and after menopause I’m size 14 at 61 years of age. I’m ashamed to see friends I can’t wear what I like I’m always wearing sneakers and black cloths I was a beautiful woman and I ruined my body .my relationship with my husband is like a friendship rather than intimate because he doesn’t like woman having a big belly. He’s being kind asks me to take care of my self and lose weight for my health, I ended up having osteoarthritis, cholesterol and I’m also pre diabetic ! I’m trying not to consume sugar.. but I’m addicted!

If you eat homemade food most of the time and out once in awhile you will be fine. Restaurant food is only salt,sugar and fat.

The first statements say it ALL! Food is NOT addictive. Food additives.. aka sugar, flour, ALL processed food is addictive.

Thankful I have a doctor who referred me to a registered dietitian- this has changed my life. I learned how to eat healthier.

Beautiful people, thank you!

Her lever is leptin sensitivity. I used to have one. 15 years ago. I am convinced we food addicts are extraordinarily leptin resistant. I totally am on the same wavelength as the first woman. Probably all of them.

Identifying my food intolerances (dairy n gluten) really helped curb out unnecessary food hunger panga

20:31 - 32:30 - Ana (FA) - Good testimonial story of atheist in food addiction recovery. Speaker was mis-introduced as a member of FAA, but the opening slide represented her as a member of FA.

Incredible. Thanks for sharing.

My name is Gail and I am addicted to sugar and carbs. Complete abstence...from sugar and carbs🙂👍🏽💯

I appreciate listening to everybody's story. However, it saddens me that many women believe that they have to wait to for the weight to come off first, before starting to try new things and do not permit themselves to live happily until they are skinny. You can take on new hobbies and date when you are heavier. I am not advocating for bad health, but stop limiting yourselves. Too much weight stigma in California.

I'm wondering if that isn't my issue. I have little control over food. I can lose weight, but cannot keep the weight off.

I had food addiction when from age of 17 to 20. it stopped when I met my husband we lived in a bedsit and to get out of the bedsit i went walking every day for two hours... the addiction stopped.

Notice: if you can't find a FAA meeting, you may find an OA meeting near you.

I live in Australia so your treatment of people with food related issues might be more advanced. Heck, ours may be more advanced than my experience. I have eating issues going back decades. Self-diagnosed with BED but I really am not sure. I sought and obtained an appointment with a psychiatrist well known for her treatment of eating disorders. Turns out, she's really only interested in anorexia nervosa and just told me not to have chocolates in the house. Not a great deal of help.

very good panel

I´m glad to know that i´m not crazy. Thanks for sharing.

In 2021 it's beautiful to hear that they went virtual 3 years ago. Virtual support groups are the future, IMHO.

This can confuse people. FAA is different than FA. Two separate programs. The logo showed FA - Food Addicts In Recovery Anonymous.

The food industry's dirty secrets. To the speakers on this conference, I would hire a bodyguard. Honestly. Or a lawyer.

Is there anyone that can comment on the neurophysical effects of sugar alcohols? Are the effects the same as sugar??

The food-reward-palatability model is most useful in hyperphagia and obesity, which makes sense of the dopaminergic/opioidergic brain chemistry that mimics addiction; that said, one can overeat or binge on almost any foods, but it is clear that the hyper-palatable, low-satiating chemical profiles of many foods with the right ratios of fats, carbs, salts, etc., is whay we identify as "junk" or "comfort" or "bliss" foods. No one of these isolated, purified chemicals is an addictive drug in the same way that cocaine or heroin is--consider that an addict when confronted with an abundance of pure drug of choice will probably indulge, but when do we see a food "addict" simply eating a pile of salt or a pile of sugar cubes or a bottle of pure fat--but the chemical composition of some foods makes them more hedonic/rewarding and some people have brains more susceptible to the "addictive" response to these, thus forming a habit to obsessively/compulsively/addictively overeat/binge-eat more than a normal person. The obesogenic person who once was adaptive as famine-resistant, now in the modern food environment is maladaptive, so prevention and early diagnosis is critical in post-industrialized society. Ultimately, all people struggle with some form of vice/sin, but those tied to the biological drives for sex (lust) and substance use (gluttony) will always be common struggles as these primal urges will always live in the lower/limbic brain. God help us all!

I’m watching this while overeating

Thank you for your honesty!

Ha, MadTV Newhart sketch is classic!!!

This content is absolutely stellar. I recently read a book on this topic that truly inspired me. "Your Body Your Temple" by Various

Fantastic. Thank u.

IS there any follow-up to this lecture and studies mentioned?

Recap:education in schools ,at homes,learning how to deal with stress since childhood as the brain is undeveloped when we are born.All environment has to change and food industry selling foods like morphine ,what our politicians are doing about it?if food is addictive, like alcohol.cigareytes ,so why we allow such addictive drugs as free?.Addiction is not genetic but epigenetic which switch on and off good and bad genes.These stories are so depressing and the solutions of root causes are not addressed.Thank you.

This is a healthy food FA (food addicts anonymous) plan for men. If you find yourself losing too much weight, your sponsor (free everyone gets a sponsor) will adjust your plan) Breakfast 8 Oz plain full fat yogurt / or 3 eggs 6 Oz fruit / or 1 piece 4 Oz sweet potato/or potato/ grain / oats/ rice/ quinoa (pick one) Or 4 Oz sweet potato / potato (or 4 Oz grain like rice or quinoa) grain at lunch only for weight loss 3 large eggs 8oz veg low carb - spinach tomato etc Lunch ~6 Oz meat (or 8 Oz vegan chickpeas / tofu) ~2 Oz sweet potato/ or grain like rice ~6 Oz vegetable ~6 Oz salad ~1 tablespoon .5 Oz of oil ~1 tbsp balsamic and Tamari / spices sugar/ gluten free Dinner ~6 Oz chicken (8 Oz vegan) ~6 Oz vegetable ~6 Oz salad ~1 tablespoon .5 Oz of oil ~1 tbsp balsamic and Tamari / spices

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Who was the philanthropist who funded this initially that she spoke about?

I was very disappointed in this video because having a food allergy addiction to red meat my whole life I was hoping that somebody was bothering to come up with a treatment for it. When I stopped eating red meat in 1980 I went into severe withdrawal and was unable to get out of bed for 5 days with flu-like symptoms and now microscopic levels of cross contamination will keep me in the bathroom for a week.

Addiction Reset Community is the most compassionate and effective food addiction program. If 12 step food programs are not working for you, check it out. It’s an amazing program. Joan Ifland Phd is the founder and CEO. It is affordable and it support 24/7. Incidentally, it’s not about weight for many. Weight is not a marker of being addicted to processed food or not.

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The face of food addictions We have already seen the effect of food addictions

I wouldn’t hunt for a Twinkie in the wild? Bet.

TeLL it Like it is Soul Sister Senorita.

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A Mitochondrial Paradigm of Metabolic and Degenerative Diseases, Aging, and Cancer: A Dawn for Evolutionary Medicine Douglas C. Wallace Is obesity a problem? Yes.

I'm addicted to eggs

why do humans always have to make animals suffer to help humans? A very sick thing humans do!!!!!

I'm sorry but the "um" guy is sooo annoying Edit: oh my god the lady after him is literally just as bad with the "um"s

Rubbish!!! I’m on natraxolone and I still eat chocolate and crave it just as much! What a load of crap, it doesn’t work for craving junk food at all

WOW! Now we can all identify as victims and place the blame on others. Great! I didn't want that damned personal responsibility. It's not my fault, THEY did it to me.