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According to brain scans, refined sugar and artificially intense sweetness is more addictive than cocaine.
If that sounds crazy, consider this: In the early 1900’s, the Average American ate 5 pounds of sugar per year. Pretty reasonable, right?
By 2000, the Average American was eating 150 pounds of sugar per year. That’s 30 times more sugar!
To help us sort it out, we’re here with Dr. Vera Tarman, the author of Food Junkies: Recovery from Food Addiction. She dropped a 100 pounds and kept it off for over 12 years, and counting.
Dr. Tarman is the Medical Director of one of Canada’s largest treatment centers for substance abuse, and she’s spearheaded two unique programs for food addiction.
And on this show with Dr. Vera Tarman, we’re chatting about:
How she dropped 100 pounds... and kept it off
Overcoming food addiction
Connection between alcoholism and anorexia
How the food industry engineers food to be as addictive as possible
