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Food Addiction, the Problem and the Solution

Food Addiction, the Problem and the Solution

De: Esther Helga Gudmundsdottir
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The International School For Food Addiction Counseling And Treatment (The INFACT School) brings you the podcast, Food Addiction: The Problem And The Solution which explores the ubiquitous problems of food addiction and presents the solution. The school, founded by director Esther Helga Gudmundsdottir MSc, is the world’s first and only sugar/food addiction counseling training with U.S. and European food addiction counselor certifications. infactschool.com Host, Susan Branscome, a recovered food addict, interviews guests who are professionals and counselors focused on the disease of food addiction, as well as individuals who have successfully recovered from food addiction. The podcast will resonate with food addicts, those dieting unsuccessfully, those desperate to learn more about food addiction and recover, as well as professionals treating and counseling clients with food addiction and medical practitioners treating patients suffering from obesity and obesity-related illnesses and issues. Subscribe to Food Addiction: The Problem and The Solution wherever you get your podcasts!Copyright Esther Helga Gudmundsdottir Enfermedades Físicas Higiene y Vida Saludable Psicología Psicología y Salud Mental
Episodios
  • When the Doctor Is the Patient: Dr. Tro on Food Addiction and Healing

    When the Doctor Is the Patient: Dr. Tro on Food Addiction and Healing
    Mar 17 2026
    Dr. Tro Kalayjian is a board-certified physician in Internal Medicine and Obesity Medicine, founder and Chief Medical Officer of Toward Health, and a founding member of the Society of Metabolic Health Practitioners. Through his virtual metabolic health clinic, he helps patients address obesity, type 2 diabetes, chronic metabolic disease, and food addiction using a personalized, lifestyle-based approach grounded in science, clinical care, and real-world outcomes. He is also an international speaker and a leading voice in the growing conversation around metabolic health, nutrition science, and food addiction. What makes Dr. Tro’s work especially compelling is that it is deeply rooted in lived experience. He grew up in a family affected by obesity and struggled with his own weight for years, eventually reaching more than 350 pounds. As a physician, he experienced firsthand the frustration, shame, and limitations of conventional approaches, and through his own recovery he lost more than 150 pounds and has maintained that transformation for over a decade. That combination of medical expertise and personal recovery gives him a rare and powerful perspective on what it really takes to break free from food addiction and reclaim health. In this episode, we explore both the science and the human side of food addiction. Dr. Tro shares his approach to treating patients, his views on abstinence versus harm reduction, the failures of the medical system in addressing metabolic disease, and the powerful influence of Big Food, Big Pharma, and public policy. We also discuss his personal recovery story and his advocacy for recognizing ultra-processed food addiction as a substance use disorder, including his support of the international consensus effort to bring this issue into the World Health Organization’s ICD. This is a bold, thoughtful, and deeply relevant conversation with a physician who brings both professional authority and lived experience to the table. Toward Health Website (https://toward.health/) IFACC (https://www.the-chc.org/fas/conference) Dr. Tro on X (https://x.com/DoctorTro) Binge Eating Food Addiction and Low Carb diets (https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6988301/?utm_source=chatgpt.com) #harmfuluse #addiction #foodaddiction #bingeeatingrecovery
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    1 h y 3 m
  • Why 30–50% Don’t Respond: What We’re Missing in Eating Disorder Treatment

    Why 30–50% Don’t Respond: What We’re Missing in Eating Disorder Treatment
    Feb 17 2026
    Dr. Kim Dennis brings a deeply integrative and courageous voice to the conversation on eating disorders, food addiction, trauma, and recovery. As a board-certified psychiatrist and the Co-Founder, CEO, and Chief Medical Officer of SunCloud Health (https://suncloudhealth.com/) she has spent more than two decades treating complex, co-occurring conditions—while also drawing from her own lived experience in long-term recovery from alcohol use disorder, bulimia, and food addiction. Dr. Dennis believes recovery must address the whole person: biological, psychological, social, and spiritual—not just symptoms or weight. A central theme of this episode is what happens when treatment doesn’t work. Dr. Dennis points to a sobering reality: 30–50% of people with eating disorders do not respond to gold-standard treatments, often leaving patients believing they are broken. She challenges that narrative and argues that food addiction—particularly addiction to sugar and ultra-processed foods—is a critical and often dismissed missing piece. Drawing parallels to Big Tobacco, she explains how corporate influence, stigma, and lack of diagnostic legitimacy have delayed research funding, insurance coverage, and effective treatment, despite growing neurobiological evidence involving dopamine reward pathways, craving, withdrawal, and continued use despite harm. Dr. Dennis approaches every patient through a trauma-informed lens, emphasizing that all eating disorders and food addiction exist on a continuum shaped by disrupted safety, neglect, or adversity—what she describes as both “big T” and “little t” trauma. Rather than separating behavior from biology, she explains how trauma alters reward systems and coping mechanisms, making food a powerful regulator of emotion and survival. Her model centers on patient-led collaboration, clinical humility, and a strong therapeutic alliance—meeting people exactly where they are, without leaving them there. The conversation also explores some of the most debated issues in the field, including harm reduction versus abstinence, the eating-disorder community’s resistance to food addiction, and the expanding use of GLP-1 medications. Dr. Dennis stresses that abstinence is a “tricky word” that must be defined clinically and individually—not ideologically—and that medications may have a place when used thoughtfully, transparently, and alongside comprehensive care. She closes with a message of hope: recovery is not about weight or perfection, lives do get bigger, and no one should stop seeking answers simply because one approach failed. #eatingdisorderrecovery #healthyliving #obesity #MAHA Dr. Nicole Avena (https://www.instagram.com/drnicoleavena/?hl=en) #ashleygearhardt #foodaddiction #ultraprocessed #addictionscience #foodfreedom
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  • Blending Science and Empathy to Help Food Addicts Recover

    Blending Science and Empathy to Help Food Addicts Recover
    Sep 30 2025
    In this powerful episode, we speak with Jessica Parker, a coach who brings both lived experience and deep compassion to her work with individuals struggling with food addiction. At just nine years old, Jessica experienced the trauma of divorce and the sudden shift into a blended family with five new sisters. Food quickly became the language of love in her home, but it also fueled disordered eating patterns that spiraled into guilt, shame, and obsession around food. Years later, Jessica reached 360 pounds, underwent both gastric sleeve and gastric bypass surgeries, and began to see firsthand the limitations of relying on restriction and surgery alone.Today, Jessica is abstinent from offending foods and volume and thriving after decades of obesity, two major surgeries, and a history of drug and food addiction. A graduate of the INFACT School, she combines science with empathy to guide clients seeking relief. She knows the struggle of trying to control food and weight with willpower or medical intervention and offers a spiritual and recovery-based solution that goes deeper than restriction. Her work centers on teaching that freedom from food obsession is possible—through abstinence, recovery, and connection.Jessica is passionate about meeting people before they undergo gastric bypass surgery, helping them explore a path to recovery that doesn’t rely solely on surgery. With warmth and honesty, she shares her own journey of learning to recognize emotions like anger, breaking free from food obsession, and discovering true freedom. Connect with her on Facebook at Taste of Freedom (https://www.facebook.com/people/A-Taste-of-Freedom/61576852342384/), on Instagram at A Taste of Freedom Coaching (https://www.instagram.com/atasteoffreedom.coaching), or reach out directly at email: jparker.atof@gmail.com to learn more about her coaching and recovery approach.
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    58 m
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