May 22, 2023
THIS EPISODE OF GROWING OLDER LIVING
YOUNGER focuses on food addiction, in particular addiction to sugar
and refined carbohydrates.
Today’s
Featured Expert is Dr. Vera Tarman, author
of Food Junkies: Recovery from Food Addiction, cohost of the popular Food
Junkies Podcast and founder of the Facebook group called “I’m Sweet
Enough: Sugar-Free for Life.”
We discuss
the reality and the pathophysiology of sugar addiction, how to know
whether you have an addiction and the impact that corporate
sponsorship of research and disease-focused organizations have on
the common narrative.
Episode
Timeline
0:11 Introduction to today’s
episode.
2:58 The difference between pleasure seeking and addiction.
7:45 How to decide if you have a true sugar addiction?
12:29 Dopamine re-uptake.
17:08 Are there genetic predispositions to addiction?
21:28 The connection between diabetes and sugar addiction.
25:27 You are what you eat
31:41 Why sponsorship of research by corporations is problematic.
37:52 Training yourself to say no to sugar addiction.
Speaker Bio:
Dr, Vera Tarman. MD, MSc, FCFP, ABAM, is a specialist in addiction
medicine, Medical Director of Renascent and a senior staff
physician at Salvation Army. she is author of Food
Junkies: Recovery from Food Addiction and cohosts the
Food Junkies Podcast
Learn more about Dr. Tarman’s work, and sugar addiction at the links in the show notes. Facebook: www.fb.com/groups/SugarFreeForLife
Website: veratarmanMD.com and addictionsunplugged.com;
You tube: https://www.youtube.com/c/VeraTarmanMD
Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drveratarman/
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