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> Are you a food addict? Do you gain more weight than you lose after every diet? Can one cookie destroy all your good intentions? Do you eat when you are disappointed, tense or anxious? Since its publication, Food Addiction has become a primary resource for food addicts and compulsive eaters. Now it is updated and presented in a revised and expanded edition, with a new chapter on relapse. For a food addict, relapse is an ever present danger which begins in the mind before reaching for that cupcake or other trigger food. Here food addiction is defined, trigger foods are identified and consequences of food addiction are revealed. A lifetime eating plan demonstrating how to stick with a healthful food plan for the long term is also provided. "For some people, foods can be as addictive as alcohol," Kay Sheppard explains. "Gummy bears and marshmallow chicks can be vicious killers whose effects can lead to depression, irritability and even suicide. The terrible truth is that for certain individuals, refined carbohydrates can trigger the addictive process. This book is an effort to help you understand and solve the problems of compulsive eating."
About the Author
Kay Sheppard, M.A. is the best-selling author of Food Addiction: The Body Knows and From the First Bite. A licensed mental health counselor and a certified eating disorders specialist, she conducts workshops for food addicts worldwide. Since the beginning her own recovery in 1977, Sheppard has helped thousands of people live happy and healthy lives by following her comprehensive recovery program.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
I'm back,
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This review is from: Food Addiction: The Body Knows: Revised& Expanded Edition by Kay Sheppard (Paperback)
I bought this book 12 years ago and attended Kay Sheppards treatment program. I lost 60 lbs, had 5 years of abstinence and the only freedom from food I have ever known. Then I decided to get "flexible" so it would be easier for me to live in "the world". At first I thought I had it under control, but slowly my eating has escalated and now I find myself 45 lbs heavier, back into bingeing, uncontrollable consumption of sweets and a bevy of emotional and health problems to go with. After reading old journals and seeing how happy and sane I was during those 5 years --- well I decided I can continue with this trek toward insanity and death or I can surrender myself to this simple program. So I'm back.The critics of this program are either in denial or not full blown food addicts --- yet. This is no magic bullet. It works if you work it. Thank you Kay for your uncompromising honesty.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Solid staring point,
By A Customer
This review is from: Food Addiction: The Body Knows: Revised& Expanded Edition by Kay Sheppard (Paperback)
This is a good starting point for food addicts. Ms. Sheppard offers much valuable information. However, the tone of the book, a bit exclusionary and black and white, can be offputting. It's necessary to overlook that in order to appreciate the valuable information this book contains.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
Did not work for me.,
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This review is from: Food Addiction: The Body Knows: Revised& Expanded Edition by Kay Sheppard (Paperback)
First let me say that I'm glad the ideas and instructions presented in this book have worked for many people. Even if the scientific reasoning for abstaining from sugar and wheat is complete rubbish, I don't think that matters if it works. It simply did not work for me.I think Ms. Sheppard would classify me as a food addict. I have demonstrated many of the typical food addict behaviors over the years, and my weight has always been a problem to one degree or another. However, I think either I am not truly a food addict and my problems with food are strictly psychological or Ms. Sheppard's program simply doesn't work for all food addicts. Either way, I got the impression from reading her book that almost all overweight people could "recover" using her program, and I disagree. I stuck to the program perfectly for about eight weeks. For me, it was just another exercise in renewed hope, deprivation, failure, and disappointment. Maybe it will be your salvation, but it certainly wasn't mine.
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