This website introduces the ideas that helped me stop binge eating and lose weight. It communicates a hypothesis that I’ve been developing for decades: a story of misguided biological signals, mistaken beliefs – and freedom. I have a long history of chronic dieting. I was a compulsive eater with severe episodes of binge eating disorder … Read more
If you enjoyed reading the latest book by Chris van Tulleken and are looking for books similar to Ultra-Processed People, common recommendations include: The Dorito Effect by Mark Schatzer, Nourishment by Fred Provenza, and Foods That Lie by Libby Marama Grace. Ultra-Processed People does a fantastic job of setting out the dangers of highly processed … Read more
The excellent book Ultra-Processed People by Dr Chris van Tulleken makes a compelling case that ultra-processed foodstuffs are addictive and cause people to overeat. As a consequence of reading this book, more people than ever are now fervently committed to avoiding ultra-processed food in their diets. However, cutting out ultra-processed food can initially seem difficult … Read more
This website describes a way of eating normal, nourishing flavor-honest food that allows you to lose weight, without restrictive dieting and without exercising. The method is simple and it sticks. It leaves you with an unimaginable freedom: escape from the endless mood swings, anxiety and despair that often accompanies fluctuating weight, starvation diets, binge eating, and … Read more
Am I addicted to food? This is a question that many of those who struggle with binge eating, ‘emotional eating’, ‘stress eating’, compulsive grazing, or any other form of undesired overeating eventually ask. The rational part of the brain wishes that we would eat sensibly; another part demands otherwise. With Dr. Robert Lustig, author of … Read more