Read this book or listen to the audio book because it will really open up your eyes about how the use of high fat, high sugar and high salt foods in the food industry/processed foods is re-wiring our brains. I've lost 68 lbs. thanks to Dr. Kessler, SparkPeople, Leslie Sansone, and Dr. Oz. Dr. Kessler taught me ways to avoid certain foods until I have overcome my craving for them.
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This book helped me Make Rules for myself in order to avoid highly palatable foods and their triggers. If you eat these foods and feel like it's getting out of control you are probably a hyperconditioned eater like me. Sample rules: "I don't eat french fries. I don't eat ice cream."
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Reading this book was an important revelation for me that helped me to get control over my eating. Now I understand how processed foods containing three chemicals (fat, salt and sugar) cause biochemical addiction in the brain. This is why they are so hard to resist.
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Research shows that some food manufacturers combine fat, sugar and salt to stimulate ‘reward centres’ in the brain, causing addiction just as tobacco does. We then crave these foods and can't stop eating them even when we're full. Sound familiar?
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A powerful way to combat being out of control concerning our diet is to become fully aware of what certain food companies and" eateries" are doing purposely to make us overweight. I recommend the book "The end of overeating" by David.A.Kessler. isbn 978-0-141-04781-2 (penguin books- 2009). It will change the way you see all those addictive junk non -foods, and you will regain your health.Why can't we stop eating large quantities of certain foods and drinks? His book will tell you.
If you can't love yourself, try finding something to like If you can't like yourself, try finding something to respect. It you can't find anything to respect of yourself, start earning it247
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the gist of a quote from Dr David Ruben