The Craving Cure, Part 1




Intelligent Medicine show

Summary: "The Craving Cure: Identify your Craving Type to Activate Your Natural Appetite Control," by Julia Ross. Why is it so hard for us to stick to healthy diets? The author of "The Mood Cure" has an action plan for implementing your 2018 weight loss resolution. Using a detailed questionnaire, you can determine which of 5 Craving Types is undermining your dietary adherence. Are you a depressed craver? Or do you use food to alleviate your anxiety? Are dips in blood sugar responsible? Or perhaps you use food to energize and stimulate yourself? Or maybe food is a source of emotional solace? What amino acid regimens correspond to each type? Why have dietary changes since 1970 turned us into a nation of cravers? How can meat and saturated fat alleviate cravings?