Food Addiction Has More Genetic Issues
Another one of these food addiction genetic issues, for example, is your personal brain biochemistry or the number of receptor sites in an individual’s brain, which can intersect with the environment and lead to a disease process. Clinicians and scientists researching addictions issues currently suspect that the presence or absence [...]
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Food Addiction Has More Genetic Issues
Food Addiction – Some Background On Genetics
Food Addiction – Some Background On Genetics
In food addiction part of my story and yours in life is our genetics. What type of genetics did we inherit? Our appetite for food usually called cravings or hunger pains (much like cravings for other appetites like air, water, and sex) are based on complex biological processes and [...]
Food Addiction – I find Landmark Education
Food Addiction – I Find Landmark Education
Finding the idea of food addiction helped a great deal to be sure since it took me to a whole new level. The next breakthrough for this food addict came two or three years later in the form of a unique personal growth program called The Forum. I had [...]
Food Addiction – I Find Addiction Model
Food Addiction – I Find The Addiction Model
Food Addiction as a distinction came my way when next I went to work for a national company that specialized in alcohol treatment centers in general hospitals. I learned all about alcoholism and addictions—how alcoholism is a chronic and fatal disease with genetic, psychological, and spiritual components. I [...]
Food Addiction – Emotional Side Part 2
Food Addiction – Almost Lost It
Emotional Side Part 2
Food Addiction has emotional or psychological consequences thus in my last post titled Part 1 of “emotional side” I spoke about some of them and the work I did with a counselor. I also worked on things with the counselor having to do with my vocation [...]
Food Addiction – Emotional Side #1
Food Addiction – Henry Gets A Grip
On The Emotional Side Part 1
Food Addiction had me fooled in the beginning like it does many folks. I focused only on the physical or body aspects of losing weight. When I stopped taking the medications, I went into a “binge/starve” type of eating pattern not uncharacteristic of [...]
Food Addiction And Treatment – Enter Medications
Food Addiction And Treatment
Enter Medications
I had no clue I had a food addiction when my journey began. I first began losing my excess weight when I was 23. I was sick and tired of feeling like a freak and feeling pretty depressed by my life. In 1970, there were few 5’5” people weighing over [...]
Building Up To Food Addiction?
I was born with a food addiction but it did not show up until later. I was the son of an Air Force officer so we moved around a lot when I was growing up. My father’s idea of a diet was to not put ice cream on his apple pie—he was always in shape [...]
Food Addiction – Intro to Henry’s Story
Food Addiction has led me to some interesting conversations with people I know. When they find out I once weighed 325 pounds (now 162 – height 5’5”) they often want to know how I lost all that weight and kept it off for over 35 years. So here is the beginning of my “food addict” story! [...]