food addiction recovery
Photo credit: Yaro Photography
This past week, someone asked if I was ready to speak publicly about my son Daniel’s death—more specifically, was I ready to talk about the “s-word” publicly.
This upcoming Memorial Day will mark seven years since he died by suicide at age 21. . .with the first year being one of shock and post trauma; the second year a dark hole of depression; and the third year burying myself deeper into that hole.
I felt horrible. I ate unwisely. I gained weight. I didn’t care.
This picture was taken many years ago when I was only 43-years-old. (My parents are now deceased.)
The year before, I had a heart cath and was diagnosed with coronary artery disease. . .and eventually prediabetes, hypertension, and a myriad other diseases that were totally preventable and reversible. But the many physicians I was seeing at the time only recommended drugs.
I was sitting on a ticking bomb and still had five children living at home--the youngest being only five.
If you are in a similar predicament, it's not too late to reclaim your health!
Don't believe the lie that it's impossible. You can be free from the captivity to unhealthy food!
Be changed by the renewing of your mind.
Someone needs to hear these words today.
Emily Boller, artist, mother, and author of Starved to Obesity, lost 100 pounds more than fifteen years ago by eating an abundance of high-nutrient, plant-rich foods. Today, she’s certified in whole plant nutrition from the Nutritarian Education Institute. She’s on a mission to combine practical, no-nonsense and cost-effective tips—with easy to understand science—in order to help anyone escape the addictive grip of the Standard American Diet. And now, she’s on a mission to bring awareness to the suffocating and potentially deadly trap of eating disorders as well.
Those who say sugar addiction is not a real addiction are either:
in denial
or don’t understand the research on dopamine receptors
or haven't experienced it to the full degree that many have.
Plant based “vegan” eating has made big waves in recent years.
However, a plant based diet alone—even in carefully measured amounts with some health improvement noticed--isn’t going to stop one’s runaway appetite for food (food addiction).
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