Understanding Food Addiction and Binge Eating
Channel: Doc Snipes
Date: 2016-05-18

Understanding Food Addiction and Binge Eating 
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Objectives  Examine the difference between overeating and food addiction  Evaluate myths about food addiction  Explore the behavioral and biological mechanisms underlying food addiction  Identify ways to address food addiction triggers Recovery & Resilience International in partnership with AllCEUs.com Co-Occurring Disorders Recovery Coaching Curriculum
3. Why I Care/How It Impacts Recovery  Excessive food consumption is socially acceptable and food addiction rarely causes imminent legal problems, so it can go unchecked for a long time  For some people, addictive behaviors started with food addiction  For others, when their substance of choice was removed, food was available for self-soothing  Regularly using food to self-soothe is, at the very least, a relapse warning sign if not a full-blown relapse. Recovery & Resilience International in partnership with AllCEUs.com Co-Occurring Disorders Recovery Coaching Curriculum
4. Food Addiction vs. Overeating  Food can become an addiction, when it is used to  Escape from negative feeling states AND  Continues to be used despite negative consequences  The person experiences psychological withdrawals and cravings when he or she cannot access food to cope  Overeating is often a bad habit, but can be stopped with education, planning and mindfulness Recovery & Resilience International in partnership with AllCEUs.com Co-Occurring Disorders Recovery Coaching Curriculum
5. Food Addiction vs. Overeating  Experiments show that, for some people, the same reward and pleasure centers of the brain that are triggered by other addictions are also activated by food, especially highly palatable foods.  Highly palatable foods are foods rich in: Sugar Fat Salt Recovery & Resilience International in partnership with AllCEUs.com Co-Occurring Disorders Recovery Coaching Curriculum
6. Signs and Symptoms  You frequently crave certain foods  You often eat even when you are not hungry.  You eat much more than you intended to, sometimes to the point of feeling excessively “stuffed.”  You often feel guilty after eating particular foods  You sometimes make excuses in your head about why you should eat something that you are craving.  You have repeatedly tried to quit eating or setting rules (includes cheat meals/days) about certain foods, but been unsuccessful.  You often hide your consumption of unhealthy foods from others.  You feel unable to control your consumption of unhealthy foods, despite knowing that they are causing you physical harm (includes weight gain). Recovery & Resilience International in partnership with AllCEUs.com Co-Occurring Disorders Recovery Coaching Curriculum

TIMESTAMPS
00:00 intro
07:41 Food addiction vs. overeating
10:37 Signs and symptoms of food addiction
25:02 Myths about food addiction, binge eating and emotional or stress eating
32:25 Potential strategies to improve eating habits and stop binge eating