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| Introduction | 1 | |
| 1 | Addiction Is an Illness | 11 |
| 2 | Chemical Warfare | 21 |
| 3 | Deprivation | 48 |
| 4 | The Great Escape | 70 |
| 5 | Nature's Telegrams | 81 |
| 6 | How Healing Happens | 95 |
| 7 | Achieving Abstinence | 108 |
| 8 | Help! | 131 |
| 9 | Dear Beloved | 137 |
| 10 | Fat Prejudice | 151 |
| 11 | Anorexia and Bulimia | 155 |
| 12 | Timing, Choices, and Hitting Bottom | 169 |
| 13 | Relapse | 174 |
| 14 | Further Abstinence | 187 |
| 15 | Wait! | 200 |
| 16 | Fullness | 223 |
| Notes | 229 | |
| Sources of Help | 232 | |
| Index | 233 |
I didn’t realize that certain foods act in the body as if they are drugs, creating an addiction powerful enough to have held me in a pattern of binge eating despite my most fervent and spiritual efforts to break free. I call these foods "drug foods," which by themselves are not drugs, but through a series of chemical reactions eventually cause production of brain chemicals that can have a drug-like effect on the body. These chemicals cloud the mind, imprison the soul, and steal freedoms. All this from particular foods in interaction with a particular body type.
This susceptibility stems from the fact that many people have an inadequate supply of certain chemicals that can, among other things, alleviate pain. We learn, even as small children, to stimulate the release of these chemicals by eating sweets and we do this for a much more significant reason than to get a particular taste. We do this because, soon after, we feel better.
Thus, we discover how to manipulate our brain functioning by choosing to eat an abundance of certain types of foods. We make this adjustment without any consciousness of how or why it works; but, over time, such manipulation causes other brain changes, and we can unknowingly get trapped in a cycle of eating that causes more eating. This book explains that process.
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Overview
Katherine clearly explains the chemical reactions in the brain that work in conjunction with lifelong emotional conflicts to make food - particularly sugar and carbohydrates-such a comfort that it's almost like a drug. Includes self-tests, exercises, an examination of family issues and priorities, and a complete recovery program for newfound understanding and confidence. For readers who are strongly addicted to particular foods as well as those who simply feel susceptible.