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Breaking the Food Seduction: Free Yourself from Unhealthy Foods

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Do you know that Ellen DeGeneres loves Oreo Sandwich Cookies? She's not alone. To some people, chocolate is an occasional treat. But for a true chocolate addict, it is a deep-seated need. On Monday, September 29, Neal Barnard, M.D., will be Ellen's guest on The Ellen DeGeneres Show and reveal why so many people are hooked on unhealthy foods ranging from chocolate to cheese. He'll also discuss his book, Breaking the Food Seduction: The Hidden Reasons Behind Food Cravings—and Seven Steps to End Them Naturally, which outlines the solution for breaking food addictions.

In addition to fascinating insights into the chemical reasons behind your cravings and important advice on how to halt kids’ sugar cravings, Breaking the Food Seduction includes seven simple steps to break craving cycles and a three-week kickstart program with dozens of gourmet “addiction-free” recipes. Dr. Barnard's “Three-Week Break” supports research that shows if you set aside an addicting food, such as chocolate, for three weeks, you crave it much less than if you had just had it yesterday.

How can you break the uncontrollable hold food has on your life? Wondering whether you could live without chocolate, cheese, sugar, or meat? Find out when The Ellen DeGeneres Show is on in your area, and tune in on September 29 to watch Dr. Barnard show Ellen how to end unhealthy food cravings.

To learn more about food addictions, read Dr. Barnard's editorial "Food Addiction: Hi, I’m John, and I’m a Cholesterolic" and related article "Breaking the Food Seduction" in Good Medicine. For more help on starting a healthy diet, go to www.NutritionMD.org.

Seven Steps to Breaking the Food Seduction

1. Start with a good breakfast. Cutting hunger is the first step in cutting cravings. 2. Choose foods that steady your blood sugar. Beans, green vegetables, fruit, and whole grains help prevent blood sugar dips that can lead to cravings. 3. Eat at least 10 calories each day per pound of your ideal body weight. This tip is directed at calorie-cutting dieters who do not realize that, if they eat too little, their bodies stop making an appetite-controlling hormone called leptin. A person whose ideal weight is 150 pounds needs at least 1,500 calories per day, and probably much more. 4. Break out of craving cycles, which can occur daily, monthly (with a woman’s cycle), or yearly (with the change in seasons). Monthly chocolate cravings, for example, can be reduced with a low-fat, vegetarian diet, which tends to reduce the hormone swings that lead to cravings. 5. Exercise and rest are keys to restoring your physical resilience. 6. Use social support. Enlisting the help of friends and family makes changing habits much easier. 7. Take advantage of other motivators. New parents, for example, may decide to eat healthy foods not just for themselves, but for the sake of their children.