Medical interventions like bariatric surgery or GLP-1 medications can be incredibly helpful physical tools. But a mass-produced tool cannot cure the deeply personal roots of Food Addiction.
A recent study highlights that the added fructose in ultra-processed foods does more than just add calories—it fundamentally alters your metabolism, drives fat buildup in the liver, and disrupts the signals that tell you you're full.
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I used to roll my eyes at gratitude journals. Then I looked at the data.
People who practice gratitude consistently have 23% lower cortisol levels — leading to reduced stress, improved sleep, and better immune function.
Lower cortisol means less inflammation.. less inflammation means slower aging.
Recent NIH data: full remission rates for the major eating disorders sit around 40–60%. Relapse is common. Many people are left in partial recovery for years.
What are we missing?
Susan Branscome in our May DIGEST newsletter and on the blog.
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RFK Jr: "There are studies coming out of Stanford and Harvard that show a lot of mental illness, including anxiety and depression, are related to food. Food is medicine. By changing your diet, you can lose some of those diagnoses."
Tom Brady: "A bird sitting on a tree is never afraid of the branch breaking, because its trust is not on the branch but on its own wings. Always believe in yourself."
RFK Jr: "Hospitals are giving patients foods that are destroying their metabolic systems, that are causing body-wide inflammation, that are not promoting healing."