Tag: obesity

Is the food industry causing an epidemic of sugar addiction ? 

May 28, 2023|
Raquel Delgado
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Food addiction

The food industry is notorious for its use of sugar and hidden sweeteners to enhance food and drink flavors . This can potentially cause sugar addiction. From your breakfast cereal to your favourite frozen pizza, sugar is added to almost every processed food on the market today. By processed food I mean most foods that …

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Semaglutide (Ozempic) A miracle drug for weight loss ? 

May 21, 2023|
Raquel Delgado
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Food addiction

I often get asked by patients and colleagues about the new ‘miracle drug’ for weight loss Semaglutide (Ozempic) . In this blog I would like to share my views and concerns regarding semaglutide. Semaglutide, a medication originally used to treat Type 2 diabetes, has been approved for weight loss in adults who have obesity or …

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International Food Addiction Conference Bristol 19th-20th of May

May 29, 2022|
Eva Clemente
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Food addiction

Last weekend, Raquel and I attended the first international Food Addiction Conference in Bristol, hosted by Public Health Collaboration and IFA. It was an opportunity to meet in person a lot of our peers and some of our heroes. We were helping at the Food Addiction Institute stand as we are now both members of …

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5 Nutrition and Health Myths

May 8, 2022|
Eva Clemente
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Nutrition

Over the years, old fashion myths or misconceptions about nutrition have been perpetuated by the media, magazines and even some health care professionals. Here are some examples. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day Previous studies have suggested that eating breakfast might be linked to maintaining good health and a healthy weight, but …

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But Doctor, I don’t……

March 27, 2022|
Raquel Delgado
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Food addiction

People tell me that they do not use add sugar to their drinks anymore, that they avoid juice and fizzy drinks …But where is all the sugar coming from? Most people eat sugar in the form of carbohydrate. This can lead to problems like gaining weight, poor diabetes control, overeating, sugar cravings, binge eating. Let’s …

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Don’t eat your emotions

March 22, 2022|
Eva Clemente
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Emotional eating

I love Bridget Jones. I read all the books and when I heard that Réene Zellweger and Colin Firth were going to co-star the films I couldn’t hide my excitement. They are both perfectly cast. The books and films tell the story of Bridget Jones, a single woman in her thirties. The story tells the …

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What is an addictive personality?

February 27, 2022|
Raquel Delgado
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Food addiction

An addictive personality can make addiction more likely. Addictions can come in a wide range of forms, including food, drugs, alcohol, gambling, exercise, pornography, shopping, internet and more. These substance or behaviours can give a ‘high’ or a ‘kick’ if repeated often enough. They turn into pleasurable activities that help the addict cope with stress, …

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What is real food?

February 1, 2022|
Raquel Delgado
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Nutrition

WHAT IS REAL FOOD? At the most basic level, our diets should be made up of REAL FOOD such as fish, seafood, meat, non-starchy vegetables, eggs, natural nuts, legumes and unprocessed dairy like full fat natural yoghurt and cheese. Many of the foods in our supermarkets and fast food outlets are not “real food”. They …

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Food Addiction in the News

January 16, 2022|
Raquel Delgado
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Food addiction

In November 2021, a renowned former Labour politician, Tom Watson, talked about his struggles with an eating disorder and food addiction. In 2018, Mr Watson made it to the front pages of UK national newspaper when he announced that he reversed Type 2 Diabetes by losing weight on a low carbohydrate/keto diet and becoming increasingly …

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To Juice or Not to Juice, that is the question

January 9, 2022|
Eva Clemente
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Nutrition

Thankfully, the juicing obsession of the 80s disappeared a few years ago but there is still plenty of people that think that juicing fruit or vegetables is good for their health, in fact, some of them think it is extremely good for you. I can’t count the number of patients (most of them living with …

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