Tag: overweight

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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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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50% OFF Food Addiction and Medical Assessment

January 5, 2022|
Eva Clemente
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Food addiction

 New Year and already thinking about starting a new diet? How many have you tried to date? Want to stop obsessing about food and weight once and for all? Why not try something different this year?  Dieting is only a temporary solution for a very complex problem that doesn’t resolve with just “eating less and …

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Food Addiction, Myth or Reality?

September 12, 2021|
Raquel Delgado
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Food addiction

Does food addiction exist, or it is just an excuse for overeating and “always being on a diet”? How can we have an addiction to something as necessary as eating? In my 20 years of clinical experience, I have never seen so many people suffering from chronic illnesses, obesity and being overweight. I speak of …

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