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"Fatigue, tiredness, and mental fuzziness include regular feelings of tiredness and mental fatigue, difficulty concentrating (especially after eating), poor memory, feeling spacey, and overeating. The Canary in the Mine... and in the Mind Recognizing that you or someone close to you regularly has bad moods is a lot like paying attention to the "canary in the mine." Years ago, miners took canaries deep into mines because the birds were particularly sensitive to poison gas. If a canary died, it was a warning for the miners to immediately evacuate." - Jack Challem, The Food-Mood Solution: All-Natural Ways to Banish Anxiety, Depression, Anger, Stress, overeating, and Alcohol and Drug Problems--and Feel Good Again (Get the book.) "University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, became curious when patients taking medications for depression and overeating suddenly felt better, ate less, and lost weight after they started taking supplements of chromium picolinate. Rather than dismiss his patients' testimonials, McLeod tested chromium picolinate supplements on other patients. Many were able to reduce or eliminate their prescription antidepression medications. Chromium may increase brain levels of tryptophan and serotonin. Dosage: Take 400 to 1,000 meg daily." - Jack Challem, The Food-Mood Solution: All-Natural Ways to Banish Anxiety, Depression, Anger, Stress, overeating, and Alcohol and Drug Problems--and Feel Good Again (Get the book.) "Although this research has focused on how cerebral insulin resistance promotes overeating, obesity, and diabetes, it is likely that it would also affect mood and behavior. The time line for developing insulin resistance varies from person to person, but its prevalence has increased substantially in younger adults and now children, leading to the earlier development of obesity and diabetes. As people become more resistant to insulin, their blood sugar levels remain elevated and they will be more likely to develop fat around the belly." - Jack Challem, The Food-Mood Solution: All-Natural Ways to Banish Anxiety, Depression, Anger, Stress, overeating, and Alcohol and Drug Problems--and Feel Good Again (Get the book.) "Since then, further studies by McLeod and others have confirmed the effectiveness of chromium picolinate in depression that involves overeating. Take 400 meg daily or 200 meg twice daily with meals. 5-HTP. Technically known as 5-hydroxytryptophan, 5-HTP is the immediate precursor to serotonin. The supplement increases serotonin levels, whereas antidepressant drugs try to maintain higher levels (which may be difficult if there is not much serotonin to work with). The 5-HTP molecule is built around tryptophan, an amino acid found in meats, fowl, and fish." - Jack Challem, The Food-Mood Solution: All-Natural Ways to Banish Anxiety, Depression, Anger, Stress, overeating, and Alcohol and Drug Problems--and Feel Good Again (Get the book.)

"Social settings—Be aware that eating with family and friends can influence or inspire overeating if you're not careful and committed to your own goals. Eating with others tends also to extend the duration of meal and provide a more pleasurable eating environment versus eating alone. Distraction—Television, eating while at the computer, doing multiple things at once with food being one of them are major triggers for overeating. Emotion—Many individuals overeat in response to emotions like stress, anxiety/nervousness, depression, and boredom." - Wendy Bazilian, DRPH, MA, RD, Steven Pratt, MD, Kathy Matthews, Superfoods Rx Diet: Lose Weight with the Power of SuperNutrients (Get the book.)

"Watch your portions: Because overeating can put stress on the digestive organs, infringe on normal detoxification pathways, and lead to obesity and disease, many of us would do well to address the issue of portion control. ?Eat s-l-o-w-l-y: This will help you to chew your food properly before sending it on to the stomach for further digestion. It will also help you to control your portions better and keep you from overeating. It takes time for your brain to receive signals that you are full." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.)

"Put simply: overeating promotes cell division, and promotes it most dramatically in cancer cells; cutting back on calories slows cell division. It also stifles the production of free radicals, curbs inflammation, and reduces the risk of most of the Western diseases. "Eat less" is easier said than done, however, particularly in a culture of cheap and abundant calories with no deeply rooted set of rules to curb overeating. But other cultures do have such rules and we can try to emulate them. The French have their modest portions and taboo against seconds." - Michael Pollan, In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto (Get the book.)

"Certainly, I do not want you to strive for a higher MANDI score by overeating. Keep in mind, that even though the calories in the following menus may contain 1800 - 2000 calories, some people will require less and some people more. The average woman in America consumes about 1600. So if you are female, and do not exercise frequently, these menus may contain too many calories for you. You can easily reduce the calories by eating less or by reducing some of the nuts/seeds and dried fruits in the recipes." - Dr. Joel Fuhrman, Eat For Health: Lose Weight, Keep It Off, Look Younger, Live Longer (2 book set) (Get the book.) "Try to get as high a score as you can without snacking or overeating. It is best to stop eating before you feel full or stuffed. As you modify your eating-style to move up to a higher level of nutritional excellence you will be able to maximize the body's miraculous self-healing properties and slow the process of aging. Four Levels of Nutritional Excellence In Phase One, you will learn to eliminate fried foods and make substitutions for low-nutrient foods, such as ice cream, chips, candy, and white flour products." - Dr. Joel Fuhrman, Eat For Health: Lose Weight, Keep It Off, Look Younger, Live Longer (2 book set) (Get the book.)

"As has been stated continuously in my writings for the past dozen years, the habits of overeating, overclothing, and excesses of all kinds use up nerve energy. When the nerve supply is not equal to the demands of the body, organic functioning is impaired, resulting in the retention of waste products. This produces toxemia.128 Common sources of toxemia include various exogenous and endogenous toxins, which will now be recognizable as the diabetogenic preconditions for diabetes. Endogenous toxins include: ?Metabolic waste, ongoing, toxic byproducts on the cellular level ?" - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.) "My clinical observations have also been that blood sugars increase when diabetics overeat, even if it is the overeating of healthy foods. This book is recommending a range of 70 to 85 as the optimal FBS. Borderline impaired fasting glucose tolerance is 86 to 99 (a precursor for pre-diabetes); and an FBS at 100 and over is considered pre-diabetes by the Tree of Life 21-Day+ standards. This is significantly different from the current assumptions." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.)

"Unhealthy habits include overeating refined, packaged, and processed foods with lots of sugar, unnatural fats, and chemical preservatives; not eating enough fresh fruits and vegetables and not drinking enough water; smoking; and not being physically active. Living in an environment where you are regularly exposed to pollution and contaminants is an inflammation risk factor. Stress associated with work, relationships, and financial pressures can compound the problem." - Stephen Sinatra, M.D. and James C., M.D. Roberts, Reverse Heart Disease Now: Stop Deadly Cardiovascular Plaque Before It's Too Late (Get the book.)

"Also, I am free of the heaviness of overeating. I invent new recipes. My children lost a wonderful father. I refused to let them lose their mother. Many people prayed for me. I am most grateful. My last body scan revealed that I am cancer free. JOHN I developed psoriatic arthritis thirty years ago and had surgery to fuse my right wrist. My knees and neck were deteriorating. I used heavy medications and over-the-counter analgesics. My physician advised me to change careers and my daughter motivated me to join a health support group. Now I am vegan, no sugar or wheat." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.)

"You keep your adrenal glands working optimally by leading a balanced life—by getting proper rest, avoiding overeating and undereating, eating foods that are easy to digest and not overstimulating, getting proper exercise, and avoiding excess worry, anger, fear, grief, and even joy. Now, if you are fortunate enough to have entered menopause with strong yin, then you are probably going to do well and thrive during menopause. But such good fortune is rare." - Phuli Cohan, The Natural Hormone Makeover: 10 Steps to Rejuvenate Your Health and Rediscover Your Inner Glow (Get the book.)

"I took a careful history which revealed that, while she wasn't overeating, she had developed the habit of drinking coffee and eating sweets to counter fatigue. Not only did this cause her to gain weight, but the coffee and sweets induced a hypoglycemic cycle. Her blood sugar levels were irregular, and this caused her to feel anxious. It was as though at a certain time of the day she was going into a withdrawal phase and the caffeine and sugar would help bring her back up. So the first part of her problem was this hypoglycemic cycle." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.)

"It will also help you to control your portions better and keep you from overeating. It takes time for your brain to receive signals that you are full. When you eat slowly, you can enjoy your meal maximally and give your body the time it needs to digest efficiendy. ?Avoid drinking large amounts of liquid with your meals or immediately afterward. This can interfere with digestion. ?Stressed out? Before sitting down to eat, spend five or ten minutes doing something to unwind and to take your mind off stressful thoughts." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.) "The daily toll that is taken on our livers by undernutrition (often coupled with overeating) and toxic overload is not immediately apparent. It is possible for a person whose liver function is compromised by as much as 70 percent to have no symptoms, nor any clinical sign of liver impairment. While people with hepatitis or cirrhosis have obvious liver disease, it is not widely recognized that those with chronic diseases such as cancer, diabetes, arthritis, and osteoporosis generally have poor liver function as well." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.)

"I would ask them to try a particular food or try overeating and observe their blood glucose levels. This is not as scientifically accurate as double-blind studies, but it certainly pointed me in the right direction. With age, fasting glucose levels increase as health decreases. To further illustrate this point, a study of 2,000 men over a twenty-year period showed that those with fasting glucose levels over 85 had a 40 percent increased risk of death from cardiovascular disease." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.)

"Don't use smoking, drinking, overeating, drugs, or caffeine to cope with stress. They make things worse. • Look for the good in situations instead of the bad. • Exercise regularly. Do something you enjoy, such as swimming, jogging, golfing, walking a pet, tai chi, or cycling. Check with your doctor to determine what activity level is right for you. • Be an animal caregiver. Elderly individuals with animal companions make fewer visits to doctors than nonowners and do much better following heart attacks. They have better blood pressure numbers." - Stephen Sinatra, M.D. and James C., M.D. Roberts, Reverse Heart Disease Now: Stop Deadly Cardiovascular Plaque Before It's Too Late (Get the book.)

"You don't have to keep repeating the overeating pattern that has you entrapped. From now on, your work will be to figure out alternatives to the emotional eating pattern. YouTl see that: 1. You can address the offending situation directly. If a problem arises at work, for instance, you can talk to your boss instead of eating, you can quit, you can ask for a transfer, you can resolve to try harder—you have options other than hitting the vending machine." - Roger Gould, Shrink Yourself: Break Free from Emotional Eating Forever (Get the book.) "Once you begin to look at the fact that overeating has served you in some way, you may be ready to see that the fact that you haven't been able to lose the weight you want has nothing to do with your willpower, and it isn't because you haven't found the right diet or the magic solution, either. You haven't been able to lose the weight you want because eating has become an automatic soothing response to the stresses in your life." - Roger Gould, Shrink Yourself: Break Free from Emotional Eating Forever (Get the book.)

"It most often occurs as a result of overeating, stress, allergies, eating certain irritative foods, pregnancy, ulcers, or gallbladder problems. (See also hiatal hernia.) When the gastric juices, which are acidic, rise into the esophagus, a painful burning sensation occurs, usually somewhere between the tip of the breasrbone and rhe rhroat. Typically, if reflux occurs more than twice a week, a patient is diagnosed with GERD. The most common symptom of GERD is chronic, frequent heartburn, but some with GERD instead experience a dry cough, asthmalike symptoms, or trouble swallowing." - Tom Bohager, Everything You Need to Know About Enzymes to Treat Everything from Digestive Problems and Allergies to Migraines and Arthritis (Get the book.)

"Saliva tests for Cortisol, measured at various times throughout the day, can explain why you feel tired or are overeating in the late afternoon, or why you have trouble falling asleep in the evening or wake up in the middle of the night. In general, if you measure a hormone to see if it is too low, check it when the level should be highest. At this point it should be in the mid- to upper-middle-range of normal. If you are trying to determine if a hormone is too high or is being absorbed from your skin cream, measure it between doses. Which Test Is Best?" - Phuli Cohan, The Natural Hormone Makeover: 10 Steps to Rejuvenate Your Health and Rediscover Your Inner Glow (Get the book.) "With chronic stress, adrenal deficiency, shift work, chronic insomnia, overwork, and age, you can lose your Cortisol control and have low morning levels and high evening or nighttime levels, causing overeating, weight gain, and insomnia. Cortisol curves can be measured by testing saliva levels throughout the day and night. This can be helpful in figuring out why you are tired or restless at a certain time of day, or why you can't sleep at night. If your morning Cortisol is low, then by 2 or 3 p.m. there may be little if any Cortisol left to fuel your afternoon, causing a "slump" at 3 or 4 p.m." - Phuli Cohan, The Natural Hormone Makeover: 10 Steps to Rejuvenate Your Health and Rediscover Your Inner Glow (Get the book.) "If you habitually go to bed later than this, slowly work to reset your internal clock by rising slightly earlier and retiring slightly earlier each day. 6. overeating lowers melatonin, lack of food stimulates it. If you are going to have a large dinner, finish at least four hours before bedtime. 7. Avoid consuming alcohol four to five hours before bedtime. 8. Avoid caffeine four to six hours before bedtime. 9. Going to bed and waking up in a routine way each day, as close to light/dark cues as possible, ensures the most stable circadian rhythm, which in turn provides optimal melatonin. 10." - Phuli Cohan, The Natural Hormone Makeover: 10 Steps to Rejuvenate Your Health and Rediscover Your Inner Glow (Get the book.)

"They make it nearly impossible for their "victims" to abstain from overeating. Their disastrous effects on the human body are well documented, and the FDA, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and food industry have known about it for many years. The food industry has only one incentive: to make people consume more food. By placing these addictive drugs into the most popular foods and beverages, the food industry has created a society where the eating habits of the majority of its members have spun out of control." - Andreas Moritz, Cancer Is Not A Disease - It's A Survival Mechanism (Get the book.) "Stimulants, emotional trauma, repressed emotions, an irregular lifestyle, dehydration, nutritional deficiencies, overeating, stress reactions, a lack of deep sleep, the accumulation of heavy metals (especially from amalgam tooth fillings), exposure to chemicals, and a lack of sunshine are among the factors that hinder the body in its effort to remove metabolic waste, toxins, and 30 billion turned-over cells each day." - Andreas Moritz, Cancer Is Not A Disease - It's A Survival Mechanism (Get the book.) "Regular consumption of stimulating foods or substances, such as meat, hot spices, chocolate, sugar, tobacco, narcotic drugs, soda pop, artificial sweeteners, and the like • Stress • Most pharmacological drugs • Excessive exercise • overeating and excessive weight gain • Watching television daily for several hours Any of these factors have a blood-thickening effect and, thereby, force cells to give up water. The cellular water is used to restore blood thinness. To avoid self-destruction, however, the cells begin to hold onto water." - Andreas Moritz, Cancer Is Not A Disease - It's A Survival Mechanism (Get the book.)

"The accident became his excuse for giving up on life and for making unhealthy choices: overeating, driving up cholesterol levels, and drinking too much. Hanging onto anger was Derek's downfall, rendering him increasingly psychologically and physically weak. Emotionally numb, he is now divorced and has barely maintained contact with his two sons. If we analyze Zach and Derek, here's what emerges: two men with close to the same physical condition, yet two extremely different quality-of-life outcomes. Being in their presence, you easily see it." - Rick Foster, Greg Hicks, M.D., Jen Seda, Choosing Brilliant Health: 9 Choices That Redefine What It Takes to Create Lifelong Vitality and Well-Being (Get the book.)

"Don't be discouraged if you recognize how much you now love and depend on food—if you fear that you won't be able to function if you stop overeating. It's the place where everyone must start. All you need is a good therapist to take you on a healing journey. SHRINK YOURSELF SESSION NOTES Emotional Eating • You've defined yourself as an emotional eater. • You're beginning to look at the differences between phantom hunger and physical hunger. • You're starting to see glimpses of how you began using food as a source of comfort or a reward." - Roger Gould, Shrink Yourself: Break Free from Emotional Eating Forever (Get the book.)

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