I had the pleasure of attending the annual conference of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics this past week where, among other things, I took a workshop on food photography. Now if I can only find the time to focus (bad pun intended) on that. But that’s not what I wanted to write about today. Rather, I wanted to share […] read more »
Seeing food, smelling food, watching TV shows about food, talking about food, or just plain thinking about food are all various types of food exposure. Food exposure is something we can’t avoid completely. However, a common result of frequent food exposure is frequent food cravings. If your environment is littered with food cues, our latest FitBriefing, What Your Food Cravings […] read more »
Do you think you may struggle with food addiction? It's so common for us to hear people express this concern when talking about the challenging relationship we may have with food (or certain foods). The common culprits are high sugar foods, refined starches, and in particular a combination of refined carbohydrates and fat seems to kick off an addictive cycle […] read more »
One of the classes we teach at Green Mountain focuses on the various types of food cravings people have: physical cravings, those due to food exposure, and habit-based cravings. Wanting to eat out of habit it usually a response to an event, location, activity, time of day, or routine of some sort. Some common examples are eating while watching TV, snacking […] read more »
The more I think about it, the more I'm inclined to recommend getting rid of our TVs, or at least using them less. Now that said, I'll admit I'd be the biggest hypocrite in the world if I told other people to stop watching TV completely, because I definitely use mine on a daily basis. However I do feel that TV watching […] read more »
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