Dr. Georgia Ede

Your blood pressure regulating hormones, your satiety hormones, the hormones that make you feel full after you eat, your hunger hormones, so many other hormones are on this roller coaster that you're unstable from within. And people often will think, well, I'm stressed and that's why I'm eating. I feel really anxious. I get irritable. I get stressed. I'm hungry.

Your blood pressure regulating hormones, your satiety hormones, the hormones that make you feel full after you eat, your hunger hormones, so many other hormones are on this roller coaster that you're unstable from within. And people often will think, well, I'm stressed and that's why I'm eating. I feel really anxious. I get irritable. I get stressed. I'm hungry.

I need to eat, and then I feel better. And that's true. They will. They will feel better for a few hours. But what happens four to five hours later, if they've eaten something that's spiked their glucose and insulin again, is they're going to get – there's this great study with healthy teenage boys. They took healthy teenage boys, and they gave them either a sugar-free cola –

I need to eat, and then I feel better. And that's true. They will. They will feel better for a few hours. But what happens four to five hours later, if they've eaten something that's spiked their glucose and insulin again, is they're going to get – there's this great study with healthy teenage boys. They took healthy teenage boys, and they gave them either a sugar-free cola –

caffeine-free or a caffeine-free cola sweetened with sugar. And the boys who had the sugar-sweetened cola, their adrenaline levels, their stress hormone levels of adrenaline quadrupled four to five hours after drinking the soda. And the boys who drank the other soda stayed flat. It's the food that's causing the stress that's causing the food eating. So there's this vicious cycle.

caffeine-free or a caffeine-free cola sweetened with sugar. And the boys who had the sugar-sweetened cola, their adrenaline levels, their stress hormone levels of adrenaline quadrupled four to five hours after drinking the soda. And the boys who drank the other soda stayed flat. It's the food that's causing the stress that's causing the food eating. So there's this vicious cycle.

If people understood that most of what's happening there, it's not your fault that you want to overeat those foods. They are designed to be overeaten by chemical engineers. This is very intelligent engineering that's going on, very clever. And you will sell more of a product if you make it irresistible and if you make it unsatisfying.

If people understood that most of what's happening there, it's not your fault that you want to overeat those foods. They are designed to be overeaten by chemical engineers. This is very intelligent engineering that's going on, very clever. And you will sell more of a product if you make it irresistible and if you make it unsatisfying.

How many people feel that they can't control their consumption of certain foods? That's by design. If you want to keep eating it, you'll buy more of it. If you eat real food... you have to stop after a little while. They're so satisfying. Things like meat, seafood, poultry, eggs, fruit, vegetables, even fruits. Some people will overeat fruit, but fruit has fiber. It has water.

How many people feel that they can't control their consumption of certain foods? That's by design. If you want to keep eating it, you'll buy more of it. If you eat real food... you have to stop after a little while. They're so satisfying. Things like meat, seafood, poultry, eggs, fruit, vegetables, even fruits. Some people will overeat fruit, but fruit has fiber. It has water.

It's really hard to eat 10 pieces of fruit. Very easy to drink several bottles of fruit juice. Very easy to eat

It's really hard to eat 10 pieces of fruit. Very easy to drink several bottles of fruit juice. Very easy to eat

multiple packages of candy because those what happens with ultra processed carbohydrates these refined carbohydrates they blow past your hormonal stop signs and that's not your fault but if you understand that that's what's happening then you can takes a few days you've got to step away from them but but on the other side is tremendous freedom and control

multiple packages of candy because those what happens with ultra processed carbohydrates these refined carbohydrates they blow past your hormonal stop signs and that's not your fault but if you understand that that's what's happening then you can takes a few days you've got to step away from them but but on the other side is tremendous freedom and control

No, Carl is a different case.

No, Carl is a different case.

Yeah, so I opened the book with the story of Carl, who has generously allowed me to share his story. A gentleman, great guy in his mid-60s, who had had lifelong depression and anxiety problems. And for years, he didn't seek any treatment.

Yeah, so I opened the book with the story of Carl, who has generously allowed me to share his story. A gentleman, great guy in his mid-60s, who had had lifelong depression and anxiety problems. And for years, he didn't seek any treatment.

And then maybe about 15 years or so before he consulted with me, he went to a psychiatry specialty clinic for some specialized brain imaging and extensive evaluation and lots and lots of specialized tests. And he left the clinic with thousands of dollars later with three diagnoses, depression, anxiety, and ADHD, and three prescriptions, one for depression, one for anxiety, one for ADHD.

And then maybe about 15 years or so before he consulted with me, he went to a psychiatry specialty clinic for some specialized brain imaging and extensive evaluation and lots and lots of specialized tests. And he left the clinic with thousands of dollars later with three diagnoses, depression, anxiety, and ADHD, and three prescriptions, one for depression, one for anxiety, one for ADHD.