The Real Reason You Can't Stop Eating (It's Not Willpower)
Psychologist Rachel Goldman joins Mark Hyman to argue that overeating is not a willpower problem. They cover emotional eating, cravings, food noise and GLP-1 drugs, plus practical tools like reframing thoughts and breathing.
The gist
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Goldman uses cognitive behavioral therapy to catch unhelpful thoughts like all-or-nothing thinking, then reframe them, for example exercising 20 minutes instead of skipping.
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Hyman suggests a fridge note asking 'What am I feeling? What do I need?', and Goldman says searching cabinets usually signals emotional hunger.
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Goldman teaches diaphragmatic breathing in the first two sessions; Hyman suggests five breaths, in for five and out for five, before every meal.
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Both argue cravings are biology, not willpower, citing David Ludwig's milkshake study, Goldman's brain stimulation research, and GLP-1 drugs quieting food noise.
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Goldman says restricting fuels binges and GLP-1s alone don't fix your relationship with food; quieter food noise is when therapy starts to click.
"I do what's called cognitive behavior therapy. The most basic theory is that our thoughts, emotions, and behaviors are all linked. When the food noise gets a little quieter, is when actually I see that the relationship with food, the relationship with body, the thought work ac..."
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