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Can you become addicted to processed foods? Dr. Ifland is the world’s leading expert in processed food addiction & the co-Author of the textbook Processed Food Addiction: Foundations, Assessment & Recovery. Today’s guest, Dr. Joan Ifland speaks to us about processed food addiction while sharing her own experience.

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In this episode we talk about:

• Why processed food addiction occurs and what we can do to prevent it from baby’s first bites

• Tips for dealing with overwhelm when faced with food purchase decisions at the grocery store

• How to make peace with the presence of processed foods in our family food supply especially when they are marketed to babies

ABOUT THE GUEST

With the publication of her textbook, Processed Food Addiction, Dr. Ifland is considered to be the world's leading expert in processed food addiction. Dr. Ifland has spent years of her research dedicated to the development of food addiction, how to combat food addiction, and how restrictive dieting relates to food addiction.

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Dr. Ifland’s website https://www.drjoanifland.com/ and her Addiction Reset community page is here https://www.foodaddictionreset.com/ 

• Dr. Ifland’s Facebook Group Food Addiction Education can be accessed here

• Get Dr. Ifland’s textbook Processed Food Addiction on Amazon here (this is an affiliate link)

• Other BABY-LED WEANING MADE EASY podcast episodes mentioned in this episode:

  • Episode 68: Sugar and Why Your Baby Should Avoid it with Robert Lustig, MD, MSL

  • Episode 88: Writing Your Family's Food Story with Chef Julia Nordgren, MD

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