Episode 2031 – On this Friday show, Vinnie Tortorich and Dr. Jen Unwin talk her work as a clinical psychologist, finding a low carb diet, taking control of carbohydrate addiction, her book Fork in the Road: A Helpful Guide to Food Freedom, controlling hormones, and more.
DR. JEN UNWIN
- Dr. Unwin’s husband, Dr. David Unwin, has been on the show before.
- Check out his appearance on the show!
- He’s also a doctor.
- She is a clinical psychologist who focuses on the relationship between food and our brains.
- Now, she helps her patients change their life by controlling their relationships to carbohydrates.
- Her fabulous book is available here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08XX4ZH3F/ref=cm_sw_r_em_api_fabc_N0TGXF3VYC041NQEXKHB
CARBOHYDRATE ADDICTION
- Dr. Unwin has always felt a crazy draw to food.
- She eventually began to see her food through an addiction lens.
- When Jen found low carb, she got the science, and on day 8 she started to feel much better.
- Only then did she understand — one bite is too many and one thousand is never enough.
- She knew she had to abstain completely and treat it like any other addiction.
- So for her, there is no life into living.
- You should evaluate your relationship to carbs before you decide whether you want to put LIL or not.
- So for her, there is no life into living.
- For some people, this isn’t a problem, but for others, it absolutely changes your quality of life when you take control of the addiction.
- As addicts, we might know carbs are bad for us, but we feel like we can’t help it.
- This is why going all in from the beginning can be very important.
- Food manufacturers know people have these addictions, and they play into it.
- If you’re eating ‘keto’ things, it might still be feeding the addiction.
- For Dr. Jen Unwin, peanut butter was something for her that continued to feed the addiction.
- She had to cut it out completely.
- For Dr. Jen Unwin, peanut butter was something for her that continued to feed the addiction.
