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series of books, including The Diet Cure, The Mood Cure, and The Craving Cure.
The Craving Cure Countdown: Tips for Surviving Holiday Eating
Once you’ve taken The Craving Type Questionnaire and followed the book’s initial action plan, you’ll start floating past the fudge and yawning at the Christmas cookies
Read MoreCurb your holiday cravings with these expert tips
Check out Julia’s interview with The Daily Meal in the Los Angeles Times about holiday overeating, the amino solution to keeping your cravings in check, and The Craving Cure.
Read More3 Tips for Surviving Thanksgiving Dinner
Until The Craving Cure hits bookshelves, these tips from Julia will help you avoid the overeating and stress common on Thanksgiving.
Read MoreOn Techno-Food Addiction
My answer to a recent New York Times Op-Ed piece, “What Cookies and Meth Have in Common.”
Read MoreResearch Confirms: Carbs Attack Your Appetite-Control Cells
When we eat carbs and sugars, free radicals destroy the appetite-controlling neurons, creating a cycle of metabolic imbalance and cravings.
Read MoreIntroducing The Craving Cure: An Excerpt
Like most Americans, you’re probably, looking for answers to some of the most desperately asked questions of our time, including, “Why can’t I stop eating the wrong food?”
Read MoreLack of Sleep Makes Unhealthy Food More Appealing
As The Craving Cure’s Chapter 7 makes clear, not getting enough sleep can lead to cravings for junk food. This can be a vicious cycle, as junk food can worsen sleep by not providing the nutrients the brain needs to get us to sleep.
Read MoreEat Three Squares: Research Supports It
In my books and at my virtual clinic for food cravers, I urge you to eat at least three meals a day and especially not to skip breakfast. Research shows lower eating frequency leads to greater weight gain.
Read MoreThe Four False Mood Types
The four emotion-generators in your brain are called neurotransmitters. Each needs a different amino acid fuel. The lower your levels of amino fuel, the more False Mood symptoms you develop.
Read MoreGood Mood Foods vs. Bad Mood Foods
A mood’s eye view on fats and their sources. We need good-mood fats! One of the most spectacular is omega-3 and its first home is your brain.
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