October 30, 2017 You have sugar cravings, and you often give in to them. Good news- there is a reason. It isn’t that you lack willpower, your body is betraying you, or that you are a weak person. It means something in your body is out of balance, either emotionally or physically. Many, many women with PCOS struggle with disordered eating- be it binge eating, anorexia, bulimia, or something else. Add to that the 43% of women who eat to manage emotion, and you have a real problem. Emotional eating expert and clinical nutritionist, Stephanie Dodier, visited the podcast to discuss: How to identify the source of your cravings Tools for managing cravings when they hit Why no amount of will power is going to help you move beyond poor blood sugar regulation The roles of nutritional deficiency and microbiome imbalances in cravings.