Addiction is a primary chronic illness that can manifest in various forms, including food addiction.

This is what Bitten Jonsson wants to emphasize. She was a nurse who struggled with smoking and alcoholism at the onset of her career. She was forced to enter rehab and during that time, she learned addiction medicine, which helped her overcome her drinking and smoking habits. Yet she continued to struggle with compulsive eating of ice cream and chocolate. That was when a doctor diagnosed her as a "food addict.”

This conversation brings to light the importance of understanding addiction as a primary illness and the work our brain does to heal from addiction. Bitten recounts her own battle with addiction and road to recovery. She also emphasizes how social media, screens, and processed meals all contribute to the development of addictive behaviors.

Quick Guide:
01:01 Introduction
10:49 Different addictions we may not be aware of
19:03 Addiction is an illness
24:06 We get addicted to processed foods
29:34 Substance overload
36:32 Energy drinks, processed foods, screens, and social media lead to a foggy brain
42:05 Process addiction and marrying addiction and metabolic health
48:57 Components of processed food
49:28 The shape-shifting beast called addiction
1:05:53 Hydrochloric acid’s function in the body
1:06:39 Closing and contacts

Get to Know Our Guest:
Bitten Jonsson now continues her work on addiction medicine by training professionals which she calls holistic addiction medicine.

"But it's important to understand that addiction is a primary chronic, progressive, and deadly if not arrested illness, but you die of the consequences. So, it is a brain illness, with physical, psychological, social, and spiritual consequences." - Bitten Jonsson

Connect with her:
Website: https://www.bittensaddiction.com/en/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BittenJonsson
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