Dr. Reedy welcomes Molly Carmel, author of "Breaking Up with Sugar" and founder of The Beacon Programs in New York City. Molly talks about her new book and the journey to telling her story with raw honesty and courage. She talks about her decision to share her bypass surgery in a field where that is frowned upon. Molly talks about how sugar can hijack your thinking and the parallels between addiction to alcohol and drugs and the addiction to sugar. She talks about following the "middle way" and finding a way out of addictive thinking. She asks listeners to explore their relationship with food and sugar, in an effort to break free and find hope and empowerment. She talks about the toxic cycle of dieting and how to get out of self-defeating patterns.

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