Sugar/UPF Links
Sugar/UPF (Ultra-Processed Food) Support
Sugarproof Your Kids by Michael Goran
Most of us know that sugar can wreak havoc on adult bodies, but few realize how uniquely harmful it can be for children. The damage can begin early in life, resulting in fatty liver disease, prediabetes, obesity, and elevated risk for eventual heart disease, not to mention behavioral, emotional, and learning problems.
Sugarless by Nicole Avena PhD
Sugarless | by Nicole Avena PhD
In Sugarless, Dr. Nicole M. Avena, a pioneering neuroscientist on food addiction, spells out the substance’s detrimental effects on the brain and body. This is not a diet book. It’s a realistic guide that will help you curb cravings and cope with withdrawal. Many people blame sugar cravings on a lack of willpower rather than acknowledge that the substance is highly addictive, even more so than cocaine, nicotine, and alcohol.
Food Junkies by Dr. Vera Tarman
Addictions Unplugged | Dr. Vera Tarman – Author, Speaker & Food Addiction Expert
In a very reader-friendly way, Food Junkies: Recovery from Food Addiction covers the updated science of sugar and food addiction: Learn how – and why – some foods are as addictive as cocaine. See if you are just an emotional comfort eater, a binge eater, or if you are on your way to becoming a food addict.
Food Addiction Institute
Food Addiction Institute – We advocate and educate about Food Addiction.
“We support efforts to win the inclusion of a food substance use disorder in diagnostic manuals used by doctors in United States and overseas. We are the world’s foremost clearinghouse for treatment options, educational opportunities, and information about Food Addiction.”
Food Addiction Solutions
https://www.the-chc.org/fas/about
Food Addiction Solutions (FAS) is a project to spearhead activities that can lead to the recognition of food addiction as a disorder and appropriate treatment. Our vision is a society where the addictive nature of certain foods is recognized, and focused treatment programs are being funded, to improve health outcomes for sufferers.
Collaboration for Kids (CFK)
Collaboration for Kids is an ambitious, scientific, evidence-based project of voluntary collaboration between parents, caregivers, children of all ages, educational and health care professionals, researchers, and academics. Our goal is to help children and families turn away from ultra-processed foods, inspiring them to choose real and natural foods, the way nature intended, to improve health and well-being.
How We Work
“We have a number of delivery teams that meet children in various aspects of their lives; from pre-school toddler groups, to primary and secondary schools, as well as primary healthcare settings; dentistry, activity and sports groups, and in the retail environment.
Our aim is for coordinated community involvement so that the same messages and support are provided to children and families from a range of settings.”
Sugar, the Bitter Truth: Must See Video!
Sugar the Bitter Truth | Robert Lustig Website
More from Dr. Lustig
Robert Lustig Website | Promoting global metabolic health and nutrition.
“Sugar is now the most ubiquitous foodstuff worldwide, and has been added to virtually every processed food, limiting consumer choice and the ability to avoid it. Approximately 80 percent of the 6,000,000 consumer packaged foods in the United States have added caloric sweeteners.”
Robert Lustig, MD, MSL
Fat Chance: Beating the Odds Against Sugar, Processed Food, Obesity, and Disease