Bitten Jonsson - Addiction is a metabolic disorder

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: www.bittensadd...
Twitter: / bittenjonsson
KZbin: / @bittensaddiction1183
Links:
The End of Overeating by David Kessler: amzn.to/3ZxpJCe
Terence Gorski, Six Stages of Recovery: www.taratreatm...
Dr. Patrick Carnes - Sex Addiction expert: www.drpatrickc...
Episode snippets:
07:31 - 08:40 - Diagnosed as a food addict
14:12 - 15:29 - Intake addiction and process addiction
32:11 - 33:27 - 2 years of an intense biochemical repair for the brain
43:35 - 45:08 - Process addiction shows the same patterns as any other addiction
Follow Dr. Ovadia:
Twitter: @iFixHearts
Website: OvadiaHeartHealth.com
Metabolic Health Quiz: iFixHearts.com

[@venetiancat]

I used to eat sugar with a spoon, especially brown sugar. I would drink honey and eat spoonfuks of molasses. As a child, I would steal money to buy candy at the corner store. I have broken sugar addiction for 13 plus years now, hardest thing I ever quit! Thank you for this wonderful and informative interview!

[@Poecilia1963]

I did all of those things except molasses. But add condensed milk and corn syrup. Glad (sort of!) I'm not the only one. I'm 8 years alcohol free, but just recently decided to ditch all sugars. Better late than never 🙂

[@christapovec]

Absolutely LOVE Bitten. I first saw her on the Quit Sugar Summit and what she has contributed to your show is some of her best info! Well done, Bitten, this is just what we needed to hear 🎉

[@laura44135]

Bitten is amazing! She's helped me so much. Such a beautiful woman inside and out. ❤

[@args50451]

Like you Dr.Ovadia when I kicked my sugar addiction to the curb the alcohol addiction went with it. My personal belief is that alcohol addiction is a subset of sugar addiction. You can't make alcohol without sugar.

[@dianemayhew821]

Thank you for this wealth of information that was shared ! Fantastic interview

[@jobrown8146]

Excellent. Thank you.

[@larryspeirs4137]

I wish Bitten was my neighbor. It would be so rewarding to spend time together.

[@mimmipersson9291]

You are the best as always Bitten!

[@carolinemarie44]

I love Dr. Ovadia!

[@MargoKruczek]

Thank you so much for this Amazing videos and rising awareness and most importantly giving people tools to effectively fix health issues. Once again Thank you.

[@roslynsaunders]

Fabulous Bitten .. you look fabulous too .. love your hair .. ❤️

[@sugardreams4622]

Great interview Bitten love it 💕

[@crescentconstruction4298]

Ok, so this channel has 3k subscribers and has one of the leading voices in this field and it had 56 likes ? Obviously throttled by YT...

[@corinnegaleria4387]

Went on KZbin to find more interviews with bitten..... Didn't realize there was one with Dr ovadia! This is fantastic I love these two but I'm really needing to watch a lot of it and stuff because I've relapsed with sugar during my three and a half year carnivore journey.... I'm super bummed that I fell back in the stitch and I'm working hard to try to get back out!

[@IFixHearts]

We appreciate your support! Keep up the good work. You Got this!

[@gummybears-n-crime1317]

🧐 fascinating! But when you think about this topic logically it makes perfect sense. Gosh we are being poisoned.

[@jeanettestjerna3271]

Also candida 'eats' the protective layers in the stomach so the acid causes inflammation, still it's not too much acid that is the problem.

[@suzannekazmiruk183]

The first food I was unable to moderate was bread.

[@bonniespruin6369]

I disagree about vegan food. Eating vegan junk food is terrible, but eating whole food plant based, with low fat, low/no sugar, and no oil and eating low glycemic, we can be very healthy.

[@laura44135]

Low fat and low protein diets are catastrophic for human health. We need animal products.

[@bonniespruin6369]

@@laura44135 Sorry, I don't agree.