In this episode, Nutritionist, and Emotional Eating and Self-Sabotage Coach, Matty Lansdown, talks about dieting. Today, Matty talks about emotional eating versus hunger, creating healthy and sustainable lifestyles, and the “Why x5”. What alternatives are there to reproduce the “dopamine hit”? Hear about how to create healthier emotional escapes, intermittent fasting, and get Matty’s advice to his younger self, all on today’s episode of The Healthy, Wealthy & Smart Podcast.   Key Takeaways “Emotional eating is eating for any other reason than nutritional requirement.” “How you do anything is how you do everything.” “We can’t undo the work of the past unless we know what created it.” “[intermittent fasting] can be different for everyone.” “That journey takes a little bit of time, and you’ll fall off the bandwagon - that’s also okay.” “Do you own research, learn, be open-minded, and move forward with absolute curiosity.”   More about Matty Lansdown Matty Lansdown is a scientist, nutritionist, and an Emotional Eating and Self Sabotage coach that specializes in weight loss and self confidence for women and busy mothers. Starting out in the field of nutritional epigenetics, and spending several years working in hospitals as part of a disease research team, Matty believes that most disease and illness is not due to bad luck but as a result of poor nutrition and lifestyle choices. Matty’s extensive experience allowed him to uncover the deeper challenge people have with health which isn’t about calories or kale, but in fact mindset and behavior change. Having been on his own personal development journey, Matty is now super-passionate about showing people how to level up their health so that healthy habits and the best food choices are easy and natural. Likewise, Matty’s weekly podcast “How to NOT Get Sick and Die”, provides his followers and clients with a deep dive into nutrition and how to develop healthy habits that last.   Suggested Keywords Healthy, Wealthy, Smart, Diets, Fitness, Nutrition, Emotional Eating, Food Addiction, Sustainability, Food,   Recommended Reading: Atomic Habits, by James Clear. FREE Gift: How to Turn Food into Self-Confidence.   To learn more, follow Matty at: Website:          mattylansdown.com. Facebook:       Busy Mothers FB Group.                         Matty Lansdown. Mailing List:     Join the Mailing List. Podcast:          How to Not Get Sick and Die.   Subscribe to Healthy, Wealthy & Smart: Website:                      https://podcast.healthywealthysmart.com Apple Podcasts:          https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/healthy-wealthy-smart/id532717264 Spotify:                        https://open.spotify.com/show/6ELmKwE4mSZXBB8TiQvp73 SoundCloud:               https://soundcloud.com/healthywealthysmart Stitcher:                       https://www.stitcher.com/show/healthy-wealthy-smart iHeart Radio:               https://www.iheart.com/podcast/263-healthy-wealthy-smart-27628927   Read the Full Transcript here:  00:02 Hey Maddie, welcome to the podcast. I am happy to have you on today to talk about the D word. And we'll get into that in a second. But welcome to the podcast.   00:11 Hey, Karen, thanks so much for having me on.   00:13 Yeah. So like I said, we're going to be talking about the D word. dieting. Right? Yeah. Why does everyone go on a diet? Why do we think we always have to be on a diet? And of course, ultimately,   00:27 why a lot of them just don't work? Right? Yeah. It's such a good question.   00:32 Yeah. And I'm sure a lot of it, it has to do and we'll get into this, the psychology behind it, and why we eat and why we do the things that we do. And I know one of the things that you're really passionate about is working with people to understand their emotional eating. So can you talk about kind of what is emotional eating? And why do we do it?   00:55 Yeah, that's like the understanding that is really the the answer to possibly all health questions, I think, I think emot