In today’s episode, Susan Peirce Thompson shares how her company, Bright Line Eating, can help you achieve sustainable weight loss. She explains how food addiction is neurologically identical to any other addiction. Society's narrative is that our low self esteem comes from obesity but Thomspan argues that it is just the opposite, that processed foods are literally hijacking our brains resulting in unhealthy eating habits that inevitably degrade our self worth. With her structured meal plans, it becomes simple and easy to overcome destructive cravings by cutting off processed sugars and flours to restore your body, mind and self confidence.    Takeaways: [4:00] What you eat today impacts what you will eat tomorrow [6:10] acknowledging that processed food can be as addicting as any other drug [8:50] Traits that contribute to food addiction: Impulsivity, Emotional Sensitivity and Obsessing  [11:10] Intuitive eating approach does not work for individuals addicted to eating [13:00] If addiction is in play abstinence is actually very helpful [13:50] Refining and Processing: Sugar and Flour are linked to the most addictive foods  [15:45] Leptin resistance is linked to insatiable hunger [19:20] Dopamine receptors: A brain addicted to heroine is identical to a brain addicted to sugar  [22:15] Creating a bright line and quitting addictive foods  [24:30] Low self esteem is the consequence of food addiction not the cause [26:00] Processed foods are hijacking our brains [27:30] Age is not a factor: You can use the brightline eating method successfully in menopause    Mentioned in Episode: BrightLineEating.com Social Media Links: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/BrightLineEating Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/brightlineeating/ Twitter Susan - https://twitter.com/DrSPThompson BrightLineEating.com FoodAddictionQuiz.com   Twitter: “You have to get your brain on board or it will fight you every step of the way.” [5:40]   “The more addictive your relationship with food is, the more you’re ganna be set free by a structured plan of eating.”  [11:35]   “When we extract the inner essence and refine it into this fine powder, we’ve created a drug and that’s what we’ve done with sugar and flour.” [13:55]   “The foods in our modern food environment have been hijacking your brains” [26:30]     Podcast Disclaimer:  https://resources.thespadr.com/the-womans-doctor/#disclaimer