🔗 Craving And Aversion

The twin engines of suffering in Buddhist psychology — books exploring how our relentless pursuit of pleasure and flight from pain keep us trapped.

Hooked

by Michael Moss • 2021

Your brain rewards sugar faster than nicotine. Food companies design products around that fact.

3.80

5k+

🏭 Food Industry 🍔 Food Addiction 🧠 Dopamine And Craving 🍽️ Mindful Eating 🛒 Consumer Psychology

Hooked 88%

Your brain rewards sugar faster than nicotine. Food companies design products around that fact.

by Michael Moss 2021

3.80

5k+ ratings

🏭 Food Industry 🍔 Food Addiction 🧠 Dopamine And Craving 🍽️ Mindful Eating 🛒 Consumer Psychology

Breaking the Food Seduction

by Neal D. Barnard • 2003

Your cheese habit isn't willpower. It's chemistry. A three-week plan that works with your biology.

4.04

691

🧠 Food Addiction 🥬 Plant-Based Eating 🎯 Craving Management 📊 Glycemic Control 🍽️ Behavioral Nutrition

Breaking the Food Seduction 87%

Your cheese habit isn't willpower. It's chemistry. A three-week plan that works with your biology.

by Neal D. Barnard 2003

4.04

691 ratings

🧠 Food Addiction 🥬 Plant-Based Eating 🎯 Craving Management 📊 Glycemic Control 🍽️ Behavioral Nutrition

Easy Way to Quit Sugar Illustrated

by Allen Carr • 2017

Quit sugar without willpower: the trick is seeing the two traps that keep you hooked.

3.60

210

🍬 Sugar Addiction 🍽️ Intuitive Eating 🕊️ Food Freedom 🏭 Processed Food Critique 🧪 Addiction Psychology

Easy Way to Quit Sugar Illustrated Summary

Easy Way to Quit Sugar Illustrated 87%

Quit sugar without willpower: the trick is seeing the two traps that keep you hooked.

by Allen Carr 2017

3.60

210 ratings

🍬 Sugar Addiction 🍽️ Intuitive Eating 🕊️ Food Freedom 🏭 Processed Food Critique 🧪 Addiction Psychology

Rewire Your Food-Addicted Brain

by Claire Wilcox • 2025

Your brain hijacked by engineered food. A neuroscience-based blueprint to break the cycle for good.

3.99

🍔 Food Addiction 🏭 Ultra-Processed Foods 🧠 Neuroscience Of Eating 💔 Emotional Eating 🌊 Craving Management

Rewire Your Food-Addicted Brain 87%

Your brain hijacked by engineered food. A neuroscience-based blueprint to break the cycle for good.

by Claire Wilcox 2025

3.99

80 ratings

🍔 Food Addiction 🏭 Ultra-Processed Foods 🧠 Neuroscience Of Eating 💔 Emotional Eating 🌊 Craving Management

Lose Weight Now

by Allen Carr • 1997

Lose weight without dieting or willpower: your body knows how, and industry made you forget.

3.17

2k+

🧠 Intuitive Eating 🌿 Natural Eating ✨ Anti-Diet 🍬 Sugar Addiction 🧩 Food Combining

Lose Weight Now 87%

Lose weight without dieting or willpower: your body knows how, and industry made you forget.

by Allen Carr 1997

3.17

2k+ ratings

🧠 Intuitive Eating 🌿 Natural Eating ✨ Anti-Diet 🍬 Sugar Addiction 🧩 Food Combining

Breaking Up With Sugar

by Molly Carmel • 2019

Why flour hooks you like sugar, and the rule that makes the breakup actually stick.

3.38

698

🍬 Sugar Addiction 🍽️ Food Psychology 💔 Emotional Eating 🚫 Anti-Diet 📋 Structured Eating

Breaking Up With Sugar 87%

Why flour hooks you like sugar, and the rule that makes the breakup actually stick.

by Molly Carmel 2019

3.38

698 ratings

🍬 Sugar Addiction 🍽️ Food Psychology 💔 Emotional Eating 🚫 Anti-Diet 📋 Structured Eating

The Hunger Habit

by Judson Brewer • 2024

Stop overeating by retraining your brain's reward system with a single, well-timed question.

3.84

2k+

🥗 Mindful Eating 💔 Emotional Eating 🔄 Habit Loops 🔁 Reward-Based Learning 💛 Self-Compassion

The Hunger Habit 87%

Stop overeating by retraining your brain's reward system with a single, well-timed question.

by Judson Brewer 2024

3.84

2k+ ratings

🥗 Mindful Eating 💔 Emotional Eating 🔄 Habit Loops 🔁 Reward-Based Learning 💛 Self-Compassion

Bright Line Eating

by Susan Peirce Thompson • 2017

Four hard lines that turn healthy eating into a reflex, so willpower never enters the room.

3.88

4k+

🍩 Food Addiction 🍬 Sugar Addiction 🔄 Habit Formation ⚖️ Metabolic Health 🧬 Neuroscience Of Eating

Bright Line Eating 87%

Four hard lines that turn healthy eating into a reflex, so willpower never enters the room.

by Susan Peirce Thompson 2017

3.88

4k+ ratings

🍩 Food Addiction 🍬 Sugar Addiction 🔄 Habit Formation ⚖️ Metabolic Health 🧬 Neuroscience Of Eating

Brain over Binge

by Kathryn Hansen • 2011

Binge eating is a brain habit, not a disorder. Stop acting on urges, and they stop.

3.84

3k+

🩹 Eating Disorder Recovery 🧠 Neuroplasticity 🌊 Urge Surfing 🧘 Mindful Detachment 📖 Eating Disorder Memoir

Brain over Binge 86%

Binge eating is a brain habit, not a disorder. Stop acting on urges, and they stop.

by Kathryn Hansen 2011

3.84

3k+ ratings

🩹 Eating Disorder Recovery 🧠 Neuroplasticity 🌊 Urge Surfing 🧘 Mindful Detachment 📖 Eating Disorder Memoir

Feeding the Hungry Heart

by Geneen Roth • 1981

Restriction feeds the binge. Recovery starts by asking what you're really hungry for.

3.96

906

🍽️ Emotional Eating 🪞 Body Image 🚫 Anti-Diet 🧘 Intuitive Eating 🍃 Mindful Eating

Feeding the Hungry Heart 86%

Restriction feeds the binge. Recovery starts by asking what you're really hungry for.

by Geneen Roth 1981

3.96

906 ratings

🍽️ Emotional Eating 🪞 Body Image 🚫 Anti-Diet 🧘 Intuitive Eating 🍃 Mindful Eating

Allen Carr's Easy Way to Quit Emotional Eating

by Allen Carr • 2019

Emotional eating isn't about willpower. It's a mental trap. Break the brainwashing, not the habit.

3.70

905

🍽️ Emotional Eating 🍫 Binge Eating Recovery 🧪 Food Psychology 🔗 Sugar Addiction 🚫 Anti-Diet

Allen Carr's Easy Way to Quit Emotional Eating Summary

Allen Carr's Easy Way to Quit Emotional Eating 86%

Emotional eating isn't about willpower. It's a mental trap. Break the brainwashing, not the habit.

by Allen Carr 2019

3.70

905 ratings

🍽️ Emotional Eating 🍫 Binge Eating Recovery 🧪 Food Psychology 🔗 Sugar Addiction 🚫 Anti-Diet

You Are WHY You Eat

by Ramani Durvasula • 2013

Your plate mirrors your life. Fix both by trusting the gut instincts you learned to silence.

3.51

270

🍽️ Emotional Eating 🧘 Mindful Eating 🧠 Food Psychology 🥗 Intuitive Eating ✨ Trusting Intuition

You Are WHY You Eat 86%

Your plate mirrors your life. Fix both by trusting the gut instincts you learned to silence.

by Ramani Durvasula 2013

3.51

270 ratings

🍽️ Emotional Eating 🧘 Mindful Eating 🧠 Food Psychology 🥗 Intuitive Eating ✨ Trusting Intuition

The Dorito Effect

by Mark Schatzker • 2015

We bred flavor out of food and sprayed imitation back on. Your body noticed.

4.01

9k+

🧪 Food Science 🚜 Industrial Agriculture 🏭 Processed Food 👅 Flavor Science 🗳️ Food Politics

The Dorito Effect 86%

We bred flavor out of food and sprayed imitation back on. Your body noticed.

by Mark Schatzker 2015

4.01

9k+ ratings

🧪 Food Science 🚜 Industrial Agriculture 🏭 Processed Food 👅 Flavor Science 🗳️ Food Politics

The Diet Dropout’s Guide to Natural Weight Loss

by Stan Spencer • 2013

Stop dieting and start building the personalized habit system that makes weight loss feel natural.

3.66

373

🧱 Habit-Based Weight Loss 🚫 Anti-Diet Approach 😢 Emotional Eating 🍫 Craving Control 📊 Evidence-Based Nutrition

The Diet Dropout’s Guide to Natural Weight Loss Summary

The Diet Dropout’s Guide to Natural Weight Loss 86%

Stop dieting and start building the personalized habit system that makes weight loss feel natural.

by Stan Spencer 2013

3.66

373 ratings

🧱 Habit-Based Weight Loss 🚫 Anti-Diet Approach 😢 Emotional Eating 🍫 Craving Control 📊 Evidence-Based Nutrition

Breaking Free from Emotional Eating

by Geneen Roth • 1984

The antidote to decades of failed diets: eat what you want, sit down, and pay attention.

3.94

2k+

🍽️ Emotional Eating 🔄 Binge Eating 🚫 Diet Culture 🧘 Intuitive Eating 🥗 Mindful Eating

Breaking Free from Emotional Eating Summary

Breaking Free from Emotional Eating 86%

The antidote to decades of failed diets: eat what you want, sit down, and pay attention.

by Geneen Roth 1984

3.94

2k+ ratings

🍽️ Emotional Eating 🔄 Binge Eating 🚫 Diet Culture 🧘 Intuitive Eating 🥗 Mindful Eating

Ultra-processed People

by Chris van Tulleken • 2023

60% of what we eat is engineered to override satiety. Sugar and exercise were a distraction.

4.38

47k+

🏭 Industrial Food ⚙️ Food Engineering 🧠 Food Addiction 🦠 Gut Microbiome 🍽️ Appetite Science

Ultra-processed People 86%

60% of what we eat is engineered to override satiety. Sugar and exercise were a distraction.

by Chris van Tulleken 2023

4.38

47k+ ratings

🏭 Industrial Food ⚙️ Food Engineering 🧠 Food Addiction 🦠 Gut Microbiome 🍽️ Appetite Science

Supernormal Stimuli

by Deirdre Barrett • 2010

Giant fake eggs fool geese. Junk food, screens, and porn pull the same trick on you.

3.69

391

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology ⏳ Evolutionary Mismatch 🎣 Instinct Hijacking 🍔 Consumption And Craving 📺 Media Effects

Supernormal Stimuli 86%

Giant fake eggs fool geese. Junk food, screens, and porn pull the same trick on you.

by Deirdre Barrett 2010

3.69

391 ratings

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology ⏳ Evolutionary Mismatch 🎣 Instinct Hijacking 🍔 Consumption And Craving 📺 Media Effects

The Carbohydrate Addict's Diet

by Rachael F. Heller • 1991

One meal without rules, two that reset insulin. End the cravings that sabotage every diet.

3.60

252

🥩 Low-Carb Dieting 🩸 Insulin Resistance 🍩 Food Addiction 🧠 Craving Management 📋 Structured Eating Plans

The Carbohydrate Addict's Diet 86%

One meal without rules, two that reset insulin. End the cravings that sabotage every diet.

by Rachael F. Heller 1991

3.60

252 ratings

🥩 Low-Carb Dieting 🩸 Insulin Resistance 🍩 Food Addiction 🧠 Craving Management 📋 Structured Eating Plans

Potatoes Not Prozac

by Kathleen DesMaisons • 1998

Some brains treat sugar like a drug. The step-by-step fix starts with breakfast, not willpower.

3.74

1k+

🍬 Sugar Addiction 🧠 Food And Mood 📊 Blood Sugar Regulation 💔 Emotional Eating 🔄 Addiction Recovery

Potatoes Not Prozac 86%

Some brains treat sugar like a drug. The step-by-step fix starts with breakfast, not willpower.

by Kathleen DesMaisons 1998

3.74

1k+ ratings

🍬 Sugar Addiction 🧠 Food And Mood 📊 Blood Sugar Regulation 💔 Emotional Eating 🔄 Addiction Recovery

Taming the Molecule of More

by Michael E. Long • 2025

This is why getting what you want never satisfies: your dopamine system. The step-by-step reset.

3.76

165

🧠 Brain Chemistry 🔬 Behavioral Neuroscience 🛑 Impulse Control 📱 Digital Wellness 💊 Addiction Science

Taming the Molecule of More 86%

This is why getting what you want never satisfies: your dopamine system. The step-by-step reset.

by Michael E. Long 2025

3.76

165 ratings

🧠 Brain Chemistry 🔬 Behavioral Neuroscience 🛑 Impulse Control 📱 Digital Wellness 💊 Addiction Science

Diet, Drugs, and Dopamine

by David A. Kessler • 2025

Your food is engineered to addict you. The science, the drugs, and the unfinished revolution.

3.77

779

🧬 Obesity Science 🏭 Ultra-Processed Foods 🍩 Food Addiction 💉 GLP-1 Medications 🧠 Dopamine And Reward

Diet, Drugs, and Dopamine 86%

Your food is engineered to addict you. The science, the drugs, and the unfinished revolution.

by David A. Kessler 2025

3.77

779 ratings

🧬 Obesity Science 🏭 Ultra-Processed Foods 🍩 Food Addiction 💉 GLP-1 Medications 🧠 Dopamine And Reward

Addiction and Grace

by Gerald G. May • 1988

Addiction is spiritual hunger, aimed wrong. Willpower was never going to be enough.

4.20

2k+

🧠 Addiction Psychology 🙏 Spiritual Psychology ✝️ Christian Mysticism 💔 Attachment And Desire 🔄 Habit And Compulsion

Addiction and Grace 86%

Addiction is spiritual hunger, aimed wrong. Willpower was never going to be enough.

by Gerald G. May 1988

4.20

2k+ ratings

🧠 Addiction Psychology 🙏 Spiritual Psychology ✝️ Christian Mysticism 💔 Attachment And Desire 🔄 Habit And Compulsion

Zero Sugar Diet

by David Zinczenko • 2016

A 14-day plan to purge hidden sugars, reset your metabolism, and finally lose the stubborn fat.

3.76

1k+

🍬 Sugar Detox 🍩 Sugar Cravings 🔄 Metabolic Reset 🥑 Whole Foods 📋 Meal Planning

Zero Sugar Diet 86%

A 14-day plan to purge hidden sugars, reset your metabolism, and finally lose the stubborn fat.

by David Zinczenko 2016

3.76

1k+ ratings

🍬 Sugar Detox 🍩 Sugar Cravings 🔄 Metabolic Reset 🥑 Whole Foods 📋 Meal Planning

Wheat Belly

by William Davis • 2011

Eliminate one grain, lose the belly fat, and reverse chronic inflammation without calorie counting.

3.73

31k+

🍞 Wheat-Free Diets 🩸 Blood Sugar Control 🧠 Food Addiction 🍔 Processed Food Critique 🦴 Ancestral Health

Wheat Belly 86%

Eliminate one grain, lose the belly fat, and reverse chronic inflammation without calorie counting.

by William Davis 2011

3.73

31k+ ratings

🍞 Wheat-Free Diets 🩸 Blood Sugar Control 🧠 Food Addiction 🍔 Processed Food Critique 🦴 Ancestral Health

I Quit Sugar

by Sarah Wilson • 2012

Why fructose is the problem and an 8-week plan that resets your appetite.

3.56

3k+

🍬 Sugar Detox 🥣 Low-Sugar Cooking 🚫 Elimination Diets 🧠 Craving Management ⚡ Metabolic Health

I Quit Sugar 86%

Why fructose is the problem and an 8-week plan that resets your appetite.

by Sarah Wilson 2012

3.56

3k+ ratings

🍬 Sugar Detox 🥣 Low-Sugar Cooking 🚫 Elimination Diets 🧠 Craving Management ⚡ Metabolic Health

Food Freedom Forever

by Melissa Urban • 2016

A plan that reveals which foods work for you, silences guilt, and makes indulgence deliberate.

3.87

4k+

🚫 Anti-Diet 🧪 Elimination Diets 🧠 Food Psychology 🧱 Habit Design 🍃 Mindful Eating

Food Freedom Forever 86%

A plan that reveals which foods work for you, silences guilt, and makes indulgence deliberate.

by Melissa Urban 2016

3.87

4k+ ratings

🚫 Anti-Diet 🧪 Elimination Diets 🧠 Food Psychology 🧱 Habit Design 🍃 Mindful Eating

The Age of Addiction

by David T. Courtwright • 2019

Your bad habits are not personal failures. They are a business model, centuries in the making.

3.64

456

🧠 Attention Economy 🍔 Food Engineering 🔄 Behavioral Addiction 🏥 Public Health History ❤️‍🩹 Harm Reduction

The Age of Addiction 86%

Your bad habits are not personal failures. They are a business model, centuries in the making.

by David T. Courtwright 2019

3.64

456 ratings

🧠 Attention Economy 🍔 Food Engineering 🔄 Behavioral Addiction 🏥 Public Health History ❤️‍🩹 Harm Reduction

The Ozempic Revolution

by Alexandra Sowa • 2025

Your body, not your willpower, drives obesity. A doctor's complete plan for GLP-1 weight loss.

4.22

639

🩺 Obesity Medicine 🔬 Metabolic Health 🧠 Appetite Regulation 🔄 Habit Formation 💭 Emotional Eating

The Ozempic Revolution 86%

Your body, not your willpower, drives obesity. A doctor's complete plan for GLP-1 weight loss.

by Alexandra Sowa 2025

4.22

639 ratings

🩺 Obesity Medicine 🔬 Metabolic Health 🧠 Appetite Regulation 🔄 Habit Formation 💭 Emotional Eating

Passionate Nutrition

by Jennifer Adler • 2014

More protein, not willpower, ends sugar cravings. A gut-first guide to real nourishment.

4.16

317

🦠 Gut Health 🧘 Intuitive Eating 🏛️ Ancestral Eating 💊 Food As Medicine 💗 Body Acceptance

Passionate Nutrition 86%

More protein, not willpower, ends sugar cravings. A gut-first guide to real nourishment.

by Jennifer Adler 2014

4.16

317 ratings

🦠 Gut Health 🧘 Intuitive Eating 🏛️ Ancestral Eating 💊 Food As Medicine 💗 Body Acceptance

The Beck Diet Solution

by Judith S. Beck • 2007

A six-week mental training program that dismantles the sabotaging thoughts that make diets fail.

3.90

2k+

🧠 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy ⚖️ Weight Loss Psychology 😢 Emotional Eating 🍫 Craving Management 🍽️ Eating Habits

The Beck Diet Solution 86%

A six-week mental training program that dismantles the sabotaging thoughts that make diets fail.

by Judith S. Beck 2007

3.90

2k+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy ⚖️ Weight Loss Psychology 😢 Emotional Eating 🍫 Craving Management 🍽️ Eating Habits

The Hunger Artists

by Maud Ellmann • 1993

Why self-starvation is always a form of writing, from Irish hunger strikers to Kafka.

3.82

📖 Literary Criticism 🧠 Psychoanalysis 🗣️ Body Politics 🍽️ Eating Disorders ✍️ Writing The Body

The Hunger Artists 86%

Why self-starvation is always a form of writing, from Irish hunger strikers to Kafka.

by Maud Ellmann 1993

3.82

50 ratings

📖 Literary Criticism 🧠 Psychoanalysis 🗣️ Body Politics 🍽️ Eating Disorders ✍️ Writing The Body

The Compass of Pleasure

by David J. Linden • 2010

Drugs, food, sex, and charity run through the same brain circuit. What that means for addiction.

3.89

6k+

🧠 Dopamine And Reward 💉 Addiction Neurobiology 🍔 Food And The Brain 🔄 Compulsive Behaviors 🧩 Neuroplasticity

The Compass of Pleasure 86%

Drugs, food, sex, and charity run through the same brain circuit. What that means for addiction.

by David J. Linden 2010

3.89

6k+ ratings

🧠 Dopamine And Reward 💉 Addiction Neurobiology 🍔 Food And The Brain 🔄 Compulsive Behaviors 🧩 Neuroplasticity

The Hacking of the American Mind

by Robert H. Lustig • 2017

Your brain's pleasure and happiness circuits are separate. Industry amplifies one, mutes the other.

4.09

3k+

🧠 Brain Chemistry 💰 Corporate Manipulation 🍬 Sugar Addiction 📱 Attention Economy 😊 Happiness Studies

The Hacking of the American Mind Summary

The Hacking of the American Mind 86%

Your brain's pleasure and happiness circuits are separate. Industry amplifies one, mutes the other.

by Robert H. Lustig 2017

4.09

3k+ ratings

🧠 Brain Chemistry 💰 Corporate Manipulation 🍬 Sugar Addiction 📱 Attention Economy 😊 Happiness Studies

Salt Sugar Fat

by Michael Moss • 2013

The food industry knows the precise amounts of sugar, salt, and fat your brain cannot resist.

4.02

33k+

🏭 Processed Food Industry 🔬 Food Engineering 🧠 Biological Cravings 🧒 Marketing To Children 🍔 Convenience Foods

Salt Sugar Fat 86%

The food industry knows the precise amounts of sugar, salt, and fat your brain cannot resist.

by Michael Moss 2013

4.02

33k+ ratings

🏭 Processed Food Industry 🔬 Food Engineering 🧠 Biological Cravings 🧒 Marketing To Children 🍔 Convenience Foods

Helping Your Child with Extreme Picky Eating

by Katja Rowell • 2015

Pushing harder makes picky eating worse. The routine that turns mealtime from battlefield to safety.

4.20

657

🍽️ Picky Eating 🥦 Child Nutrition 🤝 Responsive Feeding 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Meals ⏲️ Mealtime Routines

Helping Your Child with Extreme Picky Eating Summary

Helping Your Child with Extreme Picky Eating 86%

Pushing harder makes picky eating worse. The routine that turns mealtime from battlefield to safety.

by Katja Rowell 2015

4.20

657 ratings

🍽️ Picky Eating 🥦 Child Nutrition 🤝 Responsive Feeding 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Meals ⏲️ Mealtime Routines

The Cheese Trap

by Neal D. Barnard • 1992

Cheese hides an opiate-like trap that fattens and sickens; here's how to escape.

4.14

1k+

🧀 Dairy-Free Diets 🥬 Plant-Based Nutrition 🧠 Food Addiction 🐄 Factory Farming 🏛️ Food Politics

The Cheese Trap 86%

Cheese hides an opiate-like trap that fattens and sickens; here's how to escape.

by Neal D. Barnard 1992

4.14

1k+ ratings

🧀 Dairy-Free Diets 🥬 Plant-Based Nutrition 🧠 Food Addiction 🐄 Factory Farming 🏛️ Food Politics

Food Chaining

by Cheri Fraker • 2007

Your child's picky eating has a fix, and it starts with the foods they already love.

3.97

262

🍽️ Picky Eating 🥄 Feeding Therapy 🧠 Sensory Processing 🍼 Pediatric Nutrition 🪑 Mealtime Strategies

Food Chaining 86%

Your child's picky eating has a fix, and it starts with the foods they already love.

by Cheri Fraker 2007

3.97

262 ratings

🍽️ Picky Eating 🥄 Feeding Therapy 🧠 Sensory Processing 🍼 Pediatric Nutrition 🪑 Mealtime Strategies

Fit From Within

by Victoria Moran • 2002

Weight loss without dieting: accept yourself, get quiet, and let the body follow.

4.00

247

🍽️ Intuitive Eating 💖 Body Acceptance 🍰 Emotional Eating 🚫 Anti-Diet Approach 🧘 Spiritual Wellness

Fit From Within 86%

Weight loss without dieting: accept yourself, get quiet, and let the body follow.

by Victoria Moran 2002

4.00

247 ratings

🍽️ Intuitive Eating 💖 Body Acceptance 🍰 Emotional Eating 🚫 Anti-Diet Approach 🧘 Spiritual Wellness

Never Binge Again™

by Glenn Livingston • 2015

Stop negotiating with the inner voice that demands a binge: why absolute food rules work.

3.31

7k+

🍽️ Binge Eating Recovery 🧠 Food Addiction 🚫 Abstinence Approach 👥 Cognitive Separation 💊 Rational Recovery

Never Binge Again™ 86%

Stop negotiating with the inner voice that demands a binge: why absolute food rules work.

by Glenn Livingston 2015

3.31

7k+ ratings

🍽️ Binge Eating Recovery 🧠 Food Addiction 🚫 Abstinence Approach 👥 Cognitive Separation 💊 Rational Recovery

I'm So Effing Hungry

by Amy Shah MD • 2023

Cravings aren't willpower. Hack your gut, sleep, and circadian clock to turn them off.

3.65

1k+

🧠 Gut-Brain Axis 🥗 Nutritional Psychiatry 🏭 Food Industry Criticism 🚫 Craving Management ⏰ Circadian Health

I'm So Effing Hungry 86%

Cravings aren't willpower. Hack your gut, sleep, and circadian clock to turn them off.

by Amy Shah MD 2023

3.65

1k+ ratings

🧠 Gut-Brain Axis 🥗 Nutritional Psychiatry 🏭 Food Industry Criticism 🚫 Craving Management ⏰ Circadian Health

Counsels on Diet and Foods

by Ellen Gould White • 1976

What you eat either sharpens moral perception or anesthetizes the soul: divine diet code restored.

4.42

194

📖 Biblical Health Laws ✝️ Dietary Theology 🥬 Plant-Based Diet 🍽️ Digestive Health 👩‍🍳 Homemade Nutrition

Counsels on Diet and Foods 86%

What you eat either sharpens moral perception or anesthetizes the soul: divine diet code restored.

by Ellen Gould White 1976

4.42

194 ratings

📖 Biblical Health Laws ✝️ Dietary Theology 🥬 Plant-Based Diet 🍽️ Digestive Health 👩‍🍳 Homemade Nutrition

Fat Chance

by Robert H. Lustig • 2012

Sugar isn't empty calories. It reprograms your hormones to store fat, leaving willpower outmatched.

4.18

7k+

🍬 Sugar And Health ⚖️ Hormonal Obesity 🏭 Processed Food 🏢 Food Industry Critique 🫀 Metabolic Health

Fat Chance 86%

Sugar isn't empty calories. It reprograms your hormones to store fat, leaving willpower outmatched.

by Robert H. Lustig 2012

4.18

7k+ ratings

🍬 Sugar And Health ⚖️ Hormonal Obesity 🏭 Processed Food 🏢 Food Industry Critique 🫀 Metabolic Health

Milk Fed

by Melissa Broder • 2021

An eating-disordered comic falls for the Orthodox yogurt server who feeds her forbidden desire.

3.55

81k+

🍽️ Disordered Eating 🌈 Queer Awakening 💔 Mother Wound ✡️ Jewish Identity 💋 Forbidden Queer Love

Milk Fed 86%

An eating-disordered comic falls for the Orthodox yogurt server who feeds her forbidden desire.

by Melissa Broder 2021

3.55

81k+ ratings

🍽️ Disordered Eating 🌈 Queer Awakening 💔 Mother Wound ✡️ Jewish Identity 💋 Forbidden Queer Love

Magic Pill

by Johann Hari • 2024

Weight-loss drugs finally work. That they're needed at all indicts the food system they bypass.

4.26

9k+

🏥 Obesity Epidemic 🏭 Ultra-Processed Foods 🧠 Appetite Regulation 🌽 Food System Critique 📋 Food Policy

Magic Pill 86%

Weight-loss drugs finally work. That they're needed at all indicts the food system they bypass.

by Johann Hari 2024

4.26

9k+ ratings

🏥 Obesity Epidemic 🏭 Ultra-Processed Foods 🧠 Appetite Regulation 🌽 Food System Critique 📋 Food Policy

Metabolical

by Robert H. Lustig • 2021

Chronic disease, gut dysfunction, and a warming planet share one driver: processed food.

4.25

7k+

🏭 Processed Food 🍬 Sugar Toxicity 🏛️ Food Politics 🧬 Metabolic Health 🦠 Gut Health

Metabolical 86%

Chronic disease, gut dysfunction, and a warming planet share one driver: processed food.

by Robert H. Lustig 2021

4.25

7k+ ratings

🏭 Processed Food 🍬 Sugar Toxicity 🏛️ Food Politics 🧬 Metabolic Health 🦠 Gut Health

Food Rules

by Catherine Shanahan • 2010

What if vegetable oils, not butter, drive heart disease? A doctor rewrites healthy eating rules.

4.18

422

🥩 Ancestral Eating 🛢️ Vegetable Oil Critique ❤️ Cholesterol Myth 🍬 Sugar Addiction 💊 Food As Medicine

Food Rules 86%

What if vegetable oils, not butter, drive heart disease? A doctor rewrites healthy eating rules.

by Catherine Shanahan 2010

4.18

422 ratings

🥩 Ancestral Eating 🛢️ Vegetable Oil Critique ❤️ Cholesterol Myth 🍬 Sugar Addiction 💊 Food As Medicine

Real Food

by Nina Planck • 2006

The foods you were told to avoid (butter, whole milk, liver) are exactly what your body needs.

4.04

5k+

🦴 Ancestral Nutrition 🧈 Fat Exoneration 🐄 Traditional Dairy 🧅 Nose-To-Tail Eating 🧫 Fermented Foods

Real Food 85%

The foods you were told to avoid (butter, whole milk, liver) are exactly what your body needs.

by Nina Planck 2006

4.04

5k+ ratings

🦴 Ancestral Nutrition 🧈 Fat Exoneration 🐄 Traditional Dairy 🧅 Nose-To-Tail Eating 🧫 Fermented Foods

How to Lose Weight Well

by Xand van Tulleken • 2016

You cannot outrun a bad diet. The fix: vegetables, home cooking, a pantry without junk food.

3.94

236

🏋️ Weight Management 🥗 Healthy Cooking 🔄 Habit Change 🏠 Environment Design 🧘 Mindful Eating

How to Lose Weight Well 85%

You cannot outrun a bad diet. The fix: vegetables, home cooking, a pantry without junk food.

by Xand van Tulleken 2016

3.94

236 ratings

🏋️ Weight Management 🥗 Healthy Cooking 🔄 Habit Change 🏠 Environment Design 🧘 Mindful Eating

Mindless Eating

by Brian Wansink • 2006

Your plate and your friends decide how much you eat. The fix is not a diet.

3.93

12k+

🧠 Food Psychology 🏠 Environmental Design ⚖️ Portion Control 📈 Behavioral Economics 🧱 Choice Architecture

Mindless Eating 85%

Your plate and your friends decide how much you eat. The fix is not a diet.

by Brian Wansink 2006

3.93

12k+ ratings

🧠 Food Psychology 🏠 Environmental Design ⚖️ Portion Control 📈 Behavioral Economics 🧱 Choice Architecture

On Kissing, Tickling, and Being Bored

by Phillips • 1993

What you want hides inside what stops you: essays on kissing, worry, and the unexamined.

3.74

825

🧠 Psychoanalytic Theory 🛋️ Everyday Psychoanalysis 👶 British Object Relations 🔓 Limitations Of Therapy 🚧 Desire And Obstacles

On Kissing, Tickling, and Being Bored Summary

On Kissing, Tickling, and Being Bored 85%

What you want hides inside what stops you: essays on kissing, worry, and the unexamined.

by Phillips 1993

3.74

825 ratings

🧠 Psychoanalytic Theory 🛋️ Everyday Psychoanalysis 👶 British Object Relations 🔓 Limitations Of Therapy 🚧 Desire And Obstacles

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