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Authors: Nan Kathryn Fuchs
ISBN-13: 9780737302554, ISBN-10: 0737302550
Format: Paperback
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, The
Date Published: October 1999
Edition: REV

Author Biography: Nan Kathryn Fuchs

Nan Kathryn Fuchs, Ph.D., is the author of The Nutrition Detective.

Book Synopsis

Examines the link between negative eating patterns and the bond between mother and daughter. Fuchs addresses the relationship between the emotional and physiological reasons for overeating, including biochemical components that may be responsible for depression and food cravings. This updated edition contains new information on genetic, metabolic, and environmental factors that can contribute to the cycle of overeating and offers meal plans and affirmations to combat it.

Nan Kathryn Fuchs, Ph.D., is the author of The Nutrition Detective.

	Foreword	ix
	Why a Nutritionist? And why this Nutritionist?	xi
	Acknowledgments	xvii
	Introduction	xix
Part 1	Generations of Pain	1
1.	From Mother to Child to Grandchild: How It Began and How It Can End	3
2.	First Things First: Affirmations, Visualization, Meditation, and Exercise	17
Part 2	In the Beginning--and the End--Was Food	33
3.	Food as Love	37
4.	Food as Attention and Approval	41
5.	Feeding Others as Camouflage	47
6.	Food Replaces Feelings	51
7.	Food as Reward or Punishment	57
8.	Food as Power Struggle	65
9.	Food: The Mother Who's Not There, or Never Was	71
Part 3	Emotional Answers to Emotional Problems	79
10.	Learning the Meaning of Hunger: The Solution to Eating Constantly	81
11.	Learning to Plan Ahead: The Solution to Procrastinating	89
12.	Learning a "Better Than" Approach: The Solution to Being a Perfectionist	97
13.	Learning to Pace Yourself: The Solution to Eating for the Past or Future	109
14.	Learning How to Make Choices: The Solution to Being Overdisciplined	117
15.	Finding Security Within Yourself: The Solution to Feeling Lonely or Abandoned	125
16.	Learning to Enjoy Yourself: The Solution to Being Bored	131
17.	Learning to Express Yourself: The Solution to Swallowing Anger and Other Emotions	137
Part 4	Physiological Answers to Physiological Problems	143
18.	Feeling Satisfied with Starches: The Amino-Acid Solution to Carbohydrate Bingeing	147
19.	Getting Unhooked from Sugar: Diets for Low Blood Sugar and Candida	161
20.	Overcoming Chocolate Cravings: The Magnesium Solution	181
21.	Eliminating Allergies and Food Sensitivities: The Rotation-Diet Solution to Food Cravings	189
22.	Alleviating Depression: Correcting Chemical Imbalances	199
Part 5	Your New Program	209
23.	Good Foods, Bad Foods	213
24.	How to Design Your Own Eating Plan	225
25.	How to Survive Holidays and Other Celebrations	233
26.	Supporting Yourself	247
27.	How Herbs and Nutritional Supplements Can Help	263
	Afterword	281
	Resources	285
	Index	297

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