https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/2169060 Medical communities and forums staffed by doctors from leading medical centers. Over 325 forums and communities providing medical information and medical help. en Binge Eating Disorder in the DSM 5: Good News or No News for the Food Addict? For those of us work Vera Ingrid Tarman, MD Fri, 25 Jan 2013 16:17:48 -0500 https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/667247/Binge-Eating-Disorder-in-the-DSM-5-Good-News-or-No-News-for-the-Food-Addict https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/667247/Binge-Eating-Disorder-in-the-DSM-5-Good-News-or-No-News-for-the-Food-Addict Why is an Addiction Doctor writing about food addiction? Shouldn't it be a specialist treating eating Vera Ingrid Tarman, MD Wed, 11 Jul 2012 16:33:19 -0400 https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/515263/Why-is-an-Addiction-Doctor-talking-about-Food-Addiction https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/515263/Why-is-an-Addiction-Doctor-talking-about-Food-Addiction Nearly 4 years ago today Amber W. was struggling with her weight. At the same time she was struggling Vera Ingrid Tarman, MD Tue, 19 Jun 2012 10:37:14 -0400 https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/508125/Breaking-Food-Addiction-The-Story-of-Amber https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/508125/Breaking-Food-Addiction-The-Story-of-Amber Lab Band Surgery is currently touted as the best solution for morbid obesity (a BMI over over 40, and Vera Ingrid Tarman, MD Tue, 19 Jun 2012 10:32:46 -0400 https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/508124/Lap-Band-Surgery-Is-it-an-Option-for-the-Food-Addict https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/508124/Lap-Band-Surgery-Is-it-an-Option-for-the-Food-Addict Twenty-six years ago and a hundred pounds heavier, I was told “You eat like I used to drink”. The in Vera Ingrid Tarman, MD Tue, 19 Jun 2012 10:29:33 -0400 https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/508122/Can-Diet-Soda-lead-to-Relapse-for-a-Food-Addict https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/508122/Can-Diet-Soda-lead-to-Relapse-for-a-Food-Addict What is the Difference? Which do We Recommend? By Dr. Vera Tarman and Signe Dewar “You can’t Vera Ingrid Tarman, MD Tue, 19 Jun 2012 10:27:30 -0400 https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/508121/What-Does-a-Food-Addict-Eat-Is-it-a-Diet-or-a-Food-Plan https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/508121/What-Does-a-Food-Addict-Eat-Is-it-a-Diet-or-a-Food-Plan In an addiction hierarchy, where would food fit? Foods, such as fats, sugars and carbohydrates, are o Vera Ingrid Tarman, MD Tue, 19 Jun 2012 10:24:30 -0400 https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/508120/Where-Does-Food-Fit-in-the-Hierarchy-of-Addictions https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/508120/Where-Does-Food-Fit-in-the-Hierarchy-of-Addictions If you answer yes to any of the following 20 questions, according to Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymo Vera Ingrid Tarman, MD Tue, 19 Jun 2012 10:21:48 -0400 https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/508117/Are-You-a-Food-Addict https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/508117/Are-You-a-Food-Addict Food addiction is one paradigm towards understanding a problematic relationship to food. It is not ye Vera Ingrid Tarman, MD Tue, 19 Jun 2012 10:19:53 -0400 https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/508116/What-is-Food-Addiction https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/508116/What-is-Food-Addiction