Sandi Radomski gave a very good presentation on food cravings at the Tapping Summit this year. I like Sandi's presentation in that she does highlight the physiological part and does not pretend that it is all in the head. She explains how cravings for food were important in the success of the human race. She explains that we were hard-wired to obtain high energy food, and that we have to overcome this in order to overcome cravings. She then goes on to explain that when people who need to satisfy an urgent craving for food most of the time, the brain, neuroreceptors, and neurotransmitters are involved. It is certain substances that she identifies as being involved in this, much like alcohol affects an alcoholic. These tend to be sugars and carbohydrates. They are connected with serotonin. Sandi suggests that sugars and salts make the problem worse. My inference from this presentation is that someone with this problem can, just like the alcoholic, remove these sugars and salty foods from their diet. This is where EFT can help. Although Sandi does not mention it, I find that people who are happy to do a Metabolic Typing or Nutritional Typing sort of nutritional plan become more balanced. The only problem from my experience is when beliefs are involved, for example, if a vegetarian is highly dependent on high carbohydrate foods when they ideally are recommended to eat mainly a meat-based diet for their body type.
Sandi also highlights how we respond to commercials and suggests that we tap on the advertising of these culprit foods. I would go further and tap on the way food is presented in a restaurant or supermarket.
Sandi gives us a tapping suggestion involving the brain and chemical imbalances therein. For example:
?My body knows how to have a normal release and reaction to dopamine?
She also suggests we tap for a normal amount of dopamine receptors. Having worked with Sandi's system successfully with myself and many clients, I like the dopamine angle.
She combines this in the presentation with tapping for the sight, smell, and thought of favorite foods. This is great for most people. In my experience however, for some people, there is no favorite, and they want to eat anything at all all day long. She also later taps on the pleasure given by food. However, again, although in my experience this works for most people, for some people with a really bad food addiction, they are in total denial about this pleasure. I would have liked to see something in the presentation on how to bring this category of food addict out of this denial.
In conclusion, I think this presentation is great for a good majority of food addicts. I like the explanation of the neurotransmitter connection, and it is good to tap for the physical as well as the emotional. You can access Sandi's presentation at http://www.2011tappingworldsummit.com. If you are new to tapping, otherwise known as EFT, you can download a free guide from many online resources, engage the services of an EFT practitioner, or attend and EFT workshop near you.
? Suzanne Zacharia 2011. My name is Suzanne Zacharia and I am committed to spreading the word about health options. I believe that the more and better options one has, the more choice there is. And of course, you are advised to consult with your medical practitioner before embarking on any course of alternative, complementary, or beauty therapy. Want to use this article? You can, as long as you credit me with it and invite your readers to get my FREE "EFT How-to for You" and regular free EFT Tapping script samples in my newsletter at http://www.eft-scripts.com/ - New to EFT? No worries, just get your own copy of "EFT How-to for You" and start EFTing with ease very soon!
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