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joanifland

Member since October 29th, 2007

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Area: Houston, TX

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Oberlin College BA in political science and economics '74
Stanford MBA '78
Union Institute PhD addictive nutrition (pending)
Joint Finance Committee, Wisconsin State Legislature '74-'76
Continental Group (Fortune 200 Company) various executive '78-83
Motherhood '83 to present
The Sugars and Flours Project: private practice, workshop, books about refined carbohydrate addiction '96-present
Refined Food Addiction (ReFA) Research Foundation, Chair of the Board '07-present

My Blogs

  • Life span and cooking

    Posted December 4th, 2007 by joanifland

    As an experiment, I decided to stay out of restaurants as much as possible and do my own cooking.  I wondered what benefits I might get.  I was surprised.  I thought I had a good strategy for portion control in restaurants but I was wrong.  I ask for a take-out box when I placemy order.  I put half of the meal into the takeout box as soon as it comes to the table.  I eat the other half fo

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  • One ripple creates a wave

    Posted December 3rd, 2007 by joanifland

    Yesterday, I attended services at the church where I conducted my doctoral internship.  I sat in the pew at St.

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  • How to prove that an addiction exists?

    Posted December 2nd, 2007 by joanifland

    I had the pleasure of hoting Kay Sheppard this weekend.  She is the first person to describe the disease of food addiction in her 1989 book, Food Addiction: The Body Knows.  Kay has 30 years of recovery from addictive foods.  She talked alot about the research that needs to be done to determine the course of disease and to validate assessment and treatment methods.  Fortunately, th

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