Dr. Jud Brewer
Dr. Jud Brewer
Habit Change Eating - Rewiring Cravings: Mindfulness and the Science of Eating Behavior
Habit Change Eating - Rewiring Cravings: Mindfulness and the Science of Eating Behavior
Habit Change Eating - Rewiring Cravings: Mindfulness and the Science of Eating Behavior
Saturday 1st February 2025
Learn how mindfulness can reshape your eating habits and reduce cravings with Dr. Jud Brewer's app-based mindful eating tool.
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Mindful Recovery
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Understanding Addiction & Recovery
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Episode Overview
- Mindfulness can change how our brains perceive unhealthy foods.
- The mindful eating craving tool helps reduce overall food cravings.
- Participants saw significant reductions in stress-related and emotional eating.
- Awareness of cravings leads to healthier eating behaviours.
- Mindfulness principles can be applied beyond eating habits.
It's not just about willpower or resisting temptation, it's about actually changing how our brains perceive those foods.
Ever wondered if you could train your brain to crave healthier foods? Dr. Jud Brewer, an addiction psychiatrist and neuroscientist, dives into this fascinating concept in this episode of The Dr. Jud Podcast. Dr. Jud, along with his colleagues, explores how mindfulness-based interventions can reshape our eating habits by changing the reward value we associate with certain foods.
The episode centres around an app-based mindful eating tool designed to help people become more aware of their cravings and eating behaviours in real-time. The research started with a study involving 64 women who used the app for eight weeks. This app included daily mindfulness training modules and a unique feature called the mindful eating craving tool.
This tool guides users through a mental simulation of eating the food they crave, helping them to assess their cravings before and after the exercise. The results were impressive, showing significant reductions in overall food cravings, especially those linked to stress or emotional eating. Dr. Jud explains that our brains learn by associating actions with rewards.
By repeatedly using the mindful eating craving tool, participants began to see unhealthy foods in a new light - less like a reward and more like just food. This shift in perception led to changes in their eating behaviours, proving that it's not just about willpower but about retraining our brains. The episode also touches on the broader implications of mindfulness beyond eating habits.
By becoming more aware of our expectations versus reality, we can apply these principles to other areas of our lives, helping us to find true joy and fulfilment. Curious to learn more about how you can change your relationship with food and other aspects of life? Tune in to this eye-opening episode of The Dr. Jud Podcast and discover the power of mindfulness.