23: Satisfying Our Hungers for Food, Meaning & Purpose in Midlife
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Show Notes
Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken, in an open and honest conversation about Satisfying Our Hungers for Food, Meaning & Purpose in Midlife. My guest, Dr. Adrienne Youdim, lets us in on how she left her highly coveted position at Cedar’s Sinai Hospital as the head of weight loss and pivoted to create a one-on-one practice to focus on her patients, write a book, and start a podcast, in the second half of life. This is part of Adrienne’s midlife remix.
Dr. Adrienne Youdim, is a mother of three, is an author, podcaster, and physician specializing in medical weight loss and nutrition. She follows a holistic approach that blends lifestyle changes with evidence-based western medicine. Adrienne creates a customized treatment plan for each patient, whether for primary weight loss or to treat obesity-related diseases. She focuses not only on the food hunger we face but also helps her patients understand their deeper hungers that could be due to anxiety, seeking meaning, belonging, purpose & creativity, in the second half of life.
We are going to dig deep into the details of Adrienne’s journey, in her midlife remix. We learn some tools to begin to satisfy our internal hungers, trust our intuition, and maintain a healthy body & mind.
Some highlights:
Being a resident at Cedar Sinai / developed her own program and was named co-director of the Center for Weight Loss
Different types of diets: Keto, Paleo… (pros and cons)
Anxiety comes from the gut / telling you to eat
Fasting
Psychology of food
How to “make it matter”, with our food choices
Difference between reading labels and ingredients list
Zero carbs doesn’t mean zero
Feeding our internal hunger for creativity, belonging, and meaning.
The book Hungry For More: Stories and Science to Inspire Weight Loss From the Inside Out
Golden Nuggets from the episode:
It’s okay to pivot
The reason we get hungry
Dangers of mindless snacking
Dig deep to identify your true hunger
Body composition starting to change
Making food choices matter
Sleep is the best vitamin
Give yourself permission to rethink your life
Finding Dr. Adrienne Youdim:
Adrienne’s Faves
Full transcript linked here.
This podcast, along with associated websites and social media materials, are not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. The views expressed are that of Dr. Sarah Milken, and that of her guests, respectively. It is for informational purposes only.
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