food, body & love: but the greatest of these is love

by Dr. Kari Anderson

Emotions run high when it comes to food and body shape but, finally, you have a resource to successfully fight all of that. food, body & love can help you end your exhaustive challenges with food and body image. In this eye-opening book, Dr. Kari Anderson tells her personal story of using food reliance as a way to fill social, emotional, and spiritual gaps. With refreshing honesty and expertise, she explains in simple understandable terms the complex biological and psychological concepts at the root of eating issues. Dr. Kari unfolds scientific evidence revealing a “love code” to unlock your unhealthy attachment to food. She provides user-friendly tips and strategies to take you from self-loathing to self-acceptance, from struggle to peace. You will childhood trauma influences longstanding eating behaviorsWhat Polyvagal theory is, and how it can transform your lifeHow to harness your nervous system to reduce stress eatingTechniques for cultivating mindfulness in your approach to food and lifeSteps for creating safety and peace through a relationship with GodTo love and accept yourself at every size and stage of your journey With Dr. Kari’s book in hand, you have a compassionate counselor, kindred spirit, and mentor immediately accessible to champion your crusade to heal your relationship with food and form, forevermore.

270 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 24, 2021

Reviews

[Patricia Brooks · Rating 5 out of 5]

THE SCIENCE OF FOOD ADDICTION
Dr. Kari Anderson understands food addiction. With her subjective experiences she has revolutionized the way she thinks of food since her research and doctoral work. She is on the forefront of understanding the body/s relationship to food. Dr. Kari, a highly qualified therapist, shares this knowledge freely in her non-fiction book, Food, Body and Love.
Dr. Kari discovered how pathways in our brain turn on and off depending on the type of food we consume and clearly illustrates these concepts for us. For a good part of her life, she was stuck in high speed with her eating addiction, resulting in weight gain and personal struggles of self-confidence and self-esteem. In this non-fiction book, she demonstrates the mounting evidence that eating disorder and obesity are widespread and growing in our country.
The book tracks her incredible journey to recovery and how to be in acceptance of ourselves without a need to be perfect. It illustrates how nature is against us when this addiction kicks in and how that force can work on us to become fat with food and anxiety. Dr. Kari Anderson goes on to give us tips and techniques on:
1) How to turn off the craving.
2) What we all have in common as addicts, regardless of our drug of choice.
3) What foods trigger our body’s desire for them.
4) The surprising role of the food and body connection to love.
This book is equally balanced with scientific evidence and her personal experience. The author is authentic with her information and history with food. With addiction on the rise around the world due to the pandemic, one in four of us in the United States is addicted to something, food is part of that number. This statistic is quoted by many professionals, including Dr. Kari.
This fascinating book of science and real life in the world of food addiction comes highly recommended by me. There are many practical ways, regardless of our addiction, to move forward. This initiative-taking book helps those curious about this topic because she makes the case for love and understanding to help us heal and the unique role each plays in that happening In part, she gives us the pure science to go even deeper in our understanding of this topic.
Food addiction ravages lives just as drugs and alcohol do, with unimaginable tolls on humanity’s suffering. I recommend this book to anyone dealing with addiction, curious about it for a friend or family member, or one who loves a great non-fiction piece of work.

[Ruth Stitt · Rating 5 out of 5]

I got this book and met Dr Kari at gracestory conference November 2023 but just now decided to read it. At the conference her session was the one that stood out the most to me, the one that made me think .. wow. It’s not just me. Even the little bit of the science she went over in her session made so much sense and even helped explain why I am how I am. I really enjoyed this book which was a much deeper plunge into all the science associated with the topic. I am going to work hard to apply this to my life. Very good book!

[Angela M · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent. So compassionately communicated, well researched

Anyone who has complex ptsd needs to read this. While I had come to the majority of the points on my own it was incredibly affirming to see it laid out with intelligence, empathy, and thoroughness.