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From:	Just Me (67.137.157.170)
Subject:	Re: cacao addiction?
Date:	April 3, 2012 at 9:51 am PST

In Reply to: cacao addiction? posted by marti on April 3, 2012 at 8:56 am:

Hi marti,

Dr. Graham and his wife speak to this very directly in Making Friends With Your Food. Here are some excerpts I hope you find helpful:

"[W]e need to . . . go through a process of withdrawal. And, it's tough. . . . [E]ventually, you will get the other side, and there lies freedom. And, in that place of freedom, then you can start making your food choices rather than your food making your choices for you. . . . The idea that slowly weaning off it is the best way is not generally . . . successful because every time you intake that substance once again, you set the whole thing in motion and reinforce your addiction."

"[T]he easiest way to stop eating chocolate is to stop eating chocolate! The easiest way to stop eating cooked food is to stop eating cooked food! [Weaning off doesn't work so well.]"

Good luck to you, marti! :)

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