Dr. Laurie Santos
Dr. Laurie Santos is Professor of Psychology and Head of Silliman College at Yale University. Professor and podcast host Dr. Laurie Santos is an expert on human cognition and the…
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Diets and “healthy” eating fads are a January fixture – but few of us stick to these harsh regimes. And when the dieting ends, we often go back to the “bad” foods we craved during our fasting.
Psychotherapist Andrea Wachter says this dieting “roller coaster” makes our minds obsess over food and causes our bodies no end of harm. Andrea stepped off the roller coaster by taking a kinder and calmer approach to the foods she consumed. She tells Dr. Laurie Santos the key rule – feed yourself like you’d feed someone you love.
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