About Joan

Joan Ifland is a doctoral candidate in the field of addictive nutrition at Union Institute and University of Cincinnati, and holds an MBA from Stanford University. She is currently the only food addiction clinician in the US with research training in the development of addiction diagnoses. Ms. Ifland directs The Sugars and Flours Project, a personal nutritional consulting and workshop practice she began in 1996. She is also the founder of the Refined Food Addiction (ReFA) Research Foundation, which is dedicated to exploring the relationship between foods and addictive eating behavior. Her popular book is Sugars and Flours: How They Make Us Crazy, Sick, and Fat. For more information, please view her web sites at www.sugarsandflours.com, www.refinedfoodaddiction.org

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Avoid triggers to beat food addiction

By Joan Ifland United States

Startling new research shows us that thought triggers may be more extensive than previously known. Find out how to f...(Read)

Published July 06, 2009

Support Makes A Huge Difference

By Joan Ifland United States

New research offers important insight into why diets fail. Support may be more essential than we've previously thoug...(Read)

Published May 14, 2009

Researching food addiction

By Joan Ifland United States

Food addiction researchers are making very powerful findings which are being systematically ignored by the health ind...(Read)

Published May 05, 2009

Food Healthy Buildings

By Joan Ifland United States

This column describes food conditions in workplaces and how they contribute to rising healthcare costs. It offers a ...(Read)

Published April 28, 2009

New Visions In Food Addiction Treatment

By Joan Ifland United States

The column reports on the Promising Practices in Food Addiction Treatment. It was organized by the newly formed Soci...(Read)

Published April 28, 2009

Recent Comments on Joan's stories

SarahMarie Harman commented on "Avoid triggers to beat food addiction" (8 months ago)

For more on food addiction, readers might be interested in Dr. David Kessler's new book"The End of Overeating". Kessler is the former head of the FDA and his book gives a more in-depth look at the science behind food addiction.

SarahMarie Harman commented on "Telling Trends: Sweetened Beverages" (8 months ago)

I really enjoyed this story--it just goes to show you how much misinformation is out there surrounding supposedly "healthy" alternatives like iced tea.

Julie Kawamura commented on "Telling Trends: Sweetened Beverages" (about 1 year ago)

Interesting. I've heard that carbonation in soft drinks make the sugar-laden stuff much worse than regular juice. Is there any merit to that claim?
I enjoy your column - fun, bright and informative.