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Bitten’s videos and podcasts

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Videos and podcasts with me

2025

May 14th: Bitten speaks with Matty Lansdown about sugar addiction. Episode highlights:
* Brain hijacking: how sugar rewires your neural pathways permanently
* The similarities between alcohol, drug, and sugar addiction responses
* Why medical professionals still dismiss what affects millions daily
* ”Food addiction” versus ”sugar addiction” – terminology that matters
* Early childhood exposure: the hidden factor making recovery uniquely challenging

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April 3rd: Dr. Vera Tarman speaks with expert clinician Bitten Jonsson, RN, of Holistic Medicine for Addiction (HMA), in the field of food addiction recovery. Are you looking for help for your food addiction? And you don’t know where to start? Welcome to the series Food Addiction Frontlines where we uncover the expertise and services available for overcoming food addiction.
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Jan 6–12th: Bitten Jonsson talks with Mike Collins about sugar addiction and its harmful effects on the brain and how it can be the gateway for many other addictions and mental illnesses. Addiction is a primary illness with lots of consequences, educating new sugar addiction specialists, about relapse, removing shame and stigma from addiction, sugar is a psychoactive drug, and much more.

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2024

Dec 4, 2024: Reboot – introduction to sugar addiction and holistic healing with Bitten.
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Oct 31, 2024: Bitten Jonsson talks about her story, how addiction is a primary illness with lots of consequences, educating new sugar addiction specialists, at peace with food, relapse, removing shame and stigma from addiction, sugar is a psychoactive drug, and much more.
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Sep 10, 2024: Addiction is an exceptional example of a word that comes with a whole lot of stigma. Bitten breaks down addiction in a way that has completely revolutionized the understanding of addiction as we have come to believe it, validating the experience of addiction and challenging the stigmas associated with it.
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Aug 29: Clément Ramanich – sugar addiction and its biological harmful effects on the brain and how it can be the gateway for many other addictions and mental illnesses.
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Aug 16, 2024: Are you wondering why you don’t have the willpower, embarrassed you don’t have the means or the time to treat yourself better? Well, there’s hope, and that hope starts by admitting we’re addicted, meaning we’re enslaved to something.
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May 28, 2024: The Expert Edge: Diabetes Reversal Secrets You Should Know.

May 22, 2024: Redefining Diabetes: Top strategies to help you thrive beyond type 2 diabetes. Watch here.
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Jan 21, 2024: Brain Chemistry Is Running the Show: Lana McAra, Carb Addict, Now Carnivore, talks with Bitten about how she learned about addiction, brain chemistry, and the importance of diagnosing. It’s not about willpower!
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Diet Doctor video course on sugar addiction – 12 episodes

Q&A with Bitten (scroll down)

Dr. Philip Ovadia: Addiction is a primary chronic illness that can manifest in various forms, including food addiction. Bitten Jonsson brings to light the importance of understanding addiction as a primary illness and the work our brain does to heal from addiction. Bitten recounts her own battle with addiction and road to recovery.
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Low Carb MD Podcast – episode 148: Bitten Jonsson
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-148-bitten-jonsson/id1441557261?i=1000499873656

Jan 14, 2024:
Bitten on how the brain is very sensitive to fluctuating blood sugar – from the 11th Quit Sugar Summit.

Bitten on how restoring energy is the key – from the 11th Quit Sugar Summit.

Kick Sugar Summit #9: Bitten Jonsson talks about how addiction is a brain illness and sugar is a psychoactive drug, paving the way for other outlets – sugar is the gateway drug. We are not psychological beings, but biochemical beings with psychological behaviors.

2023

Aug 9, 2023: Why sugar addiction is a family illness, caused by a broken brain – Matty Lansdown with Bitten Jonsson, covering the three categories of sugar addiction, how to know if you are an addict, how the modern food landscape is highly toxic to your brain, how high blood sugar and high insulin fry your brain, vegan and vegetarian foods are nutrient deficient, and much more. Listen on Apple podcast or on Spotify.

July 18, 2023: Food Sobriety: Dr. Sarah Zaldivar, Ph.D., in exercise physiology and nutrition, talks with addiction specialist Bitten Jonsson about her story, how she learned about addiction, brain chemistry, false thoughts, and more.
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June 23, 2023: Casey Ruff, Boundless Body Radio talks with Bitten Jonsson about her story, sugar addiction, how to diagnose addiction, dopamine downregulation, sugar as the gateway drug, one day at a time, insulin resistance, and much more:
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April 13, 2023: Chatting Fit: Finlay MacLaren talks with Bitten Jonsson about her story, sugar addiction, how to diagnose addiction, sugar as the gateway drug, and much more – join us for a fascinating conversation:
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February 17, 2023: Vivalicious: In today’s episode, Bitten Jonsson talks about Holistic Medicine for Addiction (HMA®) where she offers online training for professionals. Bitten has also developed a diagnostic tool to map whether clients have a harmful use or addiction. Listen here.

2022

September 21, 2022: Unsweetened Sio: In today’s episode, Bitten Jonsson asks the question: Is the illness of addiction the worst thing that can happen, or is it a blessing in disguise? Listen here.

August 23, 2022: Susan Birch – The Health Detective: Bitten explains the important distinctions between social use, harmful use, and addictions. We also talk about children, why diet matters, and how we can set them up for problems later in life when we don’t understand the difference between a child who likes sugar and one who is addicted. We have a far-reaching conversation talking about where addiction starts – at the intersection of how our individual genetics respond to the environment and how sugar is the gateway drug to other addictions.

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August 5, 2022: This talk from the PHC conference is ‘What is Addiction Interactive Disorder?’ by Bitten Jonsson exploring the challenges of food and sugar addiction compared to accepted addictions. youtu.be/Ek–HDPwZCQ

February 17, 2022: Dr. Pete & T: Bitten Jonsson – sugar addiction!
youtu.be/sV2ozv2wUf8

2021

January 26, 2021: Food Junkies Podcast, episode 5 – Bitten Jonsson
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/episode-five-bitten-jonsson/id1547705773?i=1000506941921

January 23, 2021: Quit Sugar Summit 2021 with Mike Collins and Bitten Jonsson
youtu.be/_99S9HumGbM

January 15-30, 2021: You’re not too late! This life-changing online event is called The Magnificent Midlife Woman: Awaken your spirit, heal your body and live your best life. The entire event is completely free and even better, the interviews are under 30 minutes long and really interesting!
Join here
Poster MMW21

January 11-17, 2021: Join me on the 6th Annual Quit Sugar Summit that kicks off January 11th through January 17th, 2021!
The summit is 100% virtual and 100% free.
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Poster Quit Sugar Summit 2021

2020

September 23, 2020: Listen to #67 – Bitten Jonsson and SUGAR from Unsweetened Sio in podcasts
www.unsweetenedsio.com/podcast/episode/a1545bc8/67-bitten-jonsson-and-sugar

May 16, 2020: Public Health Collaboration phcuk.org, online
www.youtube.com/PHCukorg

April 18, 2020: Questions and answers with Joan Ifland, Vera Tarman and me, hosted by Florence Christophers from Kick Sugar Summit April 18, 2020
www.dropbox.com/s/9paf5x5yehznyd7/zoom_0-hd.mp4

2019

September 16, 2019: Intermittent Fasting – For a Food Addict? Call it starvation! With Bitten Jonsson and Dr. Vera Tarman
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9p5BRIu8vqA&list=PLEylshxMWdbMlyGjK9CG7XnM9NitX_rXo&index=10

September 11, 2019: Listen to #23 – sugar addiction specialist Bitten Jonsson on Unsweetened Sio in podcasts
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/23-sugar-addiction-specialist-bitten-jonsson

June 13, 2019: Type 2 diabetes and sugar addiction
vimeo.com/342023029/1330ee9e70

March 8, 2019: Video about SUGAR in Spanish
youtu.be/PWXj1xehpBQ