While not on program, I felt compelled to eat anything that came my way. I had little interest in flavor, aroma or texture of food - I simply found myself hunting through cupboards for anything I could find, then fighting compulsion.

It wasn't hunger or desire that was pushing me to eat. In fact, there was no bodily sensation at all that could account for my "need" to overeat.

Perhaps this is why it is so easy to blame our overeating on our emotions and nerves. If there is no bodily sensation telling us to eat, but we feel compelled to eat anyway, it must be something in our mind that is causing behavior.

That "something" can easily be mistaken for an emotional or "mental" problem, even if it's caused by a chemical imbalance in brain.

Therapists tell us that we overeat because we are trying to compensate for childhood traumas - Dr. Rosedale tells us that our leptin sensitivity is out of whack because we eat sugar and flour products, and not enough Omega 3 fat. If "not hungry" signals can't get through, our brain will not tell us to stop eating. Without that signal, we don't stop hunting for food.

I love simplicity of this concept, because anyone can do same experiment I did - try eating Rosedale way (it's like a merger between Okinawa diet and Mediterranean diet) and then go back to eating whatever you eat now. Pay attention to your behavior around food, and notice if you want more or less food on diet or off it.

You may not react as I did, but it won't hurt to find out. You may just find a way to let go of compulsion to overeat, without expensive therapy or even willpower. And that would be a gift for almost all of us.

Jonni Good is the author of a self-help book for sugar addiction, and the owner of a website concerning sugar and your health.

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