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Sorcha Paget's avatar

I feel like I needed to read this so thank you! It’s so interesting because when I heard this I initially thought I’d love to have a break from food noise, but then if it took away the pleasure I get from eating delicious food then it’s so not worth it. I absolutely love to eat different foods and try new flavours and get so much enjoyment from it. I also think when I am focussing on not being physically hungry, the type of food noise that I want to lose (not being able to stop thinking about any chocolate/crisps/biscuits/junk food) goes away by itself anyway. Food for thought..!

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Sophie Corbett's avatar

I am so with you on this, food contributes quite highly to the joy in my life!

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Guen Bradbury's avatar

Thanks for this article. The term food noise has certainly recently come into mainstream language.

I'm interested in the links between ultraprocessed food consumption and eating disorders - last year's systematic review highlighted the links there, and I understand that the vast majority of binge eating episodes involve ultraprocessed food. I'm with you - I'm not sure that everything that could be called 'food noise' is pathological - after all, we monkeys are very focused on food finding. But I guess that the definition of problematic food noise varies between individuals - whether it's all consuming (pardon the pun), or if it's related to feelings of enjoyment and anticipation around planning meals.

I've been wondering about what the widespread use of GLP-1RAs indicates about our cultural practises around child-rearing - would welcome thoughts you have on this: https://guenbradbury.substack.com/p/nozempic?r=4bpym1

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Sophie Corbett's avatar

Have added to my read list, thank you!

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Juan Cuquerella's avatar

Love the concept, I definitely have it all the time.

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Christine Sutherland's avatar

I had “food noise” when I was on a higher dose of prednisone and it was torture. It made thinking and functioning quite a challenge. So I appreciate the challenge and recognise that for a lot of people it’s multi-factorial.

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Sophie Corbett's avatar

Corticosteriods are also such a great point to bring in here. I can empathise with you on that, having been on high doses in the past for Crohn's!

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