{"product_id":"food-mad-the-nutritional-neuroscience-of-a-starved-brain","title":"Food Mad: The Nutritional Neuroscience of a Starved Brain","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEating disorders are often misunderstood as problems of motivation, control, or insight.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut what if the behaviour isn’t the problem at all?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFood Mad\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, dietitian Victoria Schonwald reframes eating disorders through a nutritional neurobiology lens, showing how under-nutrition alters brain function in ways that make fear louder, thinking narrower, and recovery feel impossible, even when someone “knows better.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis book explains why logic, reassurance, and motivation frequently fail in eating disorders, and why a brain that is not adequately nourished cannot generate flexible thinking, emotional regulation, or meaningful consent. Drawing on neuroscience, clinical experience, and systems-level insight, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFood Mad\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e challenges weight-based reassurance, over-reliance on blood tests, and the assumption that insight equals safety.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRather than focusing on willpower or psychological explanations alone, this book places nourishment where it belongs: as the biological foundation of recovery.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWritten for families, adults, and clinicians alike, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFood Mad\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e offers a clear, compassionate framework for understanding eating disorders as illnesses of a nutritionally compromised brain, and for restoring the conditions that make recovery possible.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInside this book you’ll learn:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhy insight does not protect the brain from starvation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHow under-nutrition alters fear, rigidity, and decision-making\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhy people can appear “medically stable” while being neurologically unwell\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhy eating \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003esome\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e food is not the same as eating \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eenough\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHow recovery unfolds, and why it is often non-linear\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhy nourishment must come before motivation, not the other way around\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWho this book is for:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFamilies supporting someone with an eating disorder\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAdults navigating recovery with or without family support\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eClinicians seeking a brain-first framework for care\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnyone trying to understand why eating disorders don’t respond to logic alone\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFood Mad\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is not a diet book, a memoir, or a quick-fix recovery guide. 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