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Sandra Elia offers real-life solutions
for real food addiction
Sandra Elia is a Certified Food Addiction Counselor and a pioneer in the field of addictive eating. Her expertise has brought about partnerships with Canada's top obesity and addiction doctors. Her Food Addiction Recovery Program has yielded tremendous success. Clients experience improved health, weight loss, increased self-love, most importantly, changing their relationship with food.
What is Food Addiction?
Food is one of our most basic needs . . . But for some people, certain foods trigger overwhelming ‘feel-good brain chemicals’ that overtake their brain’s reward pathway. And they can’t stop eating. Literally.
In the same way that a smoker craves a cigarette or a person with alcoholism can’t stop after one drink, there are some folks who simply can’t stop eating after they take that first bite. Their brain is hijacked. Chemicals are racing and the addictive cycle has begun.
We call this food addiction.
Food addiction is a cluster of chemical dependencies on specific foods or food in general; after the ingestion of highly palatable foods such as sugar, excess fat and salt the brains of some people develop a physical craving for these foods.
Sandra Elia is one of the world’s first Food Addiction Counselors. Sandra has worked alongside medical doctors and addiction doctors, to develop a program that has yielded tremendous success. Weight loss and most importantly the mind chatter with food is gone. Patients report having found peace with food.
Are you a food addict?
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Food is one of our most basic needs . . . But for some people, certain foods trigger overwhelming ‘feel-good brain chemicals’ that overtake their brain’s reward pathway. And they can’t stop eating. Literally.
In the same way that a smoker craves a cigarette or an alcoholic can’t stop after one drink, there are some folks who simply can’t stop eating after they take that first bite. Their brain is hijacked. Chemicals are racing and the addictive cycle has begun.
SANDRA ELIA
FOOD ADDICTION COUNSELOR
Sandra Elia is a Certified Food Addiction Counselor and a pioneer in the field of addictive eating. Her expertise has brought about partnerships with Canada's top obesity and addiction doctors. Her Food Addiction Recovery Program has yielded tremendous success. Patients report improved health, improved sense of well being, most importantly, changing their relationship with food.
Sandra runs Ontario's outpatient Food Addiction Recovery Program (originally covered by the Ontario Health Insurance Plan: OHIP at The Wharton Medical Clinic). She co-created Canada's first 28-day residential treatment program for food addiction at Renascent Addiction Rehab Centre in Toronto.
Sandra Elia knows firsthand the struggle of living with obesity. She has lived two lives: one as a morbidly obese woman for 15 years. She experienced a world that was not made for her size, seeking assistance from biased healthcare providers, and dealing with fat-shaming. Since those difficult days, Sandra has transformed her life and her body, losing over 100 pounds and keeping the weight off for 16 years.
Sandra is dedicated to changing the conversation so that anyone living with obesity has access to treatment that is steeped with dignity, respect, and understanding.
Eliminate your addictive foods.
These are foods that you obsessed about, generally processed foods, that once you start eating them it very difficult to stop and often lead to a binge. Eliminating these trigger foods will lessen the cravings and urges to have these foods and bring about appetite correction.
Create a Support Network.
You need to be tapped into a community of people all trying to do the same thing you're trying to do. Who you surround yourself with is who you become. Find the support you'll need to get through stressful situations, holidays and strategies to handle the "food pushers" in your life
Develop Spirituality and Mindfulness.
Addictive Eating is Mindless Eating. One of the greatest obstacles to weight loss is your thinking. Your thoughts can tell you that you're hungry when you're not. Your thinking can drive you to eat in destructive ways. This is where spirituality comes in. Spirituality is about tapping into your authentic self where compulsion doesn't live. A place where you don't fear, you don't rage, a place where you are at perfect peace. This is where your power lives.
WORK WITH SANDRA
From counseling to online courses to a 5-day retreat, Sandra has got you covered.
Sandra has worked alongside medical doctors and addiction doctors to develop a program that has yielded tremendous success. Weight loss and most importantly the mind chatter with food is gone. Patients report having found peace with food.
From one-on-one coaching to Sandra's "8-Week End Food Addiction Course" to her "5-Day Intensive End Food Addiction Retreat", Sandra can help you take back your power around food.
28-Day Intensive
The 28-Day Intensive ~ Food Addiction Recovery program will give you the daily support, accountability, and contact you need to find peace and neutrality with food. Through daily meetings, accountability, connection, cooking classes, and inspiring talks given by experts in the field of food addiction and weight management, you’ll have a new sense of energy and inner strength that will serve you in a big way.
4-Day Retreat
This 4-Day exclusive Food Addiction Recovery Retreat takes place in sunny, warm and inviting Florida.
Join us at our next Retreat, these 4 days that will change your life, reset your metabolism, help you make peace with yourself, and feel safe to do it all with like-minded individuals who also dream of finding Food Serenity.
Not sure where to start?
BOOK A FREE 30-MINUTE SESSION WITH SANDRA TO DISCOVER WHAT PROGRAM IS BEST FOR YOU!
Wednesday Night Support Meeting Membership
Once you’ve completed the 28-Day Intensive program with Sandra Elia you can join the Wednesday Night Weekly Support Meeting.
It is said that the opposite of addiction is connection. The weekly meeting will give you the connection, accountability and support you need to give flourishing in your journey.
6-Week Virtual Program with Dr. Vera Tarman
Join Sandra Elia and Dr. Vera Tarman for the live Food Addiction Recovery 2.0, the next level program.
Dr. Tarman is a medical addictions physician in Toronto, works with people who want to break their dependence on unhealthy foods. Over the last 20 years, she has been the medical director at Renascent, during this time, she has served more than 1,000 patients with food addiction.
8-Week Online Program + Live Weekly Support Meetings
This Food Addiction Recovery program will give you the gift of Food Serenity.
Food Serenity is returning to a place where food is consumed for nourishment, energy and caring for your body. No longer using food to achieve a feeling, (numbing out, love, stress relief, “getting high”) but rather using food for its rightful purpose. This will reward you with a healthy body size.
1:1 Coaching
This is you chance to work directly with Sandra Elia. Sandra is a Coaches Training Institute (CTI) Certified Professional Coach and Food Addiction Counselor. Her clients benefit from the unique combination of powerful coaching techniques and warm-hearted counselling to heal the mind, body and spirit.
KIND WORDS
“Sandra Elia is a certified food addiction coach who walks the talk. She understands food addiction personally and professionally. Her program is about recovery from food obsession with the promise of long-term sustainable weight loss. She is the real deal.”