The Craving Cure: Break the Hold Carbs and Sweets Have on Your Life [Paperback]

Rena Greenberg (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 23, 2007

"The Craving Cure is a wonderful resource for personal insight and transformation."
--Caroline Myss, Ph.D.
Author of Entering the Castle and Anatomy of the Spirit

Free yourself from food addictions!

Excessive consumption of sugar in all its forms--including simple carbohydrates, caffeine, alcohol--can lead to weight problems, fatigue, anxiety, depression, and other mental and physical disorders. Whatever you are craving weakness, this book will give you the knowledge and techniques you need to overcome it.

The Craving Cure will help you

• Understand the psychological and physical basis of food addictions
• Use affirmations, imagery, and relaxation techniques to overcome your addictions
• Develop a healthier, more satisfying lifestyle--without feeling deprived--through the author's two-week detox program

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

From her own struggles with food addiction, hypnotherapist Greenberg (The Right Weight) developed a program for breaking physical and emotional dependence on sugar, carbohydrates and caffeine. An ordained minister and founder of Wellness Seminars, Greenberg has used her techniques in hospitals and corporate settings to help people lose weight and stop smoking. Here, she guides readers through exercises to uncover negative beliefs, strengthen intention, gain awareness of individual foods' effects on the body and develop a healthy lifestyle. To rid the body of addictive substances, lessen withdrawal symptoms, naturally boost energy and impart inner calm, she recommends a two-week cleansing emphasizing vegetable juices; balanced, whole meals consisting of complex carbohydrates, animal protein and healthy fats; deep breathing; and movement. Affirmations, visualization and self-hypnosis are used to recognize deeper needs that readers may be trying to meet with food. People who feel trapped in compulsive food behaviors will benefit from Greenberg's minute examination of the subconscious roots of addiction. (July)
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About the Author

Hypnotherapist Rena Greenberg has been helping people conquer food addiction for almost twenty years. She is the founder and director of Wellness Seminars, Inc. Since 1990, her smoking cessation and weight-loss programs have been sponsored by more than seventy-five hospitals and attended by more than 100,000 people.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (April 23, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071477365
• ISBN-13: 978-0071477369
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 7 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #255,365 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Puts It All Together!!, May 22, 2007

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Like most people, I've been on the merry go round with dieting for all my life. And - you guessed it - some things have worked but not for long.

In retrospect, there is a very good reason why this has happened.
This book is absolutely life changing. It puts the whole picture together and has you draw on your "wise self" to make decisions about food, exercise and your sense of well being. What's more important, is Rena teaches you step by step how to do this in a systematic way.

Working with her material has been a phenomenal experience for me.
In terms of effects, things have changed very steadily. The first thing I noticed was that I could sleep through the night. Then, the aches and pains started diminishing. Then, my energy came back and before you know it, I'm looking forward to walking my dog every night (and I used to hate being outside) doing Power Yoga and meditating.

They are no longer a struggle for me but instead have become an integral part of my daily life.Not to mention, I've been losing weight slowly and steadily. I highly recommend this book.

I have all the rest of her materials as well including her other book and CD set. Having all these tools at my disposal is amazing - I feel so supported and I don't even know her!

Thank you Rena. You've changed my life. . . . for the better!!

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fills in the missing pieces, January 13, 2008

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This review is from: The Craving Cure: Break the Hold Carbs and Sweets Have on Your Life (Paperback)

I have read sooo many books about eating right and exercising and it all comes down to will I do it or not?

This book is great because it explains why I am having cravings and how to do the inner work to put an end to the cravings. Many books tell you what to eat and then you are on your own. This one helps you to change where the craving comes from so that it is not just a battle of wills. I appreciate the cleansing section and the section on how to put food into categories to stay balanced. Something about how that is explained just makes things so clear. My advice is stop buying dieting books and go for the "Cure".

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars simple, practical, effective, December 2, 2007

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ChattyCathy (Sarasota, FL) - See all my reviews

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I have found the information offered here very helpful, and I haven't even used all of it. For me, the best info in this book has to do with looking at how you use food. The Craving Cure helped me see the power I was giving food that it really doesn't have - and I am steadily eliminating the mindless eating that resulted in extra pounds. The extra pounds are coming off, not because I am slavishly adhering to a diet, but because I am reorienting how I nourish myself. The author teaches that there are many other ways to do this besides eating! I am eating when I am hungry, and I am eating better. This is a great book whether you have a little or a lot to lose. Thanks for a wonderful, helpful book!