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Obesity

A collection of 18 posts

Obesity: Emotional Reflexes on the Rampage
Obesity

Obesity: Emotional Reflexes on the Rampage

The circuits that drive overeating and weight regain are "emotional reflex circuits" that fire so rapidly that the conscious mind cannot prevent overeating. However, often several of them contribute to overeating, and the Food Circuit is often not the strongest one.

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
2 min read
Rewiring Success
Obesity

Rewiring Success

Discover exactly how to rewire that food circuit, celebrate with others the power of erasing a wire, and discover that you have no desire to overeat. Celebrate your power to erase!

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
1 min read
Neuroplasticity and Medicine
Brain Based Health

Neuroplasticity and Medicine

A new tool for physicians and other health professionals is the positive plasticity of the stress overload and trauma circuits that contribute to health problems. Now, EBT launches the trauma feature on the app to help make our nation and the world healthier and happier.

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
3 min read
How EBT Changes Biochemistry
Optimal Health

How EBT Changes Biochemistry

By processing our emotions, we can change our biochemistry. The new medicine is emotional resilience, as by feeling better, we get better. EBT is foundational to optimal health.

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
2 min read
Wired for Weight Loss
Obesity

Wired for Weight Loss

Research on the stress triangle, survival circuits, and fear memories published between 2008 and 2013 laid the groundwork for a new treatment of obesity: positive plasticity of the wires that activate the Stress Triangle.

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
2 min read
Weight Loss: Make It Easy!
weight loss

Weight Loss: Make It Easy!

Stress activates the Big 8 Chemicals that drive overeating, binge eating, mindless eating, and food addiction. Rewire the offending circuits so that weight loss can become effortless and lasting.

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
4 min read
Exploring the Science of Eating Habits with Dr. Laurel Mellin on "Salad with a Side of Fries" Podcast
podcast

Exploring the Science of Eating Habits with Dr. Laurel Mellin on "Salad with a Side of Fries" Podcast

On the October 30, 2024, episode of Salad with a Side of Fries, host Jenn Trepeck welcomes Dr. Laurel Mellin, the founder of Emotional Brain Training (EBT), for a transformative discussion about how to take control of our eating habits.

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
1 min read
Instant Appetite Suppressant!
Stress Eating

Instant Appetite Suppressant!

Commit to spiraling up before you eat, then do not restrict your eating. Instead, hunker down and wipe out the wire that is causing it. Stop the tyranny of restraint. Instead, spiral up before eating and rewire that circuit.

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
3 min read
New EBT Book!  1-2-3 JOY!
Stress Eating

New EBT Book! 1-2-3 JOY!

Dr. Mellin's book maps out a new way to lose weight without drugs or diets that is designed to stop cravings and overeating by changing the brain's neural circuitry.

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
3 min read
An unconscious drive to stay big
Body Circuit

An unconscious drive to stay big

Most people equate losing weight with changing food, but it is by rewiring the Body Circuit and switching off the need to hold onto weight that releasing weight becomes effortless and natural.

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
5 min read
EBT: A Natural Alternative to Weight Loss Drugs
Obesity

EBT: A Natural Alternative to Weight Loss Drugs

There is so much fervor about weight loss drugs that one would think obesity is a condition of GLP-1 deficiency. It is not. These drugs deliver an abnormal boost to GLP-1 receptors that

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
6 min read
Spiral Up before you eat!
Stress Eating

Spiral Up before you eat!

The root cause of overeating and weight gain is stress wires in the brain. Tired of feeling out of control with food and weight? Learn how to rewire circuit and create more freedom in your life.

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
3 min read
Tired of being Overweight? Rewire Your Body Circuit
Stress Eating

Tired of being Overweight? Rewire Your Body Circuit

The Body Circuit drives overeating and weight regain. Learn how to rewire your Body Circuit with EBT.

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
2 min read
Holiday Stress Making You Hungry?
Stress Eating

Holiday Stress Making You Hungry?

The overwhelming stress of COVIID-19 causes chemical surges that cause cravings, lethargy, chronic hunger and weight gain. Use EBT to stop stress eating and weight gain.

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
2 min read
How Dare They?
Body Circuit

How Dare They?

People tell us to lose weight. How DARE they? We can NOT lose weight or can we? It's often that Body Circuit!

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
2 min read
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