Cravings
How I Conquered Food
Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, A part of Gale, Cengage Learning, [2017]
Format: Large Print
Edition: Large print edition.
Description: 299 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 23 cm
This is folk legend Judy Collins' no-holds-barred account of her harrowing struggle with compulsive overeating and her journey to understanding that she suffers from an addiction. In alternating chapters on her life and on the many diet gurus she encountered along the way, Judy shares what she's learned to spare others her heart-rending path to recovery.
Contents:
Introduction: The source of the trouble -- My journey: the first decade, running -- Lives of the diet gurus: Lord Byron -- My journey: the forties -- Lives of the diet gurus: Gayelord Hauser, the man who invented the celebrity diet -- My journey: into the fifties: music, music, music, and my galloping food addiction -- Lives of the diet gurus: Hippocrates, Cornaro, Brillat-Savarin, Faxian, and William the Conqueror -- Diets, hunger, starvation, and solutions -- My journey: teenage years -- Lives of the diet gurus: William Banting -- My journey: the late fifties and the sixties -- Lives of the diet gurus: Jean Nidetch and Weight Watchers -- My journey: my entrance into America's folk music revival -- Lives of the diet gurus: Donaldson, Pennington, Atkins, Stillman, Taller -- My journey: the heart of the matter -- Lives of the diet gurus: Dr. Andrew Weil -- My journey: the late sixties and the seventies -- Lives of the diet gurus: Linus Pauling, Adelle Davis, and the vitamin revolution -- My journey: almost nearing the last gasp -- Lives of the diet gurus: The Scarsdale Diet and Dr. Herman Tarnower -- My journey: life on life's terms -- Lives of the diet gurus: Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob Smith; alcoholism and food addiction -- My journey: the solution -- celebration.
Subjects:
Collins, Judy, 1939- -- Health.
Bulimia -- Patients -- United States -- Biography.
Compulsive eating -- United States -- Biography.
Eating disorders -- Patients -- United States -- Biography.
Singers -- United States -- Biography.
Large type books.
Collins, Judy, 1939- -- Health.
Bulimia -- Patients -- United States -- Biography.
Compulsive eating -- United States -- Biography.
Eating disorders -- Patients -- United States -- Biography.
Singers -- United States -- Biography.
Large type books.
ISBN:
9781432838676
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
LP BIOGRAPHY Collins, Judy | Main (Downtown) | Second Level, Large Print Biography | In |
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Includes bibliographical references.