{"podcast":{"title":"Food Junkies Podcast","slug":"food-junkies-podcast-3077617","podcast_index_feed_id":3077617,"rss_url":"https://foodjunkies.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://foodjunkies.libsyn.com/website","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/5/b/c/3/5bc3999dd0abe58388c4a68c3ddbc4f2/Untitled_design_8.png","author":"Clarissa Kennedy","episode_count":317,"summary":"Welcome to the \"Food Junkies\" podcast! Here we aim to provide you with the experience, strength and hope of professionals actively working on the front lines in the field of Food Addiciton. The purpose of our show is to educate YOU the listener and increase overall awareness about Food Addiction as a recognized disorder. Here we discuss all things recovery, exploring the many pathways people take towards abstinence in order to achieve a health forward lifestyle. Most importantly how to THRIVE rather than just survive. So stay positive, make a change for yourself, tell others about your change, and hopefully the message will spread. The content on our show does not supplement or supersede the professional relationship and direction of your healthcare provider. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified mental health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition, substance use disorder or mental health concern.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-05T08:19:16.507027+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/food-junkies-podcast-3077617"},"episode":{"title":"Episode 264: Dr. Adrienne Sprouse - Why Some Foods \"Work\"… Until They Don't","slug":"episode-264-dr-adrienne-sprouse-why-some-foods-work-until-they-don-t","published_at":"2026-01-15T18:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/food-junkies-podcast-3077617/episode-264-dr-adrienne-sprouse-why-some-foods-work-until-they-don-t","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/food-junkies-podcast-3077617","url":"https://foodjunkies.libsyn.com/episode-264-dr-adrienne-sprouse-why-some-foods-work-until-they-dont","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/foodjunkies/264_episode.mp3?dest-id=2520758","summary":"In this episode, Dr. Vera Tarman spoke with Adrienne Sprouse, MD , a Columbia-trained physician with extensive experience in emergency medicine, toxicology, and environmental medicine, as well as more than four decades of stable food recovery. Adrienne reflected on how growing up in an alcoholic family system shaped her early coping strategies and how food became a primary source of comfort and regulation. Over time, she began to notice that certain foods didn't simply soothe emotional distress but instead triggered a predictable cycle of cravings, symptoms, and relapse. This realization led her to distinguish between compulsive overeating as a behavioral response and food addiction as a physiological reaction to specific foods . A central focus of the conversation was Adrienne's Prouse Rotational Eating Plan , a structured four-day rotation approach rooted in the concept of cyclic food allergy , originally described by Dr. Herbert Rinkle. Adrienne explained the difference between fixed food allergy —where symptoms occur every time a food is eaten—and cyclic food allergy , where symptoms depend on frequency and amount. She described how repeated exposure to the same foods, common in modern eating patterns, can \"stack\" in the body and contribute to escalating symptoms such as bloating, edema, headaches, joint pain, and the familiar experience of temporarily \"getting away with it\" before relapse. Adrienne also outlined the 24-day home food-testing process described in her book, which was designed to help individuals identify their \"sober foods,\" clarify which foods destabilize them, and create a rotation that supports long-term stability without relying on willpower alone. The conversation extended beyond biology into emotional and spiritual recovery. Adrienne shared why…","meta_description":"In this episode, Dr. Vera Tarman spoke with Adrienne Sprouse, MD , a Columbia-trained physician with extensive experience in emergency medicine, toxicolog…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2871,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/food-junkies-podcast-3077617/episodes/episode-264-dr-adrienne-sprouse-why-some-foods-work-until-they-don-t/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/food-junkies-podcast-3077617/episode-264-dr-adrienne-sprouse-why-some-foods-work-until-they-don-t.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}