Conditioned Food Sensitivity

Welcome to the Conditioned Food Sensitivity Podcast. My name is Wendy Busse, I am a Registered Dietitian and director of the FAST Freedom Program. FAST stands for the Food Avoidance & Sensitivity Trap. We help people rebuild their body and food trust, so they can break out of the trap, soften their conditioned food sensitivities and expand their diet. Conditioned food sensitivity is an unconsciously learned, physical reaction to food. Each podcast episode explores practical strategies that will help you look at your food sensitivities from a different perspective and find a better quality of life. If you would like a written summary of the practical strategies after each episode, you can subscribe on our FAST Freedom Program website.

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The Paradoxical Effect of Food and Symptom Journalling 01/08/2025

The Paradoxical Effect of Food and Symptom Journalling Food and symptom journalling can be effective when used properly. However, it can also pull you into symptom hypervigilance and the Conditioned Food Avoidance and Sensitivity Trap (C-FAST). Join Wendy and Dr. Melissa Hunt for tips on avoiding these pitfalls. We will also discuss how the brain amplifies sensations in the body and how you can turn the volume down on this communication. Melissa G. Hunt is a licensed clinical psychologist and serves as the Associate Director of Clinical Training in the Department of Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania. She is a Fellow and Diplomate of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy and a member of the Rome Foundation Psychogastroenterology working group. Dr. Hunt conducts research on the best approaches for stress management, and into the causes and treatment of depression, anxiety disorders and chronic GI disorders. As a clinical scientist, her emphasis is on translating basic psychological science into treatments that are effective, acceptable, and accessible to patient populations. Her work focuses on identifying the underlying patient factors (e.g. unhelpful beliefs and maladaptive avoidance) that lead to reduced quality of life, impairment and distress, particularly factors that exacerbate chronic health problems and make them harder to cope with, and on developing and disseminating evidence based, empirically supported treatments for folks with GI disorders. In addition to her research, she maintains an active private practice in clinical psychology in which she specializes in cognitive-behavioral treatment with patients with chronic GI disorders, as well as co-morbid mood, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive, and trauma disorders. She is the author of two evidence-based, empirically supported self-help books that make CBT accessible to patients with IBS and IBDs, as well as an empirically supported treatment manual on CBT for IBD patients. You can reach Dr. Hunt at [email protected]. /episode/index/show/conditioned-food-sensitivity/id/34767615