KIM SHAPIRA: WHAT YOU'RE REALLY HUNGRY FOR; DIET & NUTRITION: EP. 224

KIM SHAPIRA,  M.S., R.D. is a celebrity dietitian, nutritional therapist, and author, with a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology from Tulane University and a Master's degree in Human Metabolism and Clinical Nutrition from Boston University. Kim has spent over 25 years helping people lose weight and keep it off (with a giant emphasis on keeping it off), both in her private Los Angeles practice, in hospitals, sports clinics, addiction centers and universities. When she's not helping her clients take back their relationship with food.  In her new book, "This Is What You're Really Hungry For: Six Simple Rules to Transform Your Relationship with Food to Become Your Healthiest Self," Shapira shares her method to help you get well and stay well by leading your own body, shredding guilt, finding peace, and making it normal to eat the foods you love. We talk about stress and anxiety eating, reward eating and the correlation between over-eating and compulsive shopping. Kim offers clear methods to change unhealthy food habits and some of the tools available to monitor one's progress. www.kimshapira.com.     "For years, Kim has approached her clients with her singular mix of common sense and compassion,wisdom and empathy, actionable rules that feel within reach, and progress that's both real and not tooextreme . . . This Is What You're Really Hungry For is the peak of all that. Her guidance is a gift,rooted in her experience and given with a deep understanding of how people actually think about food and what it takes to make real change."  Emily