The Craving Cure: Identify Your Craving Type to Activate Your Natural Appetite Control

Another best seller from Julia Ross. The Craving Cure explains why people suffer from craving as a result of brain dysfunction - it's not their fault. Wonderfully written, straight forward advice book by an experienced Clinician who has see it, done it and got real results with her patients. If you desire to improve your health and change your life buy this book. Then put the principles in action.As a Pain Doctor I collaborated with Julia Ross for over 10 years. Her work is amazing and helps patients who have failed on everything else.Dr. Paul Anderson M.D., D.A.A.P.M.P.S. I recommend this and Julia's book The Mood Cure to patients, friends, family and colleagues.

This book continues where the "Mood Cure" book leaves off, with a slightly different focus (on cravings) but includes MORE content on resolving all manner of issues including blood sugar imbalances as well as includes her standard Amino Acid Therapy program. It REALLY works... this has changed things in ways that nothing has... and has given me a much greater understanding of my body too. It's really empowered me to take control of my life in a way that nothing else has. For the first time in my life I don't have to deal with symptoms, I know exactly how to resolve them in minutes. Extremely well written, easy reading and a good balance between providing you enough background without overwhelming you in the petty details. There is a LOT of depth in this book... It really has given me the capacity to not only recognize my cravings but resolve them quickly.

Really wonderful program, and the book is all you need to understand it get started. Julia is thorough in her research and explanations. I AM craving free and losing weight steadily, for 2 months now. And it has given me power to understand and manage myself. What a blessing.

I have the Diet Cure as well and the appropriate amino acids for me really do work. It takes some "tweaking" to find the dosage and timing but slowly the three aminos I have zeroed in on are working. I buy supplements from Now and I can see and feel the quality difference from other chain store supplements.

A few years ago someone recommended I try supplementing with 5htp because my depression symptoms had been so difficult to treat. The product changed my life and I have been fascinated by amino acid therapy ever since. I only just tuned in to Julia Ross’ work recently but it is fascinating. I like the detail she puts into the book and the level of customization. It’s the next best thing to actual in-person counseling. The world of supplements and amino acid therapy is very gray and will need a lot of exploring, but as someone who has suffered from anxiety and depression all my life, I don’t hesitate much to try a less common method of treatment if it even might help. So far I am optimistic that this is the right path for me.

The Craving Cure is Brilliant! I am a student from Julia's NeuroNutrient Therapy Institute, am also a Registered Dietitian and work with eating disorder clients. I have never written a review, but felt compelled to do so. I work on a daily basis with individuals who struggle with their food, mood, cravings and health. Julia's information is spot on. She explains in detail why our foods, food amounts, meal timing and lack of nutrients cause us to feel depressed, anxious and fatigued and why weight gain and poor mood often ensue. She gives the reader easy to understand protocols for determining what is at the basis of your food struggles and how to change it through food and/or supplements. I use her information regularly with my own clients. Thank you Julia!!Jane Reagan, RDN, CEDRD - University of Colorado/Essential Nutrition, Boulder, CO

I first saw Julia on a YouTube video on a program hosted by someone else. Then I bought the book last November and studied it intensely for months and continuing. I bought the aminoes and implemented the program outlined. There really was a rapid increase in my energy level, because the food cravings that had overwhelmed my life were no longer consuming me. I also noticed that my mental clarity steadily improved. They definitely alleviate the cravings, and this is coming from a really late stage food addict here who has pursued a cure for a lifetime for cravings, and what's more cravings for the very foods I am allergic to. Over the summer I had a few appointments on the phone with Julia's virtual counselor, one of them named Kelly, who helped me tweak my program even more. The counselor is top-notch at what she does, and I plan to talk to her again soon. I highly recommend this book for anyone who has battled debilitating food cravings. Thank you Julia!

At last! Finally, a book that makes sense to regular people and offers something practical to end the dieting yo-yo and cravings so many of us feel. Julia Ross lays out a case that our severe malnutrition has led us to being overweight and prone to chronic disease. The author has lots of experience working with addicts and discovered that cravings mimic the path of the addict. Specific amino acids are used to help the reader be relieved of cravings and feel satisfied with their food. Our bodies were designed to eat nutritious food, be content with that food, and be a healthy and normal weight. Julia Ross shows us how.

After reading and being impressed by The Diet Cure, I was excited to find this book. I thought it might contain updated studies, new supplement recommendations, reflections on current trends, etc. Unfortunately, it did not.The good side: The supplement and eating plan(s) in this and the author's other books are sound. I simply feel they are better expressed in The Diet Cure and the Mood Cure and would recommend those books instead. However, this is also a functional book to start the program with.So, what didn't I like?First, the book is obviously aimed at an American audience. Fine, write for whoever you want, but it can alienate other people who are reading it.Second, the tone is unnecessarily alarmist. I don't disagree that "they're addicting our children to breakfast cereals!" but it somehow wasn't expressed well.Also, it isn't the case (as it was in the 1980s) were the masses are all buying into processed foods. These days, those who have a choice are increasingly food-conscious. Usually, health problems due to processed foods are most severe among low-income families or other people who have less of a choice. This seemed to be unacknowledged.Third, it came across as clannish. The author identifies the invasion of "Eastern religions" as one factor that changed US waistlines. The "othering" of "Eastern religions" is insulting to anyone who happens to practice a religion other than Christianity (and perhaps Judaism). She also continually valorizes how her ancestors ate "traditionally" and how traditional was good."Vegetarianism" is another scapegoat. I understand her concerns about vegetarianism, but she is quite dismissive of the fact that there are spiritual and religious traditions that do encourage vegetarianism and it's not just a fad that invaded the US and ruined US dietary habits.While her books address various ethnic groups, her personal perspective comes across as being stuck in a 1950s white American Christian experience.Fourth, the author seems to have ignored the spread of the paleo and primal movements, and similar diets/lifestyles. Not everyone is eating the "standard American diet" of breakfast cereal and fast food anymore. (And not everyone who is overweight is eating the "standard American diet".)This most curious in the section on "Hunter" and "Herder" diets which came across as silly, partially because the author is not acknowledging the spread of the paleo movement outside of her work. (Also, it is a big leap from her "traditional" ancestors to "a primal palate".) I don't mean to say that the underlying ideas behind these eating plans are silly, but rather that the way it was framed came across as silly and out of touch with today's currents in the diet world.Fifth, the author is emphatic about having to eat 3 "square meals" every day. However, some people do well with intermittent fasting or the 5:2 diet. Also, in many if not most religious traditions, there is some sort of fasting, and people have done just fine with it historically. The continued insistence on "thou must not skip meals" neglects the role that fasting has played in many faiths and cultures.Sixth, with all these years of experience, the author should acknowledge cases where the amino acids or vitamin supplements are wholly unsuitable. For instance, I am allergic to L-Glutamine and some multivitamins. The book mentions "sensitivity" and headaches but not actual allergies. I emailed her clinic and asked if there was a substitute recommendation and they said just don't take anything you are allergic to. Fair enough, however, if one can't take the recommended supplements, that cuts a big hole in the program. I am surprised that, by now, this hasn't been addressed.Note that I think that the amino acid program overall is very good, I just feel this should also be acknowledged especially since food allergies are acknowledged.Seventh, I felt the author was all-or-nothing about food cravings. Not everyone who craves a food eats it. Not everyone who is overweight is overweight because of food cravings. Of course, since the book is called _The Craving Cure_, one might expect it to involve uncontrollable cravings. Still, it would have been nice to have more of a middle ground.Lastly... this is a qualm I have with much diet advice... but there is a tacit assumption that one is in a living situation and a financial situation to be able to take the advice. Obviously the supplements are expensive. But, for instance, if a person doesn't have access to cooking facilities, making the recipes in the book is going to be a lot more difficult. It's not always about cravings.Perhaps the only new thing that seemed to be addressed was the inclusion of legal cannabis in food. Since I don't know how much of an effect that has had on people's health and eating, I can't comment. That might be of interest to some people.So, I was disappointed with this book. However, I would still recommend her plan overall. I prefer The Diet Cure as having a solid explanation of what her plan does, the use of the amino acids and supplements, and case studies (which are also in this book).

The parts about sugar and starches are not the problem, in fact, I found them pretty consistent with the current status quo of the scientific canon.It's the parts about eggs, cheese and meat that are troubling. Especially - and ironic - because cheese is known to be extremely addictive (as far as food can be), and this book claims to focus on the addictive power of food. Some sentences about "not so addictive" milk doesn't make up for these contradictions.It's dangerous to claim that butter or eggs (dairy, meat...) have been quasi-acquitted by science. It's simply wrong, they haven't. Quite on the contrary. For example, read Michael Greger's "How not to Die", to learn about the REAL status quo in nutritional sciences.As for the "you got to eat more protein" part: Holy oldtimer. I really thought those claims are a thing of the past. Just to name one (of many) "n=1" examples, me: I don't care about protein, for over ten years now. No meat, no dairy, no eggs. I'm in my 40s and still am as athletic as in my 20s.(10 pull-ups, 50 push-ups: no problem; a marathon per year: ditto)As long as you eat enough, and healthy enough (fruits, greens, nuts etc.), you ALWAYS get enough protein.As I said: the parts about sugar are okay.The rest is dated and dangerous.

Well written and easy to follow but backed up by some sound science. Loving the book and my results. Highly recommend this book, if you have struggled as I have. Thrilled with the results

This book provides the ‘real’ reasons and solutions to over eating and weight gain. As one of Julia Ross’s trainees, I can attest to the results of amino acid therapy in reducing cravings and addressing moods as outlined in his book. Brilliant work and an easy to follow step by step protocol.

Doesn’t work for me.