Bright Line Living™ - The Official Bright Line Eating Podcast

Bright Line Living™ - The Official Bright Line Eating Podcast

Hosted by: Susan Peirce Thompson

Welcome to Bright Line Living, the official Bright Line Eating Podcast channel. Created by Susan Peirce Thompson, Ph.D., a New York Times bestselling author and an expert in the psychology and neuroscience of eating,...

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The Insanity of Cigarettes

Last week marked my 5-year anniversary of quitting smoking. I haven’t talked about it in the vlog before because I felt a lot of shame around it. But now, I’m ready to talk about it. I smoked on and off my whole life....
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Limitations of the NOVA Processed Foods Classification System

In 2009, Brazilian researchers came up with the NOVA classification system to determine the level of processing of any food.  Level 1 is whole, real food, minimally altered. Level 2 is culinary ingredients. Level 3...
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Staying Bright is the Top Health Priority

I’ve been experiencing a lot of issues with pain in my shoulder lately, and I just got diagnosed with frozen shoulder. As I’ve been looking at various ways to address the pain, one of the things I’ve considered is...
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Is There an Obesity Paradox?

Years ago, I was teaching a college course called The Psychology of Eating and Body Image, and I ended up becoming dear friends with one of my students, a woman named Anna. She introduced me to the obesity paradox. It...
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Pros and Cons of Semaglutide Drugs for Weight Loss

Semaglutide drugs have taken the weight-loss world by storm. Our community has been clamoring for my take on these medications. You would think, as the leader of Bright Line Eating, that I would be against a...
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Some Thoughts on Oil

I’ve been experiencing some joint pain recently, and this led me to take a closer look at the fats I’m using in my food plan. In this week’s vlog, I talk about the ways we use oil as part of a Bright Line Eating food...
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Willpower Depletion Revisited

A Bright Lifer recently sent me some articles about newly published research on willpower. At first glance, I was distressed. This research seems to fly in the face of everything I teach our community about willpower....
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A Chance Encounter with a Bright Line Eater

I was on a vacation recently and had a chance encounter with a Bright Line Eater. We had the opportunity to have a long conversation about her experience in the program. This week, I share with you her story and the...
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Two Effects of Sugar in the Gut

February 15, 2023 - Gut health and the microbiome have been hot topics in recent years. And with good reason! The microbiome is important to overall health, wellness, and longevity, and this week’s vlog is all about...
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Not Yet Willing to Change

In this week’s vlog, I give you a window into a current situation in my food journey that feels “off” to me … but I’m not yet willing to change it. Sometimes an issue comes up in our lives and we consider addressing...
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My 30-Day TikTok Challenge

Honestly, I don’t know what made me do it. Why? Truly, why? But I did. I set up a TikTok account and challenged myself to post a video every day for 30 days. And … it’s going well! Enlightening, fun, interesting, and...
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Lower Your Expectations

I live in Rochester, NY, where winters tend to be pretty dark and gloomy. Seasonal depression is not uncommon in the Northeast, and I have had bouts of it in the past. But I am NOT experiencing depression this winter,...
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