Is Your Chocolate Holding Your Marriage Together? | With Luis Mojica

Is Your Chocolate Holding Your Marriage Together? | With Luis Mojica

How do different strategies aid in addiction recovery? Here, the focus zooms in on food, cravings, and the nervous system, offering a fresh angle on why saying no to chocolate or late‑night snacks can feel impossible. Trauma physician Dr. Aimie Apigian sits down with somatic nutritionist Luis Mojica, whose new book *Food Therapy* grew out of a startling pattern in his clinic.

Three different women shared the same "chocolate problem"—and when he asked what would happen if they stopped, each replied, "I'd leave my husband." From that, he started treating food as a window into emotional, relational, and nutritional unmet needs. Luis explains how foods fall into three simple groups: stimulants, depressants, and balancers.

Rather than labelling food as good or bad, he invites people to ask, "How is this food supporting me?" Is that coffee helping you push through a functional freeze, or is it just more adrenaline in an already wired system? Is ice cream acting as a hug you never got, or a way to dampen anxiety for a few hours?

You’ll hear him describe "food-induced stress," how rapid glucose spikes trigger adrenaline, and why even healthy diets can keep a body stuck in fight‑or‑flight. He talks about "food sobriety" and why going cold turkey on sugar or processed foods can feel like withdrawal—because, for a traumatised nervous system, it is. Rather than shaming cravings, both Dr. Aimie and Luis frame them as messages: your body asking for safety, comfort, or actual nutrients.

They share how slowly adding balancing foods and staying curious about patterns can shift bingeing, emotional eating, and even long‑held beliefs about what “healthy” looks like. If you’ve ever wondered whether your food habits are willpower failures or survival strategies, this conversation might change the questions you’re asking yourself—so what might your next craving be trying to say?