Nutrition and Addiction Researcher; Keynote Speaker & Lecturer
Adam Sud Biography
In 2012, Adam Sud's life was coming apart. At nearly 350 pounds, caught in multiple addictions, managing several chronic diseases, and losing ground against his mental health, he survived an overdose alone in his apartment. It was the night that nearly ended everything, and the night that changed everything.
With his parents behind him and a radical commitment to nutrition and lifestyle change, Sud began a recovery that defied every expectation. In a single year he reversed his chronic conditions, came off every medication, and lost 175 pounds. What his doctors called impossible, he made inevitable.
Today, Sud is a leading voice in addiction recovery, behavior change, and nutritional science. He has spoken at Google, the Matthew Perry Foundation Summit for Addiction, the Whole Foods Market Tribal Gathering, Aerial Recovery's Heal the Heroes, and the CEO International Make Big Happen Summit, delivering talks that don't just inform an audience but change how it thinks about resilience and what recovery can look like.
He also spearheaded the first research study of its kind on the effects of nutrition on early addiction recovery outcomes, work that is reshaping how the field approaches treatment and support. His story and expertise have been featured in Men's Health, Forbes, and Psychology Today.
Sud doesn't just talk about transformation. He is the living proof of it. Through his own story and the evidence behind it, he challenges audiences to rethink the limits of human recovery and to trust their own capacity to change.
Adam Sud Speaking Topics
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From Pills to Purpose
Adam Sud was 350 pounds, addicted to drugs, battling depression, anxiety, type 2 diabetes, and heart disease and on the verge of losing everything. Then he nearly lost his life. In this raw and riveting talk, Adam takes audiences inside the darkest chapter of his story and reveals how he clawed his way back to the life he deserved. This isn't a story about willpower. It's a story about rewiring your biology, your environment, and your identity to become someone you never thought you could be.
Audience Takeaways:
- Hear his unbelievable story of recovery that defied expectations.
- Redefine addiction recovery as a process of building a life where drug use is no longer necessary, rather than trying to not "use."
- Learn how meaning and responsibility are essential for psychological resilience
- Leave with practical tools for creating stability, direction, and hope
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The Reasonable Brain: Why Addiction Makes Sense, and What Comes Next
There are several very compelling stories about what addiction actually is. It is a disease, is it a moral failure, is it a trauma response. In this enlightening session, attendees will gain clarity on the core mechanisms of addiction, drawing from groundbreaking, evidence-based research and personal experience. This sessions clarifies what addiction actually is and gives the audience the tools and language that they can use to support those they love.
Audience Takeaways:
- What is actually taking place when we talk about addiction
- Learn how to understand and overcome food addiction
- Hear about the role of nutrition in supporting addiction and mental health recovery
- Explore insights into the intersection of mental health, diet, and lifestyle
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Adam Sud is a keynote speaker and industry expert whose speaking topics include Addiction & Recovery, Fitness, Health & Wellness, Mental Health, Mindset, Motivational, Nutrition, Personal Growth, Resilience -
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Adam Sud is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as From Pills to Purpose, The Reasonable Brain: Why Addiction Makes Sense, and What Comes Next , Built to Seek: Wired to Pursue, Waiting for a Target and Insulin Resistance: What’s Actually Taking Place. The estimated speaking fee range to book Adam Sud for your event is $10,000 - $20,000. Adam Sud generally travels from Bozeman, MT, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Kait Richardson, Michael DeLeon, Ryan Hampton, Kristen Johnson Brogan and Dr. Jennifer Ashton. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Adam Sud for an upcoming live or virtual event.
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