Research shows that dieting is not only ineffective but detrimental to our health. So diet culture has rebranded itself under the guise of a ‘healthy lifestyle’. But the underlying message is still that thinness is best no matter the cost. This has created a culture of demonizing certain foods, elevating others, and making the pursuit of health a matter of moral virtue.
In this week’s episode, I’ll give you a perspective on healthy eating that you may not have considered before. I hope that what I share with you today will help you realize that health is a spectrum, and that it looks different for every person every day.
What you’ll learn in the episode: You’ll learn:
- The uncommonly known eating disorder, orthorexia
- The negative effects of being health obsessed
- How to look at health from a big-picture perspective
Mentioned on the show:
- “Eating Disorders on the College Campus.” National Eating Disorders Association, Feb. 2013.
- Arcelus, Jon et al. “Mortality rates in patients with anorexia nervosa and other eating disorders. A meta-analysis of 36 studies.” Archives of general psychiatry 68,7 (2011): 724-31. https://doi.org/10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2011.74
- Dulloo AG, Jacquet J, Montani JP, Schutz Y. How dieting makes the lean fatter: from a perspective of body composition autoregulation through adipostats and proteinstats awaiting discovery. Obes Rev. 2015 Feb;16 Suppl 1:25-35. doi: 10.1111/obr.12253. PMID: 25614201.
- Faidon Magkos, On adaptive thermogenesis: just another weight-loss tale?, The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Volume 112, Issue 5, November 2020, Pages 1157–1159, https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcn/nqaa262
- Chao, Ariana M et al. “Food cravings, binge eating, and eating disorder psychopathology: Exploring the moderating roles of gender and race.” Eating behaviors vol. 21 (2016): 41-7. doi:10.1016/j.eatbeh.2015.12.007
- Mahmood, S. S., Levy, D., Vasan, R. S., & Wang, T. J. (2014). The Framingham Heart Study and the epidemiology of cardiovascular disease: a historical perspective. Lancet (London, England), 383(9921), 999–1008. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(13)61752-3
- Herbert BM, Blechert J, Hautzinger M, Matthias E, Herbert C. Intuitive eating is associated with interoceptive sensitivity. Effects on body mass index. Appetite. 2013 Nov;70:22-30. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2013.06.082. Epub 2013 Jun 26. PMID: 23811348.
- Blomain, E. S., Dirhan, D. A., Valentino, M. A., Kim, G. W., & Waldman, S. A. (2013). Mechanisms of Weight Regain following Weight Loss. ISRN obesity, 2013, 210524. https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/210524
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