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If you’d like to read about intuitive eating, diet culture, normalizing the downsides of dieting and down to earth wellness ramblings, you are in the right place.
Worrying About Perfect Food Choices is A Waste of Energy
Unfortunately, food shaming is alive and well (even during a pandemic). But is all the fuss really necessary? are we really more healthy by avoiding some foods while choking down others?
Are SMART goals the answer for successful habit change?
If social media and health "gurus" (I use that term lightly) are to be believed, it seems like all you have to do is want something hard enough and set a SMART goal in order to achieve your dreams. However, the business of helping people achieve success is a big one....
Is Hashtagging Harming Our Health?
Co-written with Nisha Parker I bet you have spotted at least one of these hashtags recently (maybe even today): #cleaneating, #lowcarb, #paleo, #weightloss, #diet, #cheatmeal or #whole30. Is it possible that these tags perpetuate lies about healthy eating? Are...
Does Intermittent Fasting Work?
Could Going Without Do More for Your Health? Co-written with Holly McGarr, BSc Nutritional Sciences, MScPH (candidate) Fasting has been used for health and religious reasons for hundreds of years and due to an explosion of new interest from the media,...
How Ending the War on Fat Can Improve Your Health
It seems like a day doesn't go by without hearing or reading something about the "war on obesity" to improve our collective and individual health. But should ending the war on fat really be a priority? Ending the war on fat This is thoroughly frustrating for a few...