Last week we discussed how to navigate out of range lab values and to not let them determine your health or worth. This week we are continuing with the theme of not letting numbers determine your health and providing other…
How many of you have been sent to get routine blood work by a physician only for some of the lab values to come back out of range and be provided information that puts you into panic mode? I know…
Recently we have discussed food rules and signs of disordered eating. Disordered eating is not to be confused with eating disorders. The main differentiation between the two is that eating disorders are clinically diagnosed using the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual…
It can be extremely hard to acknowledge our food rules and rituals as disordered, however with time, patience, and practice we can slowly begin to challenge our food rules one-by-one on our path to food freedom.
Getting Started with Intuitive Eating: Starting the Unlearning Process Introduction *Disclaimer: some of the topics covered in this blog post (white privilege, fatphobia) only skim the surface but are intended to raise awareness of a much larger systemic problem. These…
Getting Started with Intuitive Eating: Rejecting the Diet Mentality Introduction If you have been following us for a while now, you know that the Food Ease Team is all about learning to eat intuitively and ditching diet culture. Months back we…
A few weeks ago, we did a blog post on the effects of “yo-yo dieting” also known as weight cycling. Oftentimes after dieting, an individual will regain the weight that they have lost within the months/years that follow and a…
We know that there are many harmful and surprising effects of dieting that can occur; specifically when engaging in weight cycling/”yo-yo dieting”. However, we have yet to look closely at what ACTUALLY happens to our bodies when we decide to…
If you have been following us for a while you know that our brand Food Ease is all about finding food freedom through intuitive eating and ditching diet culture. We have discussed how harmful diet culture can be both mentally…
Declaring Your Independence from Diet Culture Introduction Happy Independence Day, also known as the day that the United States adopted the Declaration of Independence on this day, 246 years ago in 1776. Today and every day I challenge you to…