Eating habits and mindsets around food develop from an early age. Researchers have hypothesized that eating habits and behaviors may be associated with different parenting styles and have even suggested that approaching parenting in a certain way can improve a child’s long term relationship with food.
Eating disorder (ED) recovery is often a complicated journey in and of itself, but many times ED recovery is complicated by gastrointestinal (GI) issues. These issues are sometimes addressed using restrictive or limiting diet therapy.
Mindfulness is a key principle of intuitive eating, and for a good reason. Mindful eating has been linked to several health benefits, both physically and mentally. Incorporating mindful eating as part of your normal routine can not only improve physical health markers, but it helps build the foundation for fostering a healthy relationship with your body and your food.
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: 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…
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…
Eating Intuitively on Vacation Introduction Summer has officially started and in honor of warmer weather and vacation season, I thought it would be the perfect time to write a blog post with gentle reminders for eating intuitively while on vacation.…
**Disclaimer: the intention of this blog post is to provide a brief overview of what is on a nutrition facts label and what it all means. The intention of this blog post is NOT to cause anxiety around feeling the…