Content warning: This blog post discusses dieting, disordered eating, body image, and weight. 

Ah, diet culture: that insidious, pervasive system of cultural myths that, in one way or another, tells us our health, character, and worth depend upon the fact of whether or not we are thin. Diet culture’s pervasiveness (and centuries-long history, which is rooted in white supremacy, healthism, and patriarchy) makes it so its pro-thin, anti-fat messages are difficult if not impossible to escape. It’s in the air we breathe. 

Sugar has been demonized in diet culture for the past several years, often being characterized with fear-mongering words like “toxic” or “poison”.  Is sugar really as bad for you as you think?

Tired of facing body comments at Thanksgiving dinner or other family gatherings? Here’s how you can respond to family members who make body comments.

Everyone struggles with eating and body issues to some extent, right? So when is it time to seek help for disordered eating and body image?

Dietitians can be helpful if you are struggling with dieting, disordered eating, a diagnosed eating disorder, or figuring out what to eat in general.

Being thin is often equated with being healthy, but ‘thin’ and ‘healthy’ aren’t synonymous. ‘Fat’ and ‘healthy’ aren’t mutually exclusive. Health is determined by more than just body size.

Meal plans, intuitive eating, and everything else you need to know about nutrition counseling for eating disorder recovery.

National Eating Disorder Awareness Week 2022 See the Change Be the Change: How the eating disorder field has changed according to eating disorder therapists and dietitians.

You can heal from diet culture, and Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy can help.

Many people struggle with food during the holidays. Here are some tips that will help you with your fear of overeating.

There’s no doubt that Instagram is harmful to your body image. Here’s how you can build a healthy relationship with social media and protect your mental health.

Eating disorders like binge eating disorder and bulimia nervosa are prevalent in the Hispanic community.

How much exercise is too much? Here are signs you may have an exercise addiction.

As the New Year rolls around, and we hear of all the ways people are resolving to eat or exercise differently, there’s one object that is the biggest source of anxiety and terror: Your scale. But here’s the thing: a scale is just a scale. It just measures your relationship to gravity in one moment in time. To make 2019 the year of your recovery from diet culture, it’s time to smash your scale.