223-Anti-Diet with Christy Harrison

  In today's episode, we'll explore about anti-diet movement with Christy Harrison Diet is quickly becoming the dirtiest word in wellness. The anti-diet movement is growing very, very rapidly. But what does it mean “anti-diet”? Anti-diet means anti-diet culture. Diet Culture is the system of oppression that promotes thinness and equates it to health and moral virtue. It promotes weight loss as a mean of attaining a higher status and demonize certain ways of eating while elevating others. However, anti-diet doesn’t mean anti-dieter. It doesn’t mean shaming people who diet. Dieter is, in fact, acting “as expected” in a society laden by weight stigma which marginalizes larger bodies. The Anti Diet is a movement raising against diet culture, not dieters. I think in many ways it’s a female fight because women are so often targeted by the diet industry. Women, especially, end up tying their self-worth to how they look, and the diet industry teaches us that that’s what matters most as a woman. In today’s episode, we will explore the anti-diet movement with Christy Harrison, MPH, RD, CDN, an anti-diet registered dietitian nutritionist and certified intuitive eating counselor based in New York City. Christie hosts the podcast Food Psych and recently released Anti-Diet: Reclaim Your Time, Money, Well-Being, and Happiness Through Intuitive Eating book. What you'll learn listening to this episode of anti-diet: How Christy’s food journey led her to write this book Why we have a diet culture epidemic NOT an obesity epidemic… The history of diet culture Why diet culture is morphing into wellness diet Best buying interest (fear) versus detriment buying (love) Mentioned on the show: Register Workshop Get your copy: Anti-Diet Going Beyond the Food Academy Connect with our guest Podcast Instagram Facebook