EPISODE · Nov 17, 2021 · 30 MIN
3. How diet culture comes up in pregnancy with Sam Thomas
from Diet Culture Dropout · host Atheana Brown RD
Being pregnant comes with a whole host of feelings, experiences and of course a side plate of diet culture. Join my conversation with Sam Thomas a Dietitian from British Columbia. We unpack how diet culture comes up for women during pregnancy. Looking at it creeping in from our culture, within the medical office and from well-meaning loved ones. We also dive into the harms it can have on mom and baby. Sam also provides listeners with some tips to help minimize it as best as possible. She also shares more recently how it has impacted her life as a newlywed and skewed her perception of her family's traditional cultural foods. You can find out more about Sam on Instagram @samanthathomsrd or her website samanthathomsrd.com RESOURCES MENTIONED: Intuitive Eating 4th Edition by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch
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Being pregnant comes with a whole host of feelings, experiences and of course a side plate of diet culture. Join my conversation with Sam Thomas a Dietitian from British Columbia. We unpack how diet culture comes up for women during pregnancy. Looking at it creeping in from our culture, within the medical office and from well-meaning loved ones. We also dive into the harms it can have on mom and baby. Sam also provides listeners with some tips to help minimize it as best as possible. She also shares more recently how it has impacted her life as a newlywed and skewed her perception of her family's traditional cultural foods. You can find out more about Sam on Instagram @samanthathomsrd or her website samanthathomsrd.com RESOURCES MENTIONED: Intuitive Eating 4th Edition by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch
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