How to Improve Body Image and Your Relationship with Food: Tips from Angelica Pupillo, Founder of This Is Your Body

Send us Fan MailA Gluten Free Podcast Episode 156 Body image, diet culture and comparisons of ourselves to others are heavy topics but ones that need to happen. Both adults and our younger generations are exposed to so much information, misinformation and damaging images and videos on social media. Physical and mental health issues are continually on the rise. So, how do we start to engage in having these open, honest and hard conversations with not only our teens and children but everyone?  My guest on today’s episode is founder of This Is Your Body Nutrition, Angelica Pupillo. We’ll talk about body image issues, our relationship with food and our own bodies and how we can effectively and positively approach these conversations with ourselves and others. What we’ll cover: * Gel’s own body image story & why she’s so passionate about her work* Becoming a body image educator and nutritionist * What trends Gel has witnessed around body image issues & food in younger generations * Diet culture, weighing children & other toxic issues around diet & body image we now face as a society * How we can effectively & positively approach these conversations * Focussing on function versus appearance with our younger generation * The links between restrictive diets & eating disorders or disordered eating (particularly in relation to coeliac disease & a gluten free diet) * Mental & physical health impacts of body image issues * Changes Gel would like to see in our approach to body image within society* Gel’s work with Embrace Kids through Body Image Movement Links This Is Your Body website Follow Gel on Instagram Use the code GLUTENFREE10 for 10% off Gel’s teen lunch box eBookUse code GLUTENFREEPOD10 to get 10% off Gel’s 1:1 program, Body Bop, for your teen Gel’s book recommendations:Just Eat It - Laura ThomasHow to Raise an Intuitive Eater - Sumner Brooks and Amee SeversonIntuitive Eating - Evelyn Tribole and Elyse ReschGel’s social media account recommendations: @bodyimagemovement, @tiffhall_xo, @rhitrition, @nadiafelsch, @breeelenehan, @embracehub, @no.food.rules, @nude_nutritionistJoin our gluten free family  Join A Gluten Free Podcast Facebook GroupGet in touchJoin our gluten free family on Instagram or send an email to [email protected]  📩DisclaimerThe content on this podcast is not a substitution for professional medical advice. It is the opinion and experience of the show host or guests. Please seek professional medical advice from a medically qualified professional before making any decisions about your health or diet.Support the show