In mainstream discourse about food and nutrition, food is often put into binary categories of good and bad, healthy and unhealthy. This blog discusses why you should stop labelling food good and bad and the harms of binary thinking around food.
Read MoreThanks to the diet industry co-opting wellness, it can be hard to distinguish if a food choice is stemming from gentle nutrition or diet mentality. Read this blog post to explore the difference.
Read MoreAs a non-diet approach, intuitive eating might seem like it’s not for people with diabetes, a chronic condition that (supposedly) must be managed with a strict diet. While intuitive eating for diabetes might look a little different, it’s still a tool you can use to take some stress out of managing diabetes and to help control blood sugar levels.
Read MorePeople decide to go vegetarian or vegan for many reasons, but are they the right ones? While these can be perfectly healthy ways of eating, these dietary patterns can get wrapped up in diet mentality and disordered eating. Read this post to see if you are going vegetarian or vegan for helpful reasons.
Read MoreWhat happens if you like a food that’s a diet food? You might be wondering if you can eat a diet food while practicing intuitive eating. This post explores the nuance in that question so you can eat with confidence.
Read MoreWith the popularity of macro counting, people are more aware than ever of what macronutrients are, yet there is still a lot of misunderstanding about carbs, fat and protein that can make eating stressful. This post answers the question “what are macronutrients” and will hopefully help you feel less stressed knowing how to feed yourself!
Read MoreA common question I get from new intuitive eaters is whether you can practice intuitive eating if you have a food related medical condition. You’ll be happy to learn that the answer is yes! Read on to learn how gentle nutrition and intuitive eating fits with medical nutrition therapy.
Read MoreIntuitive eating is a profound act of self care, but when it comes to incorporating gentle nutrition and other self care in a more intentional way, sometimes people can feel stuck in how to do that without turning it into a diet. In this post, learn a simple tool for how to create healthier habits - the intuitive eating way!
Read MoreMy book, Gentle Nutrition, is now available for preorder! If you’d like to learn about what nutrition science and healthy eating looks like without a side of diet culture, I hope you’ll give it a read!
Read MoreWhen it comes to nutrition, don’t miss the forest for the trees. This food hierarchy of nutrition needs is a helpful way to frame nutrition in a way where you're not obsessing over the little things, or getting caught up in the diet fad of the day.
Read MoreAre you obsessed with healthy eating? How do you know whether you’re health conscious, or whether your eating is disordered. This post discusses what is orthorexia, and includes an orthorexia quiz to help you understand if your interest in nutrition could be harming your health.
Read MoreIf you’ve been diagnosed with diabetes, it might feel like you have to be on a super strict diet for life. In reality, “all food fits” is still true for you. This post explores intuitive eating for diabetes with non-diet nutrition for diabetes management.
Read MoreA diagnosis of diabetes and intuitive eating may feel like they conflict, especially with all the rigid advice out there. In reality, intuitive eating for diabetes is possible. In this post, learn about why intuitive eating is a natural fit for diabetes management.
Read MoreThere’s a good reason gentle nutrition is the last principle of intuitive eating. Without doing some work to heal your relationship with food first, gentle nutrition can easily become a diet. But sometimes it can feel like a bit of a mystery. This post explores how to practice gentle nutrition in intuitive eating without it becoming a diet.
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