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Letting go of food restriction is like leaving a toxic friendship
A must-read for health professionals supporting restrictive eaters You don’t need to have gone through the same disordered eating issues your clients have in order to help them. But it can be difficult to understand how they’re feeling, so you can easily get frustrated when their progress stalls or they push back against your advice…… Read more
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Why your clients aren’t ready for intuitive eating (and what to do instead)
Years of dieting have taught your clients to ignore their body – so how can they eat intuitively? They need a stepped approach… When I first learned about intuitive eating, I thought it was the answer to my prayers. I had been trying to figure out how to walk the line between being healthy and… Read more
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When the body is ready for weight loss… but the mind isn’t
Rapid weight loss looks appealing, but it comes at a dramatic cost They all want it: weight loss. And when dieting hasn’t worked and there are advertisements for weight loss medications on the back of every bus, their social media feeds are saturated with weight loss transformations, and every relative seems to casually mention that… Read more
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Why “Everything in moderation” is the worst nutrition advice you can give
It seems logical and sound, but telling clients to have everything in moderation may actually be the reason they are not making progress Most clients have heard it before and I’m betting you’ve said it (I’ve certainly said it in the past): “Everything in moderation.” It sounds so reasonable. It has this ring of wisdom… Read more
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Binge eating advice that does NOT work
Just because this advice is oft repeated, does not mean it works! These are the most common binge eating mistakes I see in my work Binge eating is becoming more recognized in healthcare, which is great. But binge eating is incredibly misunderstood and most health professionals, even dietitians, don’t get any training on how to… Read more
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If eating breakfast makes them hungrier… it’s a red flag
If your clients say they don’t eat breakfast because it makes them hungrier, this signals a much deeper problem with disordered eating “I never have breakfast. I haven’t had breakfast for years,” says basically every nutrition client you’ve ever seen, right? So you educate them on the importance of breakfast: steadier blood sugar levels, more… Read more
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