Tag: Wellbeing
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Nature’s therapy: forest bathing
The answer to stress, burn-out and low energy might not be in the doctor’s office, but in the trees of the forest. “I just feel like I need to go off-grid or something. Like, hike into the forest and just camp out for few days, you know? I always feel better when I’m in the…
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Permission to binge
You may think the answer to beating binge eating is more willpower and restriction, but Dietitian Lucy Carey says permission to binge is key. “You’re kidding me,” she said, mouth agog. “Absolutely not,” I replied. “I’m deadly serious. You need to give yourself permission to binge. If that need overwhelms you, I want you to…
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Challenging your food rules
Everyone grows up with food rules. But some of them aren’t doing us any favours. Do you need to challenge any of your food rules? “You can’t give him ice cream in the morning!” He shot me an incredulous look. “Why not?” I replied with a shrug of my shoulders. I kept my cool on…
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Is your body your business card?
If you work in the health and wellness industry, do you need to look a certain way for your clients to trust you? “What would you know about it though? You’re skinny as can be!” She brushed me away with a fleeting wave of her arm. “Yeah but that’s a good thing,” her friend countered.…
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Are we the biggest losers for watching The Biggest Loser?
Weight loss TV shows were common in the early 2000s. Did these shows plant the seed of diet culture in you when you were growing up? We called it “The Ad Game”. My younger brother and sister and I invented it while watching a weight loss show on TV. (There were quite a few of…
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The Dutch Hunger Winter
During World War 2, a unique natural experiment took place in the Netherlands. What we can learn from the Dutch Hunger Winter? World War II. The Netherlands. A huge natural experiment took place over the winter of 1944-1945, and it changed how we view pregnancy and stress forever. In general, we think of women as…
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Meals plans aren’t the answer
Everyone asks you for a meal plan, but should you give them one? Dietitian Lucy Carey gives her thoughts on meal plans. It’s what everyone wants. At least, it’s what they think they want. A written plan that tells them exactly what to eat, when to eat it, and how much of it to eat.…
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Weight loss is beneficial, but focusing on it is detrimental
Weight loss could greatly improve the health of many people, but focusing on losing weight often backfires. Dietitian Lucy Carey explains. “I know you keep saying that the weight isn’t what this is about but…” She was agitated, her blonde hair flicking into her eyes as she spoke. She had clearly steeled herself to ask…
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Why nobody sticks to their diet
If diets are the answer to weight loss, why does nobody stick to them? Dietitian Lucy Carey explains the diet trap. The first real diet I tried was the lemon detox diet. It is just as terrible as the name suggests. You basically consume nothing but a lemon-flavoured beverage for a week or so. No…
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You don’t earn food with exercise
Do you need to do burpees for every fry you consume? Dietitian Lucy Carey explains why you should not earn your food with exercise. We called it the ‘Exercise Park’. It was just a big field with a playground and some exercise machines. I don’t know if this is like, a Kiwi thing perhaps? But…