One of the most divisive topics in the area of nutrition has to be this one: plant-based vs. meat: which is healthier? Maybe you have wondered this too. It’s really a no-win question though, because both sides have a tremendous amount of nutritional studies and supportive data to argue their cause. Plus, the most important aspect often missing from this...

To eat or not to eat one more slice? Why can’t you go from “give me one more piece” to “no thanks, maybe later” With the popularization of intuitive eating, we are increasingly hearing about the famous unconditional permission to eat. Quite simply, it means that you are free to eat what you really want, without the need for authorization, compensation, punishment, fear, or judgment of any kind. It...

Raise your hand if you ever learned that snacking is “bad.” *everyone’s hands shoot up* When things like 100-calorie packs and low-fat, low-calorie labels are stamped all over food packaging, it’s no wonder diet culture instills a deep fear of weight gain via snacking. But weight does not equal health, and whether we classify it as a “snack” or a...

To help you build the best habits around snacking Let’s face it. Snacking is often more of a bad habit than anything. If we’re already eating three healthy meals a day, it’s doubtful that we actually need snacks. But we love snacks! This is probably because snacks are more often the less healthy, more processed foods that we don’t usually include in a well-rounded healthy meal. When you think...

How does food play a role in your friendship? Here are 2 types of friendships I’ve experienced recently. First, we have a friendship that has evolved over 10+ years with severe eating disorders, disordered eating pasts, and recovery. This friendship although both are in “recovered” no one currently struggles with either and these two people are able to fall back and support one another when one or the other...

Understand the most common fears of respecting your body signals. If you have any trace of diet trauma, it is very possible that the idea of eating only when hunger strikes, one of the basic principles of intuitive eating, makes you uncomfortable. This is one of the main hurdles I realize as I begin to explain to people about the importance of eating when hungry — for both body self-regulation,...

Learn what will really empower you over food In 99% of cases, women come to me telling me how weak and powerless they feel about food. The words control or self-control are always present in their speeches. Some substitute for willpower, but in general their feeling is that they lack more self-control in order to eat better, eliminate excesses, and thus lose weight. One simple word that can...