In this episode Britt delves into the dirty depths of diet culture with friend and diet bashing enthusiast Carly Ng.
Here are her recommenations for further exploration into this topic:
Finding a HAES-Aligned Provider
Books- Christy Harrison's books:
- Anti-Diet: Reclaim Your Time, Money, Well-Being, and Happiness Through Intuitive Eating
- The Wellness Trap: Break Free from Diet Culture, Disinformation, and Dubious Diagnoses, and Find Your True Well-Being
- The Body is Not an Apology by Sonya Renee Taylor
- Intuitive Eating by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch (the founders, they also have a great workbook that can be helpful for first time intuitive eaters or if you want to heal your relationship with food/body!)
- Fearing the Black Body by Sabrina Strings
- The Body Liberation Project: How Understanding Racism and Diet Culture Helps Cultivate Joy and Build Collective Freedom by Chrissy King
- Aubrey Gordon's Books:
- You Just Need to Lose Weight and 19 Other Myths About Fat People
- What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat
- Fat Talk: Parenting in the Age of Diet Culture by Virginia Sole-Smith
- Food Isn't Medicine: Challenge Nutribollocks & Escape the Diet Trap by Dr. Joshua Wolrich
- The F*ck it Diet by Caroline Dooner (she's kind of veered in a different direction with her content now, but her book still has good info!)
Podcasts- Maintenance Phase (Aubrey Gordon and Michael Hobbs)
- Food Psych by Christy Harrison
- Body Kindness by Rebecca Scritchfield
- Burnt Toast by Virginia Sole-Smith
- Intuitive Eating for the Culture by Christyna Johnson
- Intuitive Bites Podcast by Kirsten Ackerman
If you want a bigger glimpse into Carly's life, check out her instagram @Carly_Carthon (always welcome a DM!)
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Ben Ross.
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