Here are just a few of the telltale signs of diet culture influence:
Read MoreFinally at peace after almost a lifetime of dieting.
weight loss
This is what happened to my body after a year of EATING, instead of NOT eating. . .or striving to under eat in order to reach an arbitrary “ideal” weight.
The Potential Dangers of Diet Culture
in weight loss
The year my body shed 100 pounds, it stopped losing weight and stabilized between 136-138 lbs. (I’m 5’8”.) I felt as if I got my health and stamina back. My blood pressures and other biomarkers were excellent. For the first time since age six, my focus was on EATING instead of NOT eating.
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How Being a Weight Loss “Success Story” Triggered an Eating Disorder
On July 10, 2008, I embarked on a journey to get my health back by experimenting with plant-based nutrition.
Being an artist, I wanted to see if food could be an artistic medium. . . so I created an online art exhibit in order to document my discoveries.