Here’s a list if you want to lose yourself to food obsessions:
Read MoreIn 2008, I set out to find out if food could be an artist medium; just like a painter uses paint, or a sculptor uses metal, or a potter uses clay.
diet-wellness culture
The mental energy spent on appearance-monitoring consumed my attention and resources; leaving less energy for other tasks and cognitive performance.
The Objectification of Weight Loss
Besides my wedding date and the birth of my children, November 2, 2019 was perhaps one of the most significant dates of my life.
That day was when the "lightbulb" turned on, and I realized how deeply entangled I'd become in the world of high control diet-wellness cults.
Freedom from Diet-Wellness Culture
I posted this picture more than a decade ago and received excessive praise and adulation from thousands of people.
Today, I’m ashamed of it, because individuals entangled in diet-wellness cults, see bodies only through a lens focused on size, weight, health, beauty, and longevity.
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There's More to Health than a Number on the Scale
Recently, someone asked me the following question on Instagram: "Should a doctor never advise someone to reduce weight to decrease their risk of sleep apnea, diabetes, pressure on the joints, etc.?"