This picture was taken at the peak of my high school track career when I broke records in long-distance running competitions.
Read MoreFreedom from Diet-Wellness Culture
I posted this picture more than a decade ago and received excessive praise and adulation from thousands of people.
Today, Iām ashamed of it, because individuals entangled in diet-wellness cults, see bodies only through a lens focused on size, weight, health, beauty, and longevity.
Read MoreThe age well-meaning but totally misinformed adults forced dieting on me in order for me to lose weight.
The Complications of Chronic and Sustained Undereating
Whether the individual is age six, thirty-six, or sixty-six; the complications of chronic and sustained undereating are disturbing: bradycardia (abnormally low resting heart rate), A-fib, congestive heart failure, dangerous electrolyte imbalances, hair loss, cognitive decline, forgetfulness, sleep problems, depression, gastroparesis (paralysis of the digestive system), lack of menstrual cycles in women, infertility, weakened immune systems, osteoporosis, liver disease (hepatitis), pancreatitis, kidney failure, GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease), bloating, feeling cold, high cortisol levels, elevated cholesterol, abnormally low blood pressure, high blood pressure. . .just to name a few.
Read MorePressure to Lose Weight Fuels Disordered Eating Behaviors
Everyone who goes on a diet to lose weight develops disordered eating behaviors. . .and one out of four of them go on to develop full-blown eating disorders. In the US alone, every fifty-two minutes, someone dies from eating disorder complications.
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