I am so excited to share that I have joined LK Nutrition, a private nutrition practice based in Brooklyn specializing in eating disorders and disordered eating struggles. I met the founder Lindsay Krasna back when I was still a student, when she graciously allowed me to interview her for a school project. Now I’m honored […]
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Anti-diet messaging must always recognize the role of racism in diet culture and healthism, and participating in diet culture perpetuates this harmful bias and stigma against bodies of color, especially BIPOC bodies. Yes, it’s a really uncomfortable feeling to sit in. But it’s really important that we talk about it, especially this week. Maybe it
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Earlier today I tuned into one of Esther Perel’s Sessions (an online educational webinar for professionals in the helping field). She talked about our current state of anxiety and grief, how our lack of touch deprives us of oxytocin, and that right now in the middle of a pandemic, self love is more important now
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I’ve been thinking about the purpose of “points” for tracking food intake in the WW program (formerly Weight Watchers) Most people get a budget of 23 points a day. Some foods are 0 points, but most aren’t. I actually have a wonderful client who I work with on nutrition therapy to manage a medical condition.
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In light of the many foodie controversies last week, over breakfast I read Alicia Kennedy’s fantastic newsletter about the complexity of food and what both consumers and media enjoy embracing (picture friendly dishes, made by picture friendly people, that tastes good!)…and what we shy away from because it’s uncomfortable and highlights a bunch of systemic
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Most days I think about how unfortunate it is that the word ‘dietitian’ leads with the word ‘diet’. Of course, a diet used to simply mean the foods that makes up your eating pattern. Now, it represents an oppressive system that is rooted in body shame and assigns moral value to arbitrary foods. I really
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This is the test excerpt to see what happens.
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