What is Healthy Eating, Anyway?

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What is Healthy Eating, Anyway?

What do you think of when you hear the words “healthy eating?” Do certain foods come to mind that you associate with being, or define as, healthy? Do you find yourself categorizing foods into 2 groups – those that are healthy and those that are not? Does it spark any particular feelings or emotions? Do you associate these words with pressure to act in a certain way? Or perhaps, guilt if you don’t?

There’s a lot to unpack when it comes to evaluating our perceptions of “healthy eating.”

Here’s my take.

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Reconnecting with Your Innate Inner Wisdom: 3 Tips to Get Started

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Reconnecting with Your Innate Inner Wisdom: 3 Tips to Get Started

Diet and wellness culture teach us that we cannot trust ourselves to make decisions about food. If left to our own devices we will subsist on only the most sinful and indulgent foods, and we’ll never stop eating, which will spell disaster for our bodies. If we’re hungry – diet culture tries to teach us how to ignore that cue or to prevent ourselves from feeling it to begin with. If we want chips – diet culture tries to convince us that some low-calorie alternative will be just as satisfying (hello air-popped popcorn with no added butter and kale leaves dried out in the oven).

What you need to know is, if these don’t work for you, it’s not because there is something wrong with you. It’s not your body betraying you. It’s actually your body, in its infinite wisdom, trying to protect you.

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