Christine Byrne
Eating disorder dietitian and journalist in Raleigh, North Carolina
As a dietitian, I get countless questions about emotional eating. And in my work with clients, emotional eating is certainly something that we talk about. What often surprises people is the fact that …
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To be honest, I’m amazed that Whole30 is still around. It’s the epitome of a fad diet, with its restrictive and unscientific rules and its short-term nature. And yet, 12 years after its creation, …
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If you’ve already done some research into intuitive eating and Health at Every Size® (HAES), you may have heard of the “set point weight theory.” Essentially, set point weight is where your body lands …
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So I Googled GEM vitamins to see what the fuss was about. Within a few minutes of clicking through their site and all of its wellness-y rhetoric, I decided they were worth reviewing. They talk …
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In your intuitive eating journey, you must start to reject diet culture. While the “reject the diet mentality” principle of intuitive eating broadly explains what that means, it’s not super specific. …
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If you can’t stop binge eating and feel like a failure when you lose control around food, you’re not alone. Maybe you’ve been trying for years to figure out how to stop binge eating, to no avail. You …
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Although there are so many more important things going on in the world right now, hysteria over pandemic weight gain is at an all-time high. Weight loss messages are all around us. The CDC is telling …
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I’ve explained, at length, why you can’t use intuitive eating for weight loss. But what I don’t talk about often is intuitive eating weight gain. While the set point theory means that intuitive eating …
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Often, people are stuck in the diet mentality without even realizing it. For example, many people tell me that they don’t diet, and then ask, “why am I obsessed with food?” Food …
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Intuitive eating isn't just about eating whatever you want. It's part of a larger goal: Respecting your body and giving it what it needs. In order to do this properly, you must also work towards body …
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