Can I Have Another Snack?

Laura Thomas, PhD, RNutr
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Can I Have Another Snack? Podcast

Can I Have Another Snack? podcast is an exploration of appetite, identity, and bodies. We talk about how we feed ourselves and our kids (in all senses of the word!), and the ingredients we need to survive in diet culture. We’re sitting with the questions: who or what are we nurturing? And who or what is nurturing us? Hosted by Laura Thomas - anti-diet nutritionist and author of the Can I Have Another Snack? newsletter. canihaveanothersnack.com

  1. 2 DAYS AGO

    39: Should We Really Weigh Kids in Schools? w/ Molly Forbes

    This episode is a rerun of my conversation last year with the fantastic Molly Forbes, journalist, campaigner and non-profit founder. She's the author of the book Body Happy Kids: How to help children and teens love the skin they're in and now Every Body, a book for 9-12 year olds helping them learn that body differences should be celebrated. She's also the Founding Director of The Body Happy Organisation CIC, a social enterprise dedicated to promoting positive body image in children. In this episode Molly and I discuss:  👉 What the NCMP is, what it looks like in different schools and some of the issues associated with it👉 Why you might want to opt your kid out and how you even do that👉 What you can do if you’re worried about your child feeling left out if they’re the only ones left in the classroom I really hope you will share this episode with your school WhatsApp group, your friendship group and with the teachers in your schools to help end the tyranny of the NCMP. You can also share Body Happy Org and Anybody UK’s informed decision making pack and my writing on the NCMP.

    58 min

  2. 13 AUG

    38: "Postpartum body image was like a whole different ball game" - Snapback culture with Alex Light

    Today I'm talking to the incredible Alex Light, a body acceptance advocate and author of You Are Not a Before Picture. In this conversation we're talking about all the really insidious and toxic messaging we get around postpartum bodies.  In this episode we discuss: 👉 Snapback culture and the horrendous ways it shows up for birthing people 👉 How our bodies can change during and after pregnancy and the shame often associated with this 👉 The anti-fatness of '9 months in, 9 months out' pictures 👉 Ways to help protect your embodiment in the postpartum period Come and let us know what you thought of the episode in the comments over on canihaveanothersnack.com. If you'd like to sign up to receive bonus podcasts from CIHAS, you can upgrade your subscription here. You can follow Alex on Instagram here and Laura, over here

    56 min

  3. 8 AUG

    37: Sugar Attacks and Nutrition Quacks - ALL OF THE SNACKS

    Hey-O. Lucy and I are BACK with your July installment of ALL OF THE SNACKS - a bonus pod for paying subscribers where we answer YOUR questions.  This month we're answering Qs about: 👉 How to talk to kids about oral health without falling into the diet culture trap and scaremongering sugar 👉 What toxic wellness things we can’t let go of 👉 How to tell when a nutrition ‘expert’ is legit or just a quack 👉 And some thoughts on supporting Autistic kids who seem ‘insatiable’ 👉 Plus a controversial snack… Come and let us know what you thought of this episode in the comments at canihaveanothersnack.comIf you'd like to listen to this episode in full then upgrade your membership here.  If you're already a paid subscriber, you should have received an email with an invite to your private RSS feed and instructions on how to add it to your podcast player (or you can listen to it on the website - click here). If you have any problems then email me on hello@laurathomasphd.co.uk. But fr, check your spam because it's probably there.

    5 min

  4. 9 JUL

    36: "Oh, That's Not Cool" - Protecting Kids From Diet Culture with Vicky Bellman

    Today I'm talking to therapist Vicky Bellman from Concentric Counselling and Fat Bubble about protecting our kids from the weird diet culture things people say that can rupture their embodiment. I loved talking to Vicky and think you'll get so much from this conversation. In this episode we discuss: 👉 The 'hot potato' of disordered eating and disembodiment that gets transmitted through families👉 How to shut down body shaming conversations in their tracks👉 How we can transmit healing back up the line, as well as protect our kids👉 How every day we protect our kids against diet culture is a day we👉 Why body positivity and food neutrality are not the whole story You can follow Vicky on Instagram here.Head to Can I Have Another Snack? to read along with the transcript and sign-up for free to get new episodes and other cool things delivered to your inbox! Leave a rating and review in your podcast player to help more people find this pod!

    56 min

  5. 25 JUN

    35: ALL OF THE SNACKS - Are Collagen Supps Snake Oil? Do Kids *Need* a Snack Drawer? And How Do We Nourish The Resistance?

    Hey-O. Lucy and I are BACK with your June instalment of ALL OF THE SNACKS - a bonus pod for paying subscribers where we answer YOUR questions.  This month we're answering Qs about: 👉 Whether or not collagen supplements are snake oil adjacent👉 Does my kid need a snack drawer or am I feeling the pressure of Kid Food Instagram?👉 How do I deal with a medical appointment that I know will evoke anti-fatness?👉 My pre-teen has pocket money and only wants to buy snacks - what do I do?👉 How can I find my appetite when the world is such a horror-show?  Plus VERY IMPORTANT Lucy and Laura life updates (and why I am taking my sartorial cues from custard. And, as usual, great snacks.  If you're a free subscriber, you'll hear a preview of today's episode. If you want to hear the whole thing, you can upgrade your subscription here. If you're already a paid subscriber, you should have received an email with an invite to your private RSS feed and instructions on how to add it to your podcast player (or you can listen to it on the website - click here). If you have any problems then email me on hello@laurathomasphd.co.uk. But fr, check your spam because it's probably there.

    5 min

  6. 7 JUN

    34: The Mental Load of Feeding a Family w/ Dietitian Maeve Hanan

    We all know that feeding kids is hard - aside from food neophobia, the constant shopping, cooking, cleaning up the mess, and and the worry of whether they're getting what they need, we have the mental load. All the tiny invisible mental notes, planning, prioritising, and juggling that add up throughout the day that can leave us feeling overwhelmed, exhausted, unsupported, and taken for granted. This week I'm talking to Registered Dietitian Maeve Hanan about something Kid Food Influencers rarely discuss or acknowledge: the mental load of feeding a family. We get into: 👉 The expectations vs. reality of feeding a family👉 Different types of labour in the home (visible and invisible)👉 How naming terms like 'mental load' and 'household manager' can help create more equal distribution of labour👉 How the mental load of feeding a family can influence our relationship with food👉 The unnecessary mental load we absorb from Kid Food Influencers👉 How ultra-processed foods have a role in reducing the mental load of feeding a family Read the transcript at canihaveanothersnack.com and sign up to get future 'sodes delivered to your inbox.Leave a rating and review in your podcast player to help more people find this pod!Follow Laura and Maeve on Instagram

    57 min

  7. 28 MAY

    Bonus: Beans! Beans! They're Good For Your Heart: Cholesterol 101

    HEYO! Surprise Tuesday bonus pod alert!! Lucy and I are back to take a deep dive into whether a diagnosis of 'high cholesterol' means you need to go on a diet. Listener M wrote in with the question: I'm very interested in the correlation between high cholesterol and what we eat. It seems to me that the high cholesterol always comes with the diet stuff. Less red meat, less fat in the diet, etc. Is this really true? It feels very shameful to have high cholesterol that you have somehow behaved badly. A sign (almost like being fat) that there is something wrong with you. (Or your diet.) Can you clear this up for me?' We went deep and discussed: 🫘 What a diagnosis of 'high cholesterol' really means♥️ What function cholesterol plays in the body (and why we need it!)🫘  The difference between HDL and LDL cholesterol (and why you can'd ascribe moral value to molecules that float around in your blood)♥️ Whether weight-loss actually helps lower cholesterol🫘 Some social and structural reasons we might experience higher LDL cholesterol♥️ How we can support our heart health sans diets🫘 Gentle nutrition pointers and some great recipe ideas for caring for ourselves if we have 'wonky' cholesterol This is a preview of a bonus episode for Snack Pack members. To upgrade your account and listen to the full episode in your own private RSS feed (as well as tons of other great perks) feed, click here. And head to Can I Have Another Snack? for the Cliff Notes version of this episode. If you're already a member of the Snack Pack, look in your email for an email from Transistor.fm for details of how to access your private RSS feed. Or login to your account at Can I Have Another Snack?

    7 min

  8. 17 MAY

    33: ALL OF THE SNACKS - Is it Time to Divest from Jeans?

    This is a preview of this month's All of The Snacks with Laura and Lucy. If you'd like to listen to the episode in full then click here to upgrade. And if you're already a paid up member of the Snack Pack, then check your email for instructions to add a private RSS feed to your podcast player, or login on Can I Have Another Snack? to listen there. Alright, this month we're talking about: 👉 Our thoughts on whether 'intuitive movement' is the 'right' way to approach exercise (and boy do we have feelings about this one!) 👉 Why baby food throwing food might not be the huge deal the internet would have you believe... 👉 Plus we lean into Lucy's clothes mending expertise to figure out what to do when we wear through the inner thighs of our jeans (a recurring theme in my life) 👉 And, ofc, we talk about ALL of the snacks. The ease with which I accept 'cheesy flapjacks' as an answer is honestly, astounding. C.C. Lucy, do we have a recipe for this??? 👉 Oh and a round of cheese or chocolate (IYKYK) if you'd like us to answer your question on next month's show, you can submit it here. Music used in this trailer "Study And Relax"Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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Can I Have Another Snack? podcast is an exploration of appetite, identity, and bodies. We talk about how we feed ourselves and our kids (in all senses of the word!), and the ingredients we need to survive in diet culture. We’re sitting with the questions: who or what are we nurturing? And who or what is nurturing us? Hosted by Laura Thomas - anti-diet nutritionist and author of the Can I Have Another Snack? newsletter. canihaveanothersnack.com

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  • Creator
    Laura Thomas, PhD, RNutr
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2024
  • Episodes
    44
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Laura Thomas
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    Can I Have Another Snack?

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