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Everyone wants to live their healthiest life. But what does "healthy" even mean? Is there one "healthy" way to be? Looking on social media, everyone has their own opinion on the "best" way to be healthy. The truth is that most of what you see on social media and online in regard to health and wellness is disinformation at its worst and biased reviews of research at its best. With a wealth of experience in the public and writing health sectors, Staci uses stories from her own chronic health journey to help you reclaim your grip on a healthy relationship with food and your body.

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Everyone wants to live their healthiest life. But what does "healthy" even mean? Is there one "healthy" way to be? Looking on social media, everyone has their own opinion on the "best" way to be healthy. The truth is that most of what you see on social media and online in regard to health and wellness is disinformation at its worst and biased reviews of research at its best. With a wealth of experience in the public and writing health sectors, Staci uses stories from her own chronic health journey to help you reclaim your grip on a healthy relationship with food and your body.

    S3,E1: Always vs. Sometimes Foods

    S3,E1: Always vs. Sometimes Foods

    There are no "bad" and "good" foods. And this episode will teach you why and how you should look at foods instead.

    • 7 min
    S2,E8: Retraining the Weigh You Think

    S2,E8: Retraining the Weigh You Think

    References:

    Habits:

    https://www.healthline.com/health/the-science-of-habit#1

    https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0234097&utm_source=npr_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20201229

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9117234/

     

    Dopamine detox:

    https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/dopamine-fasting-misunderstanding-science-spawns-a-maladaptive-fad-2020022618917

    https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/dopamine-detox#what-it-is

    https://www.healthday.com/health-news/mental-health/pooch-power-relax-brainwaves-begin-when-folks-play-with-dogs

     

    Body shaming impacts:

    https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1356647/full

     

    Retraining brain:https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/what-mentally-strong-people-dont-do/201710/how-train-your-brain-think-differently

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8192763/

    https://www.cognifit.com/brain-games

     

     

     

     

    • 9 min
    S2,E7: Disordered Eating

    S2,E7: Disordered Eating

    References:

     

    Mental Health and Disordered Eating:

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10044389/

     

    Groups at Most Risk for Disordered Eating:

    https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25312748/

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7918293/

    https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35799224/

    https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36832508/

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7746069/

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6777752/

     

    Menopause and disordered eating:

    https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31264039/

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9092875/

     

    Causes of disordered eating:

    https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33720460/

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8745028/

     

    Apps, social media, and disordered eating:

    https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31797420/

    https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34543856/

    https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31671857/

    https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21382233/

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6861923/

     

    Food rules and disordered eating:

    https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23121786/

     

    Types of disordered eating:

    https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/orthorexia/

    https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/eating-disorders/symptoms-causes/syc-20353603

     

    Disordered eating prevention:

    https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/prevention/#:~:text=Prevention%20efforts%20may%20involve%20reducing%20negative%20risk%20factors%2C,intuitive%20eating%20and%20appreciation%20for%20the%20body%E2%80%99s%20functionality.

    • 9 min
    S2,E6: Ditching Food Rules

    S2,E6: Ditching Food Rules

    References:

     

    Unhealthy food rules:

    https://www.npr.org/2021/12/23/1067210075/what-if-the-best-diet-is-to-reject-diet-culture

    https://nutrition.arizona.edu/news/2020/07/food-rules-what-are-they-how-we-challenge-them

     

    Good food rules:

    https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29779673/

     

    Disordered eating:

    https://mcpress.mayoclinic.org/nutrition-fitness/what-is-disordered-eating-and-when-does-it-become-an-eating-disorder/

    https://eatingdisordersupport.ca/fear-foods-food-rules/

    https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/disordered-eating

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8308631/

     

    Repression:

    https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-3-319-24612-3_1423

     

    Inflammation and depression:

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6905209/#:~:text=There%20is%20growing%20evidence%20of%20the%20association%20between,depressive%20symptoms%20may%20be%20caused%20by%20chronic%20stress.

    https://openaccesspub.org/international-journal-of-psychotherapy-practice-and-research/article/999

     

    Heart disease and skipping meals:


    https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35964910/#:~:text=Skipping%20breakfast%20was%20associated%20with%20increased%20risk%20of,adjacent%20meals%20was%20associated%20with%20higher%20all-cause%20mortality.

     

    Mortality risk and carbohydrates in diet:

    https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32744579/

     

    Ultra processed foods and chronic disease:

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7551378/#:~:text=It%20was%20confirmed%20that%20frequent%20consumption%20of%20ultra-processed,thus%20increasing%20the%20risk%20of%20several%20diet-related%20diseases.

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7399967/

     

    • 10 min
    S2,E5: Listening to Your Body

    S2,E5: Listening to Your Body

    References:

    How to understand and identify hunger cues:

    DeVille DC, Erchull MJ, Mailloux JR. Intuitive eating
    mediates the relationship between interoceptive accuracy and eating disorder
    risk. Eat Behav. 2021 Apr;41:101495. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33713922/

    https://extension.usu.edu/nutrition/research/learning-listening-hunger-fullness-cues

    https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/intuitive-eating/

    https://www.pennmedicine.org/updates/blogs/health-and-wellness/2020/april/how-to-understand-hunger-cues

    https://healthnews.com/nutrition/healthy-eating/physical-vs-psychological-hunger-how-do-i-assess-my-hunger-cues/

    Appetite disinhibition and obesity:

     https://www.nature.com/articles/s41366-020-00735-9

    Listening to your body:

    https://www.mindful.org/manage-stress-listening-body/

     

     

     

     

     

    • 9 min
    S2,E4: Truth About Dieting

    S2,E4: Truth About Dieting

    References:



    Healthy Eating principles:

    https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36871888/

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7071223/

    Dietitian statistics:

    https://www.jandonline.org/article/S2212-2672(21)01258-2/fulltext



    Carbohydrates:

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK459280/



    Protein:

    https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26797090/

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5872778/

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK555990/



    Fats:

    https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33789278/



    Weight Cycling:

    https://nutritionandmetabolism.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12986-023-00731-6



    Disordered Eating and Fad diets:
    https://clindiabetesendo.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40842-023-00152-7



    Keto diet:

    https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37271018/

    https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12916-023-02874-y

    https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33317019/



    Low fat diet:

    https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnut.2022.987921/full

     

     

     

    • 10 min

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