No Sugar Coats No Sugar Coats
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- Health & Fitness
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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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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.
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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
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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. -
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/
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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/
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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