33 min

[REPOST] Parenting Amidst Diet Culture with Virginia Sole-Smith and Amy Palanjian Sunny Side Up Nutrition

    • Nutrition

About our guests: Virginia Sole-Smith is a journalist and author of The Eating Instinct: Food Culture, Body Image and Guilt in America. She is a frequent contributor to the The New York Times parenting section, and many other publications. Amy Palanjian, is a writer, editor and recipe developer. She is the founder of Yummy Toddler Food, a site filled with practical feeding advice, as well as Yummy Family Food, a site aimed at helping families lessen the stress around eating.
In this episode Elizabeth, Anna L., Virginia & Amy discuss:
Evolving philosophies about food, particularly after becoming a parent How being too controlling and obsessing over “healthy eating” typically backfires The immense pressure from diet culture to be the “perfect” parent How the culture of “clean eating” negatively affects our children The connection between Orthorexia and Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) How taking pleasure in food is fundamental to the way kids eat and how we all interact with food The danger of unqualified people sharing nutrition advice Links:
Virginia Sole-Smith
Amy Palanjian
Amy's Forthcoming Cookbook, Food Play (Available Nov. 10th!)
Yummy Toddler Food
Yummy Family Food
Sunny Side Up Nutrition
Pinney Davenport Nutrition
Lutz Alexander Nutrition Therapy

About our guests: Virginia Sole-Smith is a journalist and author of The Eating Instinct: Food Culture, Body Image and Guilt in America. She is a frequent contributor to the The New York Times parenting section, and many other publications. Amy Palanjian, is a writer, editor and recipe developer. She is the founder of Yummy Toddler Food, a site filled with practical feeding advice, as well as Yummy Family Food, a site aimed at helping families lessen the stress around eating.
In this episode Elizabeth, Anna L., Virginia & Amy discuss:
Evolving philosophies about food, particularly after becoming a parent How being too controlling and obsessing over “healthy eating” typically backfires The immense pressure from diet culture to be the “perfect” parent How the culture of “clean eating” negatively affects our children The connection between Orthorexia and Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) How taking pleasure in food is fundamental to the way kids eat and how we all interact with food The danger of unqualified people sharing nutrition advice Links:
Virginia Sole-Smith
Amy Palanjian
Amy's Forthcoming Cookbook, Food Play (Available Nov. 10th!)
Yummy Toddler Food
Yummy Family Food
Sunny Side Up Nutrition
Pinney Davenport Nutrition
Lutz Alexander Nutrition Therapy

33 min