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As a dietitian who believes in non-diet, non-weight focused nutrition, I often find myself explaining my position on intentional weight loss to casual acquaintances who always want to talk to me about weight loss. It usually starts out with someone else bringing up the topic after they have discovered I am a dietitian (there is […]

Congratulations, You Just Cured Obesity

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With (U.S.) Thanksgiving here and Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanzaa/Pancha Ganapati/ Dies Natalis Solis Invicti/Saturnalia/Festivus (apologies if I missed yours) right around the corner, we’re about to face a lot of eating events. Start panicking now! Wait, we’re not on diets here. Alright everyone, as you were. If you are a diet survivor, though, you might still suffer some […]

Your No-Diet Holiday Eating Guide

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Aaron Flores, RDN and I are back with Episode 2 of Dietitians Unplugged Podcast, in which we talk about why dieting and weight loss don’t work long-term, and the science that backs it up, courtesy of the excellent book Secrets From the Eating Lab: The Science of Weight Loss, the Myth of Willpower, and Why […]

Dietitians Unplugged Podcast – Episode 2: The Science of Weight Loss

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Hey guys! I’m a little late with the blog this week because I was in NYC this weekend, which, among many other awesome things, may be the official home of the street meat! And here I am, eating a hot dog on the steps of The Met. Sooo New Yorky! But obviously this hot dog […]

To Eat Meat or to Not Eat Meat: You Still Die Anyway

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So, I just found out from this blog that The Switch Witch is actually a thing. It’s a Halloween thing, and it’s kind of a horrible thing, but not in the fun Halloween way. What’s The Switch Witch? Apparently it’s the Halloween version of The Tooth Fairy, except in my opinion way weirder. After kids have […]

Like Stealing Candy from Babies

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Nothing reminds me that we live within a dysfunctional food culture so much as a dinner with people from another country. My good friend from Iran, who is also a dietitian, invited us to a party at her apartment recently. Her brother (also from Iran) was there, as well as her husband and cousin who […]

Dinner in Tehran

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As summer gives way to fall (well, not in LA, it is still blazing hot as I write this in the middle of October), I’m thinking back to my August staycation-vacation. One of the reasons I love staycationing in LA is that it’s got everything I love in a vacation: heat, beach and no need […]

Boogie Boards, Bicycles and Body Image

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One of the great things about Twitter is that you can get into interesting debates with all sorts of people who don’t agree with you. I actually think that is totally fun! One of the conversations I found myself in recently was with someone who was adamant that everyone should give up sugar (the glucose-fructose […]

The True Food Believers

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Welcome to the Dietitians Unplugged Podcast! Join us as my friend and colleague Aaron Flores, RDN and I shoot the breeze about Health at Every Size®, Intuitive Eating and body positivity!

Dietitians Unplugged Podcast – Episode 1

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Join us as we explore the idea of health and wellness from a new perspective. Each episode we will discuss topics that we hope to help you improve your health, body image and fitness without obsessing on the scale or counting calories. We believe in Health at Every Size®, Intuitive Eating, and body positivity and we want to help you build the confidence to ditch the scale, and embrace your health without shaming your body.

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