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    Join BFF’s and registered dietitian nutritionists Wendy Lopez and Jessica Jones as they talk to different health & nutrition experts about how we can live healthier, more balanced lives. No restrictive diets or quick fixes here.

    The Food Heaven Podcast dives into topics like health at every size (HAES), food & culture, intuitive eating, and body acceptance. If you’re looking for a sustainable and inclusive path to wellness, hang out with Wendy and Jess every Wednesday to learn how to take care of yourself from the inside out.

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    FREE WEBINAR FOR BIPOC 🙌🏽🙌🏾🙌🏿 (k FREE WEBINAR FOR BIPOC 🙌🏽🙌🏾🙌🏿 (keep reading for deets...) When I first got started as a dietitian, I thought that disordered eating, which can manifest as chronic yo-yo dieting and/or anxiety around food, was an affluent white woman problem. In my mind, Black, Latinx and other folks of color didn’t have the same issues around food. I was wrong. The problem is, I was using the media as a reference point for what disordered eating was who was affected by it. We’ve all seen that depiction of a frail white female college student with an eating disorder, right? But as I started to learn more, and eventually specialize in disordered eating in BIPOC folks, I realized that this is not always how eating issues show up for us. Disordered eating for BIPOC folks can stem from: ✔️ Growing up with food insecurity, which studies suggest is associated with increased binge eating ✔️Being forced to “finish your plate” even if you are already full ✔️Constantly getting unsolicited body comments from family members, which can impact your food choices ✔️Having immigrant parents who put pressure on you to not gain weight in order to assimilate and “not take up space” ✔️Feeling uncomfortable being the only BIPOC person in the class/neighborhood/community ✔️Never ending weight and race related microaggressions from health care providers, which keep you on the diet train ✔️A history of poverty trauma that manifests as perfectionism (especially around work and academic achievements), leading to limited time for self-care What’s more, many of my Black and Brown clients don't feel comfortable working with a non-BIPOC dietitian for fear of being judged, misunderstood or shamed for being in a larger body. This is why I dedicated my private practice to helping people from diverse backgrounds improve their health while healing their relationship with food. If you are a person of color struggling with chronic dieting, and want to get to a place of food freedom, I invite you to join my FREE live workshop next Tuesday, September 21st, at 4pm PST / 7pm EST. Register @ www.foodpositive.club See you there?? ❤️ Jess
    Today we're re-airing one of our favorite episodes Today we're re-airing one of our favorite episodes! 🙌🏾 We talked with Sabrina Strings, an Asst. Professor of Sociology about the racial origins of fat phobia. Fearing the Black Body is her first book and it's a necessary read (especially for people working in healthcare!) She digs deep into the history of the white, thin ideal and how it's directly related to our society's disgust for black bodies. Do yourself a favor and get that book now! In the meantime, tune into the episode. In This Episode We’ll Cover: ⭐️The fascinating (and infuriating) origins of weight bias and the thin ideal – it goes further back than you think ⭐️How this history affects our relationship to food and our bodies ⭐️Why BMI is an arbitrary measure of overall health and mortality ⭐️How racial bias in research is a problem and what to do about it ⭐️My (Jess) most EMBARRASSING body-image related highschool secret (that I legit almost edited this out of the episode) ⭐️& MORE! 3 Ways You Can Support This Podcast: • Rate • Review • Support our sponsors using our unique ‘HOOKUP’ codes below HOOKUP CODES:  • Seed.com/foodheaven code FOODHEAVEN to get 20% off your first month of Seed’s Daily Synbiotic  • Go to mzwallace.com/foodheaven for 15% off your first purchase  For our resources and shownotes, visit foodheavenmadeeasy.com/podcast.
    Are we team drake or Kanye rn? @themotherroaddieti Are we team drake or Kanye rn? @themotherroaddietitian slayed with this excellent graphic featuring some of our favorite body image/intuitive eating books and podcasts! See any favorites? If you’re looking for reading material, go grab you a few of these 😍
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