Today I'm talking to the brilliant Alison Perry, Instagrammer, writer, and host of the Not Another Mummy Podcast, about reclaiming your mojo mid-life, especially after having kids and entering the perimenopause.   

In this episode we discuss:

👉 Alison's peri journey so far, and how the peri space is rife with diet culture, toxic wellness messaging, and anti fatness                        

👉 Supporting kids in their changing bodies (especially when our own bodies are also changing)

👉 What it means to reclaim your confidence mid-life and embrace being fat and fabulous!

Come and let us know what you thought of the episode in the comments over on canihaveanothersnack.com. If you'd like to sign up to receive bonus podcasts from CIHAS, you can upgrade your subscription here.

It's time for your December instalment of ALL OF THE SNACKS. A paid subscriber-only bonus episode where myself and our audio engineer Lucy Dearlove answer listener questions.

In this episode we're getting festive and answering questions about:

👉 How to deal with comments from family about 'bad' foods, as well as setting boundaries about body talk over the holidays
👉 Our favourite festive foods 
👉 Mince pie propaganda
👉 Plus some great foodie-related gift suggestions for kids and adults 

Free subscribers can listen to a trailer of this episode above and if you'd like to listen in full and access the transcript for this episode, upgrade your membership here. As well as access to this episode, you'll unlock all my Dear Laura posts, Snacky Bits threads and loads more!

Let us know what you thought of the episode over at canihaveanothersnack.com.

Hey team and welcome to Can I Have Another Snack? and a bonus free pod for you.

This month we got sent a listener question about Emily Oster's take on a study about sugar rationing and whether that leads to better metabolic outcomes for kids. Since there is sooo much chat about sugar right now, we thought we'd answer it in a Rapid Response/Dear Laura/All of the Snacks mash up - so here it is, a bonus free podcast with my take on Emily O.

For paying subscribers, I go into a ton more depth in a Dear Laura post (dropping on Thursday) about the history of so-called ‘natural experiments’, what this study actually says, and Emily’s response. It’s a little less off-the-cuff than this conversation and digs into the nuance of how they reported the stats a bit more. If you're not yet a paying subscriber and want to read that, do the thing here.

Let me know what you thought of the episode over in the comments at canihaveanothersnack.com.

It's time for part 2 of our November ALL OF THE SNACKS podcast. If you missed part 1 then check it out on the CIHAS site, or scroll back in your podcast app. Part 1 was a available to all listeners, but part 2 is a paid subscriber-only bonus episode. 

In this episode, CIHAS audio engineer Lucy Dearlove and I answer your questions on:

👉 The trifecta that is PCOS, insulin resistance and perimenopause

👉 How to feed your kids when the internet tells us everything is bad for them

👉 Plus we take a trip down memory lane as we discuss nostalgic party food

Free subscribers can listen to a trailer of this episode above and if you'd like to listen in full and access the transcript for this episode, upgrade your membership here. As well as access to this episode, you'll unlock all my Dear Laura posts, Snacky Bits threads and loads more!

Ok so here's what happened: as we do every month, Lucy and I resolved to keep our answers snappy when we recorded our monthly ALL OF THE SNACKS episode. But instead we did the opposite and talked for like 90 mins. Rather than cutting a bunch of stuff, we decided to split the episode into two parts. 

Part 1 is here, right now where we're covering:
👉 our varying success at DIY
👉 whether glucosamine supps might actually (maybe) be worth a shot? 
👉 And what if your teen becomes obsessed with protein and gains.

In part 2 (dropping in 2 weeks), we're going to talk about:
👉 the trifecta that is PCOS, insulin resistance and perimenopause.
👉Plus how to feed your kids when *everything is bad for them*
👉 And finally, nostalgic party foods

Part 2 will be for paid dudes only. Get that and our monthly back catalogue of All Of The Snacks episodes with myself and Lucy by becoming a member of the Snack Pack. It's £5/mo or £50 per year and you get access to the entire CIHAS universe, including weekly discussion threads and my monthly advice column, Dear Laura. 

Enjoy the show!

P.S. Don't forget to drop your questions for me and Lucy here, or for Dear Laura here. 

Today I'm talking to nutritionist Jennifer Nash (who is also the newest member of the CIHAS team). In this conversation we're talking about the NCMP, particularly the research Jennifer undertook as part of her Masters course, as well as the work Jennifer has done with Body Happy Org to address some of the issues with the way nutrition is taught in schools.

In this episode we discuss:

👉 Jennifer's recent research into experiences of the NCMP and the harm that appears to be being caused by this programme
👉 Some of the issues with how nutrition is taught in primary schools     
👉 The food-positive scheme of work Jennifer created for Body Happy Org                                                                                                             
👉 How we can tell our teachers and schools about these resources to help foster a body- and food-positive culture in schools

Come and let us know what you thought of the episode in the comments over on canihaveanothersnack.com. If you'd like to sign up to receive bonus podcasts from CIHAS, you can upgrade your subscription here.

Hey-O. Lucy and I are BACK with your October instalment of ALL OF THE SNACKS - a bonus pod for paying subscribers where we answer YOUR questions. 

This month we're answering Qs about:

👉 The problems with how kids get fed at school, and advocating for your kids if they get hungry during the school day
👉 Whether we need to worry about glucose spikes like the Glucose Goddess tells us (and if its relevant for two year-olds?!)
👉 The difference between boundaries and restrictions when feeding kids, along with personal insight into the boundaries in our home
👉 Plus a cookbook and film recommendation

To listen to the full episode, upgrade your membership here. Paying subscribers have full access to listen on the website or in your podcast player via an invite with a private RSS feed (please get in touch at [email protected] if you're having any trouble with this!) Come and let us know what you thought of this episode in the comments at canihaveanothersnack.com.

This episode is a rerun of my conversation last year with the fantastic Molly Forbes, journalist, campaigner and non-profit founder. She's the author of the book Body Happy Kids: How to help children and teens love the skin they're in and now Every Body, a book for 9-12 year olds helping them learn that body differences should be celebrated. She's also the Founding Director of The Body Happy Organisation CIC, a social enterprise dedicated to promoting positive body image in children.

In this episode Molly and I discuss:

 👉 What the NCMP is, what it looks like in different schools and some of the issues associated with it
👉 Why you might want to opt your kid out and how you even do that
👉 What you can do if you’re worried about your child feeling left out if they’re the only ones left in the classroom

I really hope you will share this episode with your school WhatsApp group, your friendship group and with the teachers in your schools to help end the tyranny of the NCMP. You can also share Body Happy Org and Anybody UK’s informed decision making pack and my writing on the NCMP.

Today I'm talking to the incredible Alex Light, a body acceptance advocate and author of You Are Not a Before Picture. In this conversation we're talking about all the really insidious and toxic messaging we get around postpartum bodies. 

In this episode we discuss:

👉 Snapback culture and the horrendous ways it shows up for birthing people

👉 How our bodies can change during and after pregnancy and the shame often associated with this

👉 The anti-fatness of '9 months in, 9 months out' pictures

👉 Ways to help protect your embodiment in the postpartum period

Come and let us know what you thought of the episode in the comments over on canihaveanothersnack.com. If you'd like to sign up to receive bonus podcasts from CIHAS, you can upgrade your subscription here.

You can follow Alex on Instagram here and Laura, over here

Hey-O. Lucy and I are BACK with your July installment of ALL OF THE SNACKS - a bonus pod for paying subscribers where we answer YOUR questions. 

This month we're answering Qs about:

👉 How to talk to kids about oral health without falling into the diet culture trap and scaremongering sugar

👉 What toxic wellness things we can’t let go of

👉 How to tell when a nutrition ‘expert’ is legit or just a quack

👉 And some thoughts on supporting Autistic kids who seem ‘insatiable’

👉 Plus a controversial snack…

Come and let us know what you thought of this episode in the comments at canihaveanothersnack.com
If you'd like to listen to this episode in full then upgrade your membership here. 

If you're already a paid subscriber, you should have received an email with an invite to your private RSS feed and instructions on how to add it to your podcast player (or you can listen to it on the website - click here). If you have any problems then email me on [email protected]. But fr, check your spam because it's probably there.