In this week’s episode, I am joined by Accredited Practicing Dietitian Jonathan Steedman (or Jono as he is more commonly known) to talk about diet culture. Jono is one of Australia’s leading male dietitians and is the head honcho at Bite Me Nutrition, a company determined to help more people make food work for them, not against them. He is also active on social media via his Instagram @jonosteedman where he can often be found debunking diet culture myths, reviewing food products, and sharing a meme or two. In this episode, we explore what diet culture is, why it is so harmful, and provide some practical tips for combating diet culture as we head into the New Year.

We discuss:

• What diet culture is (6:00)
• Why is diet culture is so harmful (7:40)
• The male experience with diet culture. Is it similar to the female experience? (10:00) 
• What diet culture looks like in everyday life (15:08) 
• The difference between diet culture and ‘healthy discipline’ (17:30)
• The psychological impact of the diet cycle (20:00)
• The Dunning Kruger Effect and how this plays out on social media (29:34) 
• The danger of ‘all or nothing’ thinking in relation to health and nutrition (33:00)
• How to spot diet culture in everyday life (34:46)
• Is it possible to reject diet culture completely or should we just learn to live with it? (40:20)
• Practical tips for rejecting diet culture (42:05)
• Debunking common diet culture myths (47:15)

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