Millennial Body Image Project

We’re getting back to the neutral nutrition + Whole-Hearted Eating™ basics this week with a solo episode talking about food sensitivities vs intolerances vs allergies and food sensitivity testing! This is always a highly requested topic so I wanted to dig into the details for you guys. We’re discussing:

What are food sensitivities, food intolerances, and allergies, and where do they come from

What the key differences between these are (and why these differences matters)

**food sensitivities and intolerances are used interchangeably a lot but they are NOT THE SAME THING.

What food sensitivity testing can and can’t tell you, and whether or not these tests are worth it

What to do with the results for these kinds of tests (hint: it’s not a restrictive eliminate all-the-things diet to try and ‘fix’ your body)

* The impact of food sensitivity testing on our relationship with food, and how these tests can play into the on-again-off-again trap of yo-yo elimination diets

* How stress around certain foods can mimic the symptoms of a food sensitivity or intolerance 

Keep in mind while listening to this episode – food sensitivities are a symptom of a deeper issue, not a root cause of the issues you’re experiencing in the first place. Yes, having a sensitivity to dairy can contribute to your skin breaking out, for example, BUT that doesn’t tell you why you’re sensitive to dairy in the first place (most likely something rooted in the gut or the liver), so cutting out that food alone isn’t going to fix the root of the problem.  

Resources mentioned in this episode:

* Whole-Hearted Eating™ + Neutral Nutrition Newsletter: Join here!

* The Non-Diet Community on Facebook 

* Codependency and the Nervous System, and Managing Stress in a Pandemic with Victoria Albina

* Losing weight won’t fix your hormones, and the impact of fasting on women’s health with Amanda Montalvo

* Stressful season toolkit and the gut-brain + stress + hormones connection with Kaely McDevitt

Kaely McDevitt is a dietitian specializing in women’s health, specifically gut and hormone health and we’re digging deep into some neutral nutrition science today. But first, we’re starting off by chatting about why we have such a big disconnect with our bodies and our relationship with food. 

We also discuss: 

Seasons of stress

How different stress inputs (even ones that you might not necessarily consider stressful) can throw off our health, our brains, and our hormones

Practical tips & tools we can use to help manage those stresses – the “stressful season toolkit”

What exactly happens to the body when our stress bucket is overflowing?

How gut health can impact your stress, and how your stress can impact your gut health 

The gut-brain connection and the functions of the vagus nerve (the information superhighway between your gut/digestive system and the brain)

Signs your gut bacteria might be out of balance 

Hang out with Kaely!

Website: www.kaelyrd.com 

Instagram: @kaelyrd

More episodes about stress, your stressful season toolkit + gut health:

* 43 | the Self-Care Epidemic & Your Stress Bucket

* 90 | Gut health on the road + managing stress while traveling

* 97 | Cortisol, Your Stress Response, and your Brain on Birth Control with Dr. Sarah Hill

* 45 | Weight vs Health and the impact of body image stress on weight with Amy of Wilder Nutrition

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This week we have a fun episode about allergen-friendly treats since it’s the week of Halloween! In my practice I have a lot of clients who are both trying to break out of the cycle of elimination diets, heal their relationship with food…AND they have a chronic illness, autoimmune disease, or other symptoms that are easier to manage by being gluten-free or allergen-friendly diet. You CAN practice Whole-Hearted Eating™ if you have celiac, don’t tolerate gluten well, have nut allergies, choose to be a vegan for ethical reasons, don’t eat something for religious reasons, etc.

How do you manage different food intolerances or dietary choices for various reasons if you’ve been working on NOT eliminating foods and food groups to try and get out of the good vs. bad mentality, especially when certain foods can trigger your symptoms? One great way to do this is to having allergen-friendly dessert options (that actually taste GREAT and not like cardboard), or other things like pasta, breads, etc. that are normally ‘off-limits’ or NO foods when from diet culture. Incorporating these kinds of foods can be really important to help take the fear away from those foods, and can be part of a plan to help heal your relationship with food while working on your symptoms as well.

Today’s guest is Brittany Baker, a former New York lawyer turned baker and the founder of FOMO baking co. – which specializes in fresh-baked, allergen-friendly cookie bites (and yes, they deliver)! On today’s episode we’re talking about celiac disease testing, false positives and negatives, cross-contamination and the importance of “gluten free” vs. certified gluten-free with a true allergy or celiac, and why it’s so hard for those with celiac or true food allergies to find safe food at restaurants and bakeries, even if they say they have gluten-free options.

Hang out with Brittany & FOMO Baking Co.!

* Discount for Real Talk with Dana listeners – REALTALK15 for 15% off your order at www.fomobaking.com

* Instagram: @fomobakingco

Meredith McKinney is a dietitian who works with women and athletes to bridge science with intuition and find an attuned way of living free of dieting, restriction, and food/body obsession. On the show today we’re discussing the female athlete triad, non-diet nutrition for athletes, and how to approach nutrition in a neutral, non-restrictive way for those who just like to exercise and move their bodies!

We’re also chatting about how being an athlete can disconnect you from being able to listen to your body around movement and food, and the biggest mistakes we see people making in the nutrition for sports/exercise fields. Hint: Eating for performance does not mean restrictive eating.

Want more? Join the *free* Non-Diet Community on Facebook for episode discussion + support!

Have a topic you’d love me to cover? email me at [email protected] OR comment on a podcast episode blog post (linked below) with your idea! If you love the podcast, please subscribe to get all new episodes and write a five-star rating & review on iTunes – you guys are the beeeest.

Hang out with Meredith!

* Instagram: @neutralnutrition

* Website: www.neutralnutrition.com 

Meredith McKinney is a Registered Dietitian supporting women and athletes bridge science with intuition to find an attuned way of living free of dieting, restriction, and food/body obsession. Meredith provides nutrition counseling with a focus in food relationship work and body image for women and athletes who are consumed by their body and food choices. 

Interested in more about non-diet nutrition for athletes? Check out these episodes!

Abfluencers and nutrition myth busting with Laura Ligos

Losing weight won’t fix your hormones, and the impact of fasting on women’s health with Amanda Montalvo

Listener Questions: Adrenal fatigue, body image and the fear of gaining weight

More resources on instagram for non-diet nutrition tailed for athletes:

@theviragoproject

@noperiodnowwhat

@thehiddenopponent

@uncsportsnutrition

Cristina Hoyt is back on the show today to talk about Whole-hearted Eating ™: the philosophy we created together that describes exactly how we approach nutrition (through an evidence-based, non-diet, weight-inclusive, HAES lens) on this podcast, working with individual clients, in our group coaching programs. It grew out of a need and void that we saw in the intuitive eating and integrative health and nutrition worlds, because on the one hand Intuitive eating doesn’t talk about integrative nutrition or symptom management in a holistic, integrative approach. And on the other hand, in the integrative nutrition and health world, most practitioners are not using a HAES, weight-inclusive, neutral nutrition approach. In fact, more often than not, the integrative nutrition and health world encourages morality around food and body size – by demonizing certain foods with elimination protocols, ‘food as medicine’, etc. 

So – what does Whole-Hearted Eating™ actually look like in practice, and how can you get there? Listen to learn about the prerequisites that inform the Whole-Hearted Eating™ philosophy and 4 pillars of Whole-Hearted Eating™!

Mentioned on the show today:

* Join our Non-Diet Facebook Group for community support + discussion on these episodes! – bit.ly/nondietcommunity

* Learn more about Whole-Hearted Eating™ – www.wholeheartedeating.com

* Hang out with Cristina: @cristinahoytnurtition & www.cristinahoyt.com 

* Whole-Hearted Eating Course

* Dr. Kristen Neff’s Self-Compassion Quiz

Interested in learning more? Schedule a free discovery session to learn how you can work with us 1×1 for personalized nutrition support.

You’ll love these too!

* So you want to lose weight, with Cristina Hoyt

* Why intuitive eating isn’t working for you

Amanda Montalvo is a women’s health dietitian that helps women get to the root cause of hormone imbalances and have healthy menstrual cycles using a non-diet, functional medicine approach. In today’s episode we’re chatting about the most common hormonal imbalances women experience and the common mistakes they make while trying to fix them with food and supplements. Amanda talks about why most people would do well to unlearn everything they have been taught for nutrition for hormone health in order to truly heal, and how using ‘food as medicine’ can be a bandaid-type approach that doesn’t get to the root cause of your hormonal issues. Amanda is also giving some great practical tools that you can use to assess your hormone health at home!

We’re also digging into:

* why weight loss is not going to fix your hormone health

* the impact of fasting on women’s health

* the connection between cortisol, your thyroid, and sex hormones

* how stress about food and your body can be enough to throw your hormones off

* why so many people who do crossfit or other types of high intensity training end up with severe hormonal and gut issues. 

HANG OUT WITH AMANDA!

* Instagram: @hormonehealingrd or @healthyperiodprotocol 

* Website: https://www.hormonehealingrd.com/ 

* Nutrition Myth Busters – Hormone Health 

* Course: Nutrition Strategies for Better Periods

If you guys want some community support or a place for discussion on these episodes, you can join the **free** non-diet community group on Facebook! Cristina Hoyt and I are in there posting every week, answering your clinical nutrition questions, and dishing out weekly body image tips, non-diet recipes. Click this link to join!

Have a topic you’d love me to cover? email me at [email protected] OR comment on a podcast episode blog post with your idea!

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Emily Vazquez is a dietitian and food freedom coach who helps her clients end the binge-restrict cycle. On today’s episode we’re chatting about how different types of restriction can lead to binge eating – for example, you can still binge even if you think you’re eating enough, if you think you’re eating things in moderation, etc. And what is mental restriction, anyway? 

We also discuss approaching foods (especially things like treats) with a diet mentality vs. a food freedom mentality, and how to get there. And a super important topic I know you guys are going to want to hear about – we talk about the fear of weight gain, how that fear can keep people with one foot in yo-yo dieting and one foot in trying out a neutral approach to food and nutrition – all the while preventing you from making a full recovery and getting out of the chronic dieting space. Emily is also giving some tips for coping with weight gain if that has been a part of your journey towards recovery.

If you guys want some community support or a place for discussion on these episodes, you can join the **free** non-diet community group on Facebook! Cristina Hoyt and I are in there posting every week, answering your clinical nutrition questions, and dishing out weekly body image tips, non-diet recipes. Click this link to join!

Hang out with Emily!

* Instagram: @emmysyummys

* Website: www.emmysyummysnutrition.com

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Today’s podcast guest is Maria Sylvester Terry, a registered dietitian dedicated to sharing a message of food freedom through myth-busting and, of course, her wild case of the sillies. We have some fun conversations on the show today on what real nutrition science says about fad diets, diet culture vs. healthism, and some of the major problems with social media in the age of ‘everyone is an expert’. Specifically, we’re touching on the problems with ‘what I eat in a day’ posts (and how they perpetuate healthism and the blame game in responsibility and health), //  how “I did it, and so can you!” is *not* a nutrition or fitness credential and how these kinds of posts (hint: shady marketing to get you to buy stuff) are not only harmful but they also perpetuate false information that doesn’t hold up to true, evidence-based nutrition science. Finally, we’re chatting about cravings – why they’ve been demonized by diet and wellness culture, what cravings really mean, and what they can tell you about what your body may need.

Mentioned on today’s show:

The problem with ‘what I eat in a day’ posts

Healthism

Hang out with Maria!

* Instagram: @vitamin_ri

* Newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/55bb98da7cea/signmeup

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Sarah Speers is an Energy Work Practitioner & Coach who specializes in food, eating and body issues, and managing stress and emotional overwhelm. Sarah takes a unique approach that fuses traditional modalities with alternative energy healing techniques, such as Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT), Emotion Code and Reiki to help individuals access the energetic component of mental, emotional and physical issues. Today, we’re talking about how you can incorporate energy work to help in healing your relationship with food and your body, and other complicated topics like anxiety and past trauma. We’re also chatting about the disease of “I’m not good enough”, how our food issues are about WAY more than food, and why it’s so important to forgive yourself for having eating and body image struggles.

PS – Feel like you’ve tried intuitive eating and it just isn’t working for you? You threw away all the rules, you’re eating all the things, and sitting here thinking to yourself – when will this stop? This feels like a never-ending food fest of all the things  not supposed to be eating. When will I start to feel good?

If this is you, check out the FREE webinar recording –  How Intuitive Eating Leads Back to Dieting {and what to do about it}! More info + sign up here!

Want to learn more about energy healing for food issues? Hang out with Sarah!

* Website: www.sarahspeers.com

* Instagram: @sarah__speers

* Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/supportHER/

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Feel like you’ve tried intuitive eating and it just isn’t working for you? You threw away all the rules, you’re eating all the things, and sitting here thinking to yourself – when will this stop? This feels like a never-ending food fest of all the things  not supposed to be eating. When will I start to feel good?

If this is you, check out the FREE webinar on Wednesday, September 9th –  How Intuitive Eating Leads Back to Dieting {and what to do about it}! More info + sign up here! –> https://motivated-inventor-8327.ck.page/61c9c00835

Today’s guest is registered dietitian Vanessa Rissetto, and we’re having a fun chat today about building a business in the age of influencers vs. practitioners, and how to learn to sort through information overload in the nutrition world? We’re also chatting about medical nutrition therapy and how to use food as medicine for chronic medical conditions like diabetes and Crohn’s disease without falling into the all-or-nothing mentality.

Have a topic you’d love me to cover? email me at [email protected] OR comment on a podcast episode blog post (linked below) with your idea!

LISTEN TO REAL TALK WITH DANA ON ITUNES HERE !

LISTEN ON STITCHER HERE !

CHECK OUT THE SHOW ON SPOTIFY HERE!!

If you love the podcast, please subscribe to get all new episodes and write a five-star rating & review on iTunes – you guys are the beeeest.

Hang out with Vanessa!

* Culina Health

* Instagram: @vanessarissettord