#162: When Wellness Becomes BS w/ Christy Harrison, MPH, Registered Dietitian and Intuitive Eating Counselor

Christy Harrison, a pioneer in the anti-diet movement, has transformed the way I see food, weight, and health. Now she’s coming on the show to talk about THE WELLNESS TRAP, a hodgepodge of diet culture, disinformation, and dubious diagnoses. Many wellness solutions that promise “health and healing” are really just promoting a standard of health that’s unattainable, problematic, and harmful to your health.

You will learn...

- why diets and weight loss are NOT the solution to most all health concerns

- how the wellness world tricks us into dubious diagnoses and harmful approaches to “healing”

- who often falls into the wellness trap (and why YOU might have at times too…)

- how to think critically and employ scientific literacy

Remember: a healthy amount of skepticism will keep you from falling into the wellness trap. Not everything needs to be cured or healed, especially if the methods are scientifically unsound.

Christy Harrison, MPH, RD, is a registered dietitian nutritionist, certified intuitive eating counselor, and journalist who has been covering food, nutrition, and health for more than 20 years. She is the author of two books, [The Wellness Trap](https://christyharrison.com/the-wellness-trap) and [Anti-Diet](https://christyharrison.com/book-anti-diet-intuitive-eating-christy-harrison), and the producer and host of the podcasts [Rethinking Wellness](https://link.chtbl.com/rethinkingwellness) and [Food Psych](https://christyharrison.com/foodpsych), which have helped tens of thousands of people around the world think critically about diet and wellness culture and develop more peaceful relationships with food. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, SELF, BuzzFeed, Refinery29, Gourmet, Slate, the Food Network, and many other publications, and her work is regularly featured in national print and broadcast media. Learn more about Christy and her work at [christyharrison.com](http://christyharrison.com/)

Follow Christy on Instagram: @chr1styharrison

Learn more about Christy’s new book, The Wellness Trap: https://christyharrison.com/the-wellness-trap

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Mentioned in This Episode:

Fears About Food Additives (article written by Christy): https://christyharrison.ck.page/posts/fears-about-food-additives

Is Red Food Dye Dangerous? https://www.parentdata.org/p/is-red-food-dye-dangerous?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email