Is Sugar Bad for You?

Sugar has been demonized in diet culture for the past several years, often being characterized with fear-mongering words like “toxic” or “poison”. Is sugar really as bad for you as you think?

Eating disorder Therapy, Body Love, diet culture, eating disorder recovery, Intuitive EatingAndi ButtsDecember 4, 2023nutrition counseling

How to Talk with Family Members Who Make Body Comments

Tired of facing body comments at Thanksgiving dinner or other family gatherings? Here’s how you can respond to family members who make body comments.

Body Love, Eating disorder Therapy, eating disorder recovery, diet cultureKristen PizzoAugust 17, 2022body image, body dysmorphia, body image therapy, body comments

When to Seek Help for Eating and Body Issues

Everyone struggles with eating and body issues to some extent, right? So when is it time to seek help for disordered eating and body image?

diet culture, Intuitive Eating, Online therapy, eating disorder recoveryKristen PizzoAugust 10, 2022body dysmorphia, body image issue, body image, body image therapy, dieting, diet culture, binge eating, eating disorder online support, eating disorder therapy

When Should You See a Dietitian?

Dietitians can be helpful if you are struggling with dieting, disordered eating, a diagnosed eating disorder, or figuring out what to eat in general.

Intuitive Eating, diet culture, eating disorder recoveryKristen PizzoJuly 21, 2022intuitive eating, dieting, registered dietitian, nutrition counseling, nutritionist, virtual nutritionist, virtual dietitian, eating disorder treatment

3 Reasons Why Thin Doesn't Mean Healthy

Being thin is often equated with being healthy, but ‘thin’ and ‘healthy’ aren’t synonymous. ‘Fat’ and ‘healthy’ aren’t mutually exclusive. Health is determined by more than just body size.

diet culture, eating disorder recoveryKristen PizzoJune 6, 2022HAES, health at every size, anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, body neutrality

Nutrition Therapy for Eating Disorder Recovery: What You Need to Know

Meal plans, intuitive eating, and everything else you need to know about nutrition counseling for eating disorder recovery.

diet culture, eating disorder recovery, Intuitive EatingKristen PizzoMarch 24, 2022dieting, registered dietitian, virtual dietitian, diet culture, eating disorder online support, eating disorder recovery, eating disorder treatment, intuitive eating

Eating Disorder Professionals on How the Field Has Changed

National Eating Disorder Awareness Week 2022 See the Change Be the Change: How the eating disorder field has changed according to eating disorder therapists and dietitians.

Eating disorder Therapy, diet culture, Body Love, Kindful Body CliniciansKristen PizzoFebruary 22, 2022eating disorders, eating disorder online support, eating disorder treatment, online eating disorder therapy, therapist

Unpacking Diet Culture With Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy

You can heal from diet culture, and Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy can help.

diet culture, Internal Family Systems, IFS TherapyMarcella CoxDecember 29, 2021diet culture, dieting, Internal Family Systems, IFS Therapy

How to Make Peace with Food During the Holidays

Many people struggle with food during the holidays. Here are some tips that will help you with your fear of overeating.

diet cultureKristen PizzoDecember 21, 2021binge eating, emotional eating, anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, holidays, eating disorders

Instagram: "We make body image issues worse for one in three teen girls."

There’s no doubt that Instagram is harmful to your body image. Here’s how you can build a healthy relationship with social media and protect your mental health.

Body Love, diet cultureKristen PizzoOctober 22, 2021body image issue, body image, social media, diet culture, depression, suicidality

Eating Disorders in the Hispanic/Latinx Community

Eating disorders like binge eating disorder and bulimia nervosa are prevalent in the Hispanic community.

diet cultureKristen PizzoSeptember 23, 2021binge eating disorder, binge eating, Hispanic, Latino, Latina

Are You Addicted to Exercise?

How much exercise is too much? Here are signs you may have an exercise addiction.

diet culture, Online therapyKristen PizzoJuly 27, 2021exercise, compulsive exercise, exercise addiction, eating disorders, obsessive compulsive disorder

Make 2019 Your Year of Diet Culture Recovery: Smash Your Scale

As the New Year rolls around, and we hear of all the ways people are resolving to eat or exercise differently, there’s one object that is the biggest source of anxiety and terror: Your scale. But here’s the thing: a scale is just a scale. It just measures your relationship to gravity in one moment in time. To make 2019 the year of your recovery from diet culture, it’s time to smash your scale.

self-compassion, diet culture, eating disorder recoveryMarcella CoxDecember 27, 2018kindful body, eating disorder recovery, recovery, diet culture