Repost: The Relationship Between Diet Culture & Wellness Culture, and How to Find a Supportive Anti-Diet Community

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Repost: The Relationship Between Diet Culture & Wellness Culture, and How to Find a Supportive Anti-Diet Community

Christy Harrison, MPH, RD

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Julia Turshen

Jul 19, 2024

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In this bonus episode excerpted from a cooking class and conversation with cookbook author Julia Turshen, Christy discusses the relationship between diet culture and wellness culture, the importance of community as an antidote to the individualism of wellness culture, some of the pitfalls of online communities and how to navigate them, and more. (For ac…

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Rethinking Wellness offers critical thinking and compassionate skepticism about wellness and diet culture, and reflections on how to find true well-being. We explore the science (or lack thereof) behind popular wellness diets, the role of influencers and social-media algorithms in spreading wellness misinformation, problematic practices in the alternative- and integrative-medicine space, how wellness culture often drives disordered eating, the truth about trending topics like gut health, how to avoid getting taken advantage of when you’re desperate for help and healing, and how to care for yourself in a deeply flawed healthcare system without falling into wellness traps.

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