The line between eating ‘healthy’ and it becoming an unhealthy obsession, which impedes quality of life and mental health, can be hard to distinguish. In this blog, I share my …
wellness diets
WELLNESS DIETS
Wellness diets are lifestyle programs or meal plans that are often declared not to be a diet. However, they are generally ‘diets in disguise’ as they come with extensive food rules and perception of what health looks like. Wellness diets often perpetuate a pursuit of perfection and the same negative physiological and psychological consequences of diets. I discuss this in more detail in my book, Joyful Eating, in the section on optimal health.
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Health halo effect: how to stop it shaping your food choices and eating behaviour
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Is this food legal?
by Tansy Boggonby Tansy BoggonWhen the food rules of a diet are so strict that people wonder, ‘is this food legal’, it’s too restrictive. Recently I overheard someone say, ‘I’m not sure it’s legal’, …