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Mar 3
2 min

Breaking free from the diet cycle

For many of us, diets make us think that they will help us to regain control of our eating. The reality is, diets can make us feel more o...

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kirstenvmaier

Feb 25
3 min

Diet schmiet – 4 top tips to ditch dieting mentality

Dieting for the purposes of intentional weight loss can be harmful. Dieting can lead to decreased self-esteem, irritability, anxiety, gui...

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kirstenvmaier

Feb 4
2 min

What is diet culture?

Diet culture has become so engrained in our society that it has become difficult to see exactly what it is and how it impacts us. Let’s s...

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kirstenvmaier

Jan 30
4 min

The truth about BMI

When it comes to working with folks and determining health status, there are many things that we can calculate and measure, but … Body Ma...

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kirstenvmaier

Jan 15
2 min

Why I am not the food police

As a dietitian, I sometimes hold back telling people this because common reactions are … “Oh gosh, you’d be horrified if I told you what ...

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kirstenvmaier

Jan 1
1 min

20 ideas to make 2020 the year for kindness

Hello 2020. Hello all the diet culture BS that comes with the new year. Rather than repeat that BS here, let’s think about other ways tha...

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