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Life"s too short to count almonds

Join non-diet dietitians Meg and Susan as we chat over food and body issues and help you find ways to defend your family against dieting, disordered eating and navigate a really difficult food culture.

health & fitness nutrition

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S3 Ep 24 Dietitians Unite?

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2024/06/05

Today we chat about a recent Dietitians conference that we attended. It was a mixed bag and the ongoing clash of weight centric and weigh inclusive ways of practicing was obvious once again.We also talk about our change.org petition we have just started to make some noise and try to have 'That Sugar Film' removed from being showed in classrooms across the country. Is remains listed as a 'key resource' in the Australian Curriculum and it has to go! Please sign and share the petition that

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S3 Ep22 That is not Tiramisu

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2024/05/29

Is it rage bait ordisordered eating?Today we chat about social media....again! Yep, it's a constant source of topics, interest, joy and well, rage. The constant trend of people trying to make 'healthy' versions of classic food. This week it was a horrible looking concoction of rice cakes, yoghurt and cocoa to make 'Tiramisu'...no thanks! . But what can we learn from it and other social media trends, and, aswe are in the middle of running our Non-Diet program for parent's of teens how can

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S3 E21 : Carnivore is over but the harm continues

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2024/05/22

*********We're really pleased to announce doors are open to Lifeguards : The Non-Diet Way for Parent's of Teens. Use the code LGPOD for 20% of the course price. You can find more information and sign up herehttps://www.megandsusan.co/lifeguardsDoors close midnight Sunday! **********Ever since it first emerged in 2018 'The Carnivore Diet' was the most baffling fad diet trend we've ever encountered. There is literally no evidence that fewer plant based foods is beneficial for our

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S3 Ep20 : I can't eat in front of you

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2024/05/15

We're really pleased to announce doors are open to Lifeguards : The Non-Diet Way for Parent's of Teens. Use the code LGPOD for 20% of the course price. You can find more information and sign up herehttps://www.megandsusan.co/lifeguards Today we dive into the troubling but seemingly growing phenomenon of teenage students not eating at school. There can be lots of reasons for this, they're not always disordered. These can range from genuinely feeling too busy to stop to eat, poor appetite due

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S3 Ep19 What Food Stories (Lies?) Are In your Head?

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2024/05/08

Today we chat about the stories we can tell ourselves about our food behaviour, and how food and body comments, especially about appetite, can get sticky and create harmful beliefs and stories, especially for kids. We share some examples of times we have heard things come out of our own mouths that on reflection couldpotentially be unhelpful for our kids. We invite you to be curious about your own food stories and to be careful with any food any body commentary. This is the Maggie Beer

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S3 Ep 18 Holiday Food and Season changes

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2024/05/01

We're back after a little school holiday break.Today we chat mostly about the food we enjoyed over the break and then dig into a bit of how we mange food once the evening sport activities are back and the change from summer to winter. We also chat about our 'Instant Pots' and what we have used them for so far.

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S3 E17 : Why it matters who is talking about the...

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2024/04/10

Today we chat about our day today when we headed to the University of Wollongong to run a 2 hour workshop on the non-diet approach and weight inclusive care.We also address a couple of articles recently criticising or critiquing the non-diet movement despite clearly not understanding the approach at all. You cancheck out Fiona Sutherland's (The Mindful Dietitian) instagram post about the Australian article on her page and a great response to the Washington Post Article here. We're very

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S3 E16 Is not pursuing weight loss 'doing nothing'?

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2024/04/03

Off the back of Meg's interview on The Happy Families Podcast we dive into some of the nuances of how we see weight inclusive care 'working' in the real world. There was a good question and some discussion on Justin's facebook page that we thought worth exploring.It was a question about a child in a larger body with low strength and fitness. Few resources we mention - The Emerging Minds online course(free, targeted at teachers & health professionals but helpful for parents too). The

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S3 Ep 15 How can I reduce UPFs without triggering...

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2024/03/27

We got a fantastic listener question this week."Hi Meg & Susan, I really enjoyed your perspective on Ultra Processed Foods. It did make me reflect how our family is eating and I was surprised at how high the proportion of these foods is. I'm not worried about them but would like to reduce them but unsure how to do it without feeling restricted or making the kids feel restricted. Do you have any advice?" So we jump into this topic, and hope you find it helpful. Meg's favourite thing

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S3 Ep 14 : Ultra Processed Foods and Meg goes to Costco

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2024/03/20

Today we dig into the topic of Ultra Processed Foods or UPFs. There's been a lot of noise and chatter on social media and a lot of scary headlines on the back of a large review paper that was published in late February finding associations between UPFs and a wide range of physical and mental illnesses.So what defines a food as an UPF? To answer this Meg took a deep dive into the NOVA system that is widely used to classify foods into 4 categories from group one; unprocessed or minimally

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S3 Ep14 : Meg's Recipetin Eats Cookbook Challenge

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2024/03/13

Today we spend the whole episode chatting about Meg's Recipetin Eats Challenge and it's a long one.In 2023 Meg cooked every single recipe in Nagi Maehashi's incredible debut cookbook 'Dinner'. Nagi's website was already a favourite 'go to' place for recipes for both of us, it's super accessible, has an amazing variety of cuisines and meals and THEY ALWAYS WORK! So when she released a cookbook it was always going to be great. We chat about why Meg set herself the challengeand what she

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S3 Ep 13 : Social Media: a beach full of sharks and rips

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2024/03/06

Today we dive back into the ocean of social media.What are the common sharks and rips, what can we do to protect ourselves while still enjoying a swim? Check out our 'Detox your metaverse' downloadable guide here. Join the waiting list for 'Lifeguards: The Non Diet Way for Parents of Teens" or sign up for immediate access to our "Helping your teen eat well in a food confused culture" masterclass. Head to our socials for a post about our favourite social media accounts to provide floatation

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S3 Ep 12 : When 'Healthy Eating' leads to Poorer...

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2024/02/28

Today we chat about a phenomenon that we have both seen in our practice. And that is when the drive for the "perfect diet for health" actually completely undermines health and wellbeing. Whether trying to get to the bottom of unpleasant symptoms, achieve a particular aesthetic or to 'be in the best health possible' when people head down a path of excluding foods for pretty much any reason, invariably we see a reduction in most measures of health and wellbeing including dietary quality and

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S3 Ep11 : A Ham Storm in a Teacup

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2024/02/21

You may have seen on the news this week a lot of chatter about a 'ham ban' and a 'fairy bread ban' in Western Australian and South Australian schools.We've done some digging to get to the bottom of the headlines, what the actual situation is, why changes have been made and what it means. (Spoiler alert - ham is not even banned!) For more background of the 2016 classification of red/processed meats as carcinogenic check this article by Dr Tim Crowe of Thinking Nutrition. We also touch on

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S3 Ep10 : Life's Too Short to Pressure New Mums to...

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2024/02/14

Today we chat with Dietitian and PhD Candidate Melissa Eaton.Melissais a Mental Health Dietitian with Keeping the Body in Mind (Primary) located at UNSW (currently on extended maternity leave), an NSA Registered Nutritionist, and a former dancer and teacher - having completed a Master of Nutrition and Dietetics, a Bachelor of Science (Food and Nutrition), and a Bachelor of Arts (Dance) with a Bachelor of Education. Her PhD research explores nutrition and mental health, with a focus on

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S3 Ep9 : Being Your Teen's Lifeguard on Diet Culture...

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2024/02/07

This week we chat more about the challenges of parenting teens in a culture obsessed by weight and dieting. We suggest some eating disorder and body image red flags and some strategies to get ahead of things before they become entrenched and how to be your child's lifeguard. Helping them learn to swim and develop their endurance and strength, understand rips and tides, remember to wear suncream and call for help if they get into trouble. Resources mentioned; National Eating Disorders

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S3 Ep 8 Life's too Short to Measure your Life in...

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2024/01/31

Today we chat with fellow dietitian Mari Harrison. Mari is a non-diet dietitian with lived experience of Type 1 diabetes working with people with eating challenges with diabetes, chronic dieting and after bariatric surgery. If Mari's 'best thing I ate this week', Joulutorttu, sounds good, check out the recipe she developed especially for our podcast audience! Check out her 'Am I Hungry ' group programs here. We mentioned these 2 TED talks - Dr Renee Engeln 'An Endemic of Beauty Sickness'

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S3 Ep7 : Managing (surviving) holidays, food &...

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2024/01/24

Back to 'regular programming', we hope you enjoyed out Movement Mini Series, let us know if there is a different 'mini series' topic you'd like us to do. Today we have a bit of a rambling chat that reflects our headspace by this stage of the holidays. We have loved holidays but we are ready for a return to routine and to some alone time! We chat about some of the challenges that summer holidays can kick up, especially for parents of teens. This the podcast episode Susan was a guest on to

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S3 Ep 6 : Life's too Short to Have a Terrible...

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2024/01/22

*******Movement Mini Series******** Welcome to the final in our Movement Mini-series. It's peak 'New Year New You' / New Year's Resolution Season and the diet culture vultures are out in force. So we thought it the perfect time to provide another perspective. In this series we speak with 5 wonderful Australian Fitness Professionals to provide some support in navigating movement. Today we chat with the incredible Natasha Korbut, founder of Diverse Personal Training. We get practical today

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S3 Ep 5 Life's too Short to Have a Terrible...

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2024/01/17

*******Movement Mini Series******** Welcome to the fourth episode in our Movement Mini Series. It's peak 'New Year New You' / New Year's Resolution Season and the diet culture vultures are out in force. So we thought it the perfect time to provide another perspective. In this series we speak with 5 wonderful Australian Fitness Professionals to provide some support in navigating movement. Today we speak with Shreen El Masry. Shreen is a body positive writer, personal trainer and intuitive

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