I “promote junk food”, apparently.

That’s right. This is a genuine accusation I get on a pretty frequent basis.

At this time of year, when people tend to relax their exercise and nutrition habits a bit and enjoy some of life’s tasty treats, now is a good chance to explain my stance.

It doesn’t take a genius to know that nutritious diets full of nutrient-dense foods is good for your health.

But, some people take this unnecessarily far, and think that your diet CAN NEVER include anything that isn’t nutritious.

We know that eating one single salad won’t suddenly turn anyone into a pinnacle of health, yet we somehow act like eating a single cookie is a catastrophic event.

A lot of my platform is used to debunk unnecessary food phobia.

Sh*tbags in supermarkets telling you why you can never eat sugar, sweeteners, processed foods, gluten, dairy, grains, vegetables, fruits, or anything that begins with the letter S.

Research tends to indicate that having a flexible mindset towards food is not only linked with better mental health, but also weight-related outcomes (likely because people who rigidly avoid a lot of foods cannot stick to that extreme diet forever).

Basically, I am not telling you that you absolutely should eat cookies, obviously.

But, I am telling you that my mental health improved when I learned that I could eat cookies if I wanted to, without me feeling guilty and spiraling into an unnecessary binge eating episode.

And you would be surprised how many people say something similar.

Happy holidays.

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References:
- The reliability and validity of the dichotomous thinking in eating disorders scale
- Flexible vs. Rigid dieting strategies: relationship with adverse behavioral outcomes
- Rigid vs. flexible dieting: association with eating disorder symptoms in nonobese women
- Evaluation of Dietary Patterns and All-Cause Mortality. A Systematic Review