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HealthNotDiets Digest, Issue 34, 2018

August 17 - 23, 2018

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Articles & Blogs


Eating Disorder Recovery: Aim to Overshoot​
by Tabitha Farrar

“Overshoot is normal. Overshoot is optimal. Overshoot means you are recovering. Overshoot means you are exactly where your body needs you to be right now. Overshoot should be aimed for.”

https://tabithafarrar.com/2015/11/eating-disorder-recovery-aim-overshoot-pre-ed-weight/
 
Mindful Eating (…don’t water it down to “just eat slow without distractions”)
by Kylie Mitchell

“Being mindful with food = being aware of something relating to food. The thing you need to be aware of isn’t always eat slowly and eat without distraction.“

https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/health-and-wellness/the-benefits-of-banishing-bad-body-talk-20180808-p4zwas.html
 
What is Diet Culture?​
by Jeffrey M. Saltzman

“many human decisions rely on automatic or knee-jerk reactions, rather than deliberative thought.”

https://jeffreysaltzman.wordpress.com/2013/04/08/wysiati/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

 

Urban walking isn’t just good for the soul. It could save humanity

by Jonn Elledge


“While I retain no memory of the first time I successfully walked the 15 miles from central London to my childhood home in Essex, I remember my first failure in excruciating detail.“


https://amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/aug/21/urban-walking-save-humanity-understand-cities?CMP=share_btn_tw&__twitter_impression=true

 

Hierarchy, disagreement, and food politics

by Jayson Lusk


“As a person (or country) develops and gains more income, they move from food being primarily consumed to survive to food consumption eventually serving as a form of self expression and actualization.“


http://jaysonlusk.com/blog/2018/8/15/disagreement-and-food-demand