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Why Diets Will Never Work for Weight Loss As a naturopathic doctor<\/a> who honors biochemical individuality<\/a> and the healing aspects of nutrition<\/a>,\u00a0 I have become very concerned with how \u201chealthcare\u201d is shifting away from using food as medicine<\/a> and more as a means to control body weight.<\/p>\n Practitioners are sounding more and more like rebranded \u201cwellness diet<\/a>\u201d experts rather than medically-trained physicians. There are many empowering ways<\/a> to ensure overall vitality; however, I am saddened to witness holistic approaches being so narrowly focused on food and exercise as the primary ones.<\/p>\n Many health authorities are using \u201cthe obesity epidemic\u201d as justification to continue stigmatizing overweight individuals and enforcing more and more restrictive diets on them. This is not only unethical and cruel, but the \u201cscience\u201d is misleading.<\/a><\/p>\n There are many reasons<\/a> for people to be in different body shapes. Food is only one of these reasons. Also, studies linking \u201cobesity\u201d to diseases are associative<\/a>, not causative. Furthermore, weight loss maintenance is rare<\/a>, outside of tightly controlled experimental settings. Finally, restrictive diets in attempts to control body size can have negative consequences in themselves.<\/p>\n Shrinking body sizes, in the long-term, is not a health goal that has proven to be helpful<\/a>. Rather, it is promoting weight stigma<\/a>, eating disorders<\/a>, perpetuating a cycle of weight-rebound, and provoking more body shaming. (source<\/a>, source<\/a>, source<\/a>, source<\/a>)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Missing Nutrient in the \u201cWellness Diet\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n I want to provide my readers with another option<\/a> they may not be aware of regarding their relationship to nourishing their bodies for optimal wellness. It is hard to drown out the bombardment of messages that are coming at us from the multi-million-dollar industries<\/a> of weight-loss and fitness, but there is another way to pursue the benefits of wellness, regardless of body size. It is nurturing and allows one to make peace with food. This is the concept of Health at Every Size<\/a>.<\/p>\n Recently, I\u2019ve dedicated another series of articles<\/a> to help prevent the harms that can result from this current form of healthism<\/a>.<\/p>\n I just released the third article. It is focused more specifically on the harms of trading dietary adherence for nurturing relationships.<\/p>\n Click here<\/a> to read more on this topic on my homepage.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Learn More About My Practice as a Naturopathic Doctor and Functional Medicine Provider<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/header>\n <\/p>\n
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