{"id":2664,"date":"2022-08-05T01:55:55","date_gmt":"2022-08-05T01:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/healing-health-wellness\/?p=2664"},"modified":"2022-08-05T17:25:41","modified_gmt":"2022-08-05T17:25:41","slug":"two-types-of-eating-behaviors-that-look-healthy-but-could-be-dangerous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/healing-health-wellness\/2022\/08\/two-types-of-eating-behaviors-that-look-healthy-but-could-be-dangerous\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Types of Eating Behaviors that Look Healthy, but Could be Dangerous"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Here I go again\u2026<\/p>\n

In this post, I\u2019m continuing the topic of eating disorders (ED).<\/p>\n

It may be an unpopular subject and not very trendy, but I\u2019m still going to talk about it.<\/p>\n

Why would a naturopathic and functional medicine doctor<\/a> who specializes in mood, women\u2019s health, and gastrointestinal issues still be so focused on this?<\/p>\n

It is my opinion that ED is not getting enough coverage in integrative medicine. On top of this, its importance is being muted out by diet culture\u2019s fake promises<\/a> of achieving eternal happiness through weight loss with the latest fad diet.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not just the unfairness of diet and weight loss industry profiting on people\u2019s insecurities and body image issues that bothers me. (It\u2019s estimated to be worth $192.2 billion<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

It is also that people have been put in a trance to believe that health is an ethical standard, smaller body sizes are virtuous, and food has a moral value.<\/p>\n

This is dangerous and leading to more disordered eating, weight stigma, food morality, and healthism (viewing health as a measure of one\u2019s worth.)<\/p>\n

I want to call attention to this and educate people on these dangerous memes.<\/p>\n

In my latest article and video,<\/a> I discuss the following:<\/p>\n