Welcome to Episode 4 of ‘A Keith Review’, a Nutrition and Learning Podcast that this week explores the myths, confusion and hype around diets and which one is the best one for you – if any?
As usual, my approach here is to use my learning cycle which you can read more about here.
Part 1
Part 2
Podcast Sections
1. What information and resources I engaged with
“The Slippery Slope of Wellness Culture” Nutrition Matters podcast, by Paige Smathers
Intuitive Eating podcast series (10 episodes, all free) by Heather Caplan
2. What I learnt
1. What different people mean by ‘Diet’ (one man’s diet is another man’s lifestyle)
Joe Leech on why the Paleo diet is dead and Keto is the new diet of 2018.
2. The concept of Thin and Healthy
Linda Bacon on Health At Every Size
Nina Mills on Intuitive Eating and Health At Every Size
3. About Different types of Diet – the good, the bad and the ugly! (diet and religion, diet and disease, fad diets)
Whole Plant Based diet (WPBD) as advocated by Dr. Colin Campbell in his China Study
Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH)
Mayo Clinic on Gluten Free Diets
Here is an interesting quiz to find the right diet plan for you
3. What ideas I had and action I took
1. Diets work and don’t work!!
77 ways to lose weight (all of them fad diets).
Calories In equal Calories Out – debunked by Dr. Clum
Healthline website explains not all calories are the same
Kevin Geary of rebooted body debunking the Calories In equal Calories Out concept.
2. Why do People go for anecdotes more than science?
The identity of ‘the never-ending quest for thinness’ by Caroline Ducker in her blog post on Ravishly.com.
Ulrike Schultze’s TED talk about how technology of social media shapes our identity.
The audio blog – This American Life – Social media, teenagers and identity
4. Reflection on how I feel
I feel more and more confident that I don’t want to diet (as in lose weight),
I feel more strongly that I am becoming a believer in moderation, balance and science, whereas 6 months ago, I thought I might be start writing a Paleo diet cook book or something similar!
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Thanks Charmaine!