In you opinion, what is the number one way to improve your relationship with food?

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Rosanne Rust,MS,RDN · Answer

This is a complex question is, what is the number one way to improve your relationship with food? There is really not a number one way, there are multiple ways and it's a little more complex than that. And part of the answer to this is not just your relationship with food but it also likely includes your relationship with your body and your body image. Consider a journal where you're writing down. Not just what you're eating, but more importantly, What kinds of emotions you're experiencing as you eat, you're stressed, you're anxious. What else is going on, and sometimes, it's okay to eat for other reasons, Beyond hunger. It's important to recognize that food brings more than just nourishment and nutrition. It brings culture and tradition and and love to the table. So, if I had to pick a number one way to improve your relationship with food, it would be to stop thinking of food as good or bad or thinking of yourself as good or bad for eating it, if you're really struggling with your relationship with food, talk to a qualified, counselor or registered dietitian, who specializes in disordered eating and eating disorders.

Lauren Harris-Pincus, MS, RDN · Answer

In your opinion, what is the number one way to improve your relationship with food? To me the number one thing to do to improve your overall relationship with food is to stop assigning value to food as good or bad because then it creates guilt and shame around eating that really doesn't belong there. And that's basically what fuels our entire diet culture, which only has negative effects on our mental and physical health. So stop assigning Good and bad values to food and instead ask yourself, how do I feel if I eat this food? What benefit is this providing me? Is it nourishing? Am I getting vitamins and minerals and phytochemicals, and antioxidants, and fiber from this food? Does this food make me feel good? Does it make me happy? You know, is it celebratory? Is it just something that's going to Stave off my Hunger until dinner? You have to start listening to your body and stop vilifying. Food, as good or bad. And overall, that's the first step to improving your relationship with food.

Kristin Kirkpatrick, MS, RD, LD · Answer

Your opinion. What's the number one way to improve your relationship with food in my 20 plus years of practicing dietetics working with? People from all walks of life, I would say, recognizing our hunger and how we react to that hunger would be one of the main factors that I've seen to be successful and individuals. This delves a lot into the concept of intuitive eating but we oftentimes don't eat because we're hungry. All right, think about it. How many times have you? You put something in your mouth because you're bored because you're stressed and then compare that to how many times you put something in your mouth because you physically feel hunger? You physically feel the cues. Your body is giving you and you honor those cues. I'm going to have an apple because I'm going to go for a run and I feel like I need some energy. That is utterly honoring, those cues. So this is part of the intuitive eating process. There are multiple steps to it, but really recognizing our hunger actually tell my patients. That if you We want to recognize hunger at no time during the day, will you feel fullness and I'll leave you with a scenario? That makes sense in the car world, but not in the human body World. Imagine going to fill up your gas tank and you're filling filling filling it clicks off because the tank is full and you decide to just stand there and keep falling for fun. The gas will get on your feet, your legs, etc, etc. There's no benefit to it other than danger, and it's really the same thing with food, or A body is amazing and it gives us signals on when we should eat and when we should stop eating but we often times, don't listen to those signals or other things override those signals. So start listening to those hunger signals and also start listening to when you no longer need to fuel when those cells are up, when the tank is full. That's a great way to start. Improving our relationship with food.

Tara Collingwood, MS, RDN, CSSD · Answer

What is the number one way to improve your relationship with food? Well, I like to look at food as what does it do for me? Instead of? Maybe? What does it do against me? Or how is it hurting me or harming me? So for example, oh that banana has too much sugar. No, it doesn't by the way. But oh, what does that banana have in it? That's good for me. Oh, it has potassium, which is good for my blood pressure. It has carbs which is going to give me energy. It has resistant starch which can help feed my gut bacteria and so you know you do this with With food and you look at it as oh, I'm going to get some enjoyment of it. I love the taste of this slow down and enjoy that food so that you're very mindful around how it feels and how it is feeling your body's. So having that positive stance of how is this actually helping me? Instead of oh, it's going to be potentially, you know, bad for me that's how I like to view food and improve my relationship.

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In you opinion, what is the number one way to improve your relationship with food?

Rosanne Rust,MS,RDN

Rosanne Rust,MS,RDN

Lauren Harris-Pincus, MS, RDN

Kristin Kirkpatrick, MS, RD, LD

Tara Collingwood, MS, RDN, CSSD