Elaina Efird RD, CEDRD, CSSD

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If you think this contradicts my past content, it doesn’t. - I believe in intuitive eating. - I believe health is not determined by size.
- I believe diet culture causes harm. I also believe we’ve created new rigid rules in response to old rigid rules. Two things can be true at the same time. Gray areas exist. In fact, the best nutrition THRIVES in grat area. And pretending that it doesn’t is hurting people.

What’s going on here?

You’re not supposed to be making a profit, you’re supposed to be off loading your old stuff to someone like me who wants something that may get destroyed by a baby or a dog 🤷🏻‍♀️

I posted this 2 years ago and realized it was incredibly fitting today given the recent conversations about how the olympians eat!

Athletes need fuel and fuel comes from a lot of carbs, fat and VARIETY! There’s also no blanket “optimal” way to eat. What’s optimal for one person will look very different compared to what’s optimal for another person.

To add to this: I tried calling initially but was on hold for over an hour and ended up having to hang up which is why I went the messaging route. Secondly, I know the responder is not AI because they have an email signature and I looked them up and it’s a real person. Obviously I want to take insurance to help more people but jeez these insurance company employees are exhausting.

If each commercial cost ~$10 million to produce and air, then just these 3 commercials could have funded: * 200,000 dietitian visits so that people actually received individualized care * 50,000–75,000 people enrolled in year-long, evidence-based lifestyle programs * 30 million dollars in SNAP benefits for for families or expanding community food programs Why don’t we start actually putting money into things that are helpful instead of shaming people for their body size? The studies I referenced are: Ruiter et. al. 2014, Tomiyama AJ 2014, Sutin #greenscreenvideo

If all you can think about is worst case scenario and/or not able to see the humor, life must be hard for you.

Just drink plant based milks if it’s what you like/need for various dietary preferences

Why are we debating if it’s appropriate to put a client on 1,100 calories just because they want to lose 5lbs…like???

So many people panic about numbers they see on the scale without realizing that most of that change is likely fluid, organ tissue and muscle. Gaining fat can also be completely normal when coming from a period of restriction so it’s not something to freak out about. Hall et.al 2012 and Bray et.al 2012 are 2 great studies about composition of weight gain.

Obviously the 34 week appointment would be the one sooner than the 36….?

I can’t imagine a scenario where I talk about someone this way, much less my own child. It’s giving middle school mean girl energy. Do better, mom.

#onthisday this was a good one, and the keto cult got real mad at me last time 😬