The FDA Just Banned Red Dye No.

3: The Future of Processed Foods

Is Red Wine Any Healthier for You Than White Wine?

Proffee Is the Hottest New Beverage Trendbut Should You Really Be Adding Protein to Your Coffee?

alt

Experts in This Article

New York-certified registered dietitian

For many reasons, this is great news.

Further, around20.4 percent of Americans have struggled with alcohol use disorder.

If this ever-so-subtle vibe shift is giving you pause, we see you.

alt

New York-certified registered dietitian

This perspective chips away at how sobriety can feel great, and over-emphasizes how it can make you look.

Heres how that commentary relates to diet culture and hurts us in the process.

Morality and judgment sneak in and can cause similar problems with alcohol as they do with dieting.

An image of four wine glasses on a wooden surface

Ultimately, when considering Dry January, the most important factors to look at are your intentions and mindset.

Diet culture can sneakily slip into those, making you feel bad about your appearance.

Encouraging restriction in multiple parts of your life

Theres a thin line between restriction and diet culture.

Young woman mixing ice coffee

She adds that 20 percent of dieters develop disordered eating habits.

Morality and appearance are often linked, too, especially in our society.

Dont get us wrong: Its understandable that losing social currency is terrifying.

Cropped shot of young woman shopping in the dairy section of a supermarket. She is reading the nutrition label on a container of fresh organic healthy natural yoghurt

New York-certified registered dietitian

It also hindered me from being present with those I love.

They also listall the reflecting you’re free to do while sober.

It also hindered me from being present with those I love.

Two cups with coffee and green tea on a beige background.

Maybe you want fewer mood swings, more fulfilling experiences, or to save money.

Dont forget to give yourself grace and be understanding throughout this.

Relearning health andweight stigmatakes time.

red pigment in a wooden spoon

None of us are immune from those pressures.

She encourages finding like-minded individuals,anti-diet dietitians, and therapistsfor support.

Otherwise, what were saying here holds true.

Restricting something without examining your relationship to it is one way that diet culture likes to co-opt.

Unfortunately, as weve seen, any form of restriction is prone to getting co-opted by diet culture.

Got it, you’ve been added to our email list.