Getting Full: May 13th at 11:30 am CST
And a bonus rant from me :)
I get quite a few nutrition-related emails throughout the week. Sometimes they are full of research wisdom, and sometimes they are this:
Read that last sentence again. Then read the title. Then read that last sentence one more time. This is what sensationalized, clickbait “research journalism” looks like. Cancer cases are not increasing among women if we attribute the “increase” to a reclassification of a certain type of tumor from benign to malignant. Those cases already existed and were already being treated. They are just now reclassified.
Be cautious with scary or exciting article titles when it comes to nutrition. Oftentimes, the story is more complex than the title appears. We deserve better, but for now, we can at least get more savvy when reading nutrition journalism.
For more on this topic:
How to Read Nutrition Research
Nutrition research is a relatively new field in comparison to other areas of scientific study. A lot of what we know about nutrition is still actively being researched today & we learn new things or confirm things we thought we already knew all the time. The thing about research is it is a game of testing, retesting, rete…
How to Read Nutrition Research Part 2
Welcome back for part two of reading nutrition research. The takeaways from part 1:
Headlines aren't Research
There are a couple of things that will always be true about nutrition and nutrition research:
Getting Full
And now onto the link for next Tuesday at 11:30 CST. A couple reminders for those of you who have not yet upgraded your subscriptions:
Getting Full is a group I offer once per month for paid subscribers. It is an hour long and the time and day will change each month to hopefully allow some flexibility in people’s ability to join us!
We will always eat while we chat - to practice connecting with each other through and with food as well as challenge any internalized judgements we have about eating with others - but the topics of conversation will vary. This month we will be doing a mindfulness practice while we eat. Here’s an article I wrote a while ago about the benefits of mindful eating. I removed the paywall on this one!
Can Mindful Eating Fix all my Problems?
When I was in school studying nutrition, mindful eating was all the rage. I remember reading a book with a green apple on it and thinking it was going to change everything about nutrition counseling. Mindful eating was the solution to all of your woes about overeating/mindless eating/binge eating/ eating foods you feel guilty about eating. If you can
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