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Processed, white bread, with sweet, unsalted butter. Yum! Yes, that’s white bread—homemade by my bread machine, in fact (with my husband’s assistance)—and that indeed is real butter on top, added by yours truly. It was part of my lunch, together with my favorite  lentil soup . And, a piece of salted almond dark chocolate, along with a cup of tea I’m still sipping on. A reality program of what RDs really eat? Not quite. Rather, I’m compelled to respond to an article that makes showing up at dinner parties with my real identity as a Registered Dietitian quite challenging! I stumbled upon 9 Ingredients Nutritionists Won’t Touch as it was retweeted by some RDs on Twitter. Exaggerated statements about foods that dietitians wouldn’t dare eat plastered the article, so I thought I'd clear the air for the sake of people like Brian (not his real name), a blog follower struggling with an eating disorder. He saw this Dietitian's response, which read “An irresponsible piece overgene...

Read this if you are overweight. And read this if you purge through vomiting. Read this if you restrict your intake to less than you know your body needs. And read this if you've been told you have reflux, GERD or Barrett's esophagus. Stomach--cow, not human, though! I was recently contacted by a blogger colleague, aware of my Health At Every Size (HAES) philosophy from my blog writings. She was interested in referring a client for Medical Nutrition Therapy for reflux, with a history of Barrett's esophagus. For those of you not in the know, reflux, GERD or gastroesophageal reflux disease, is a condition where acid from the stomach comes up into the esophagus—that tube connecting your throat and your stomach—where it's not meant to be.  Over time, that stomach acid starts to change the lining of the esophagus and cause inflammation, heartburn and discomfort. For about 5-15% of sufferers, the cells lining the esophagus begin to change, resulting in a condition calle...

You might imaging all kinds of things are happening to your body if you don't have the facts. It's time to hear from you. That is, if you have an opinion on knowing your weight. Does anyone not have strong feelings on this topic? I'm prompted to write this post having recently debated the merits of having clients see/not see their weights. And among us eating disorder professionals, opinions are pretty strong about what's the best approach. And we don't all agree. On the one hand, whether you're dealing with anorexia, bulimia, or binge eating disorder, seeing your weight early in treatment can be a disaster. It can distract you from trusting the benefits of eating better, of listening to your body, and of nourishing yourself, shifting the focus simply to the number and all you associate with it. It can derail you from staying the course and normalizing your eating--because your preoccupation with the number stops you in your tracks. Often I address the relativ...