nutrition

On Body Positivity

November 21, 2023

opinion

internal family systems, nutrition

What is the debate? 🥊 # According to epidemiological studies,1 the threshold for BMI is 20–21 kg m-2. 💥 yet 💥 We envision a world where BMI does not exist, and is not replaced with another size-based, anti-fat measure of health.2 What is the impulse behind movements like Health At Every Size2 and Intuitive Eating3? Shape of the motivating story 🎭 # Suppose I have depression 😟. The only thing that fills that void in my heart is ice cream 🍨. ...

Fiber is not necessarily fibrous

December 29, 2022

essay

nutrition, semantics

In nutrition science, the word fiber refers to the type of carbohydrate that the body can’t digest. This definition of fiber is so different from the kind of fiber found in many plants that they might as well be completely different words. <—> Coconut coir fibers are obtained from the outermost layer of the husk. They are typically light brown in color, durable, and resistant to water. Credit: Midjourney Indeed, these are a kind of fiber that your body cannot digest. ...