EP.249/ How Does Diet Culture Affect Endo Management and Menstrual Health with Brandee Hommerding
Trigger warning: In today’s episode we’re talking about a subject that I would imagine, has at some point, affected many of you listening and that’s diet culture. If you’ve felt the impact of diet culture, you’re not alone - I’ve personally lived through eating disorders and so have many of my clients. However, if this topic is triggering for you, please skip this episode.
Brandee Hommerding is an expert in holistic nutrition and owner of Bee Collective Wellness where she provides 1:1 nutrition coaching with an emphasis on gut and hormone health. She graduated from the Nutrition Therapy Institute in Denver, Colorado in 2019 and has since completed numerous certifications related to gut and hormone health.
As a self-proclaimed diet-culture dropout, she provides women and menstruators with sustainable, holistic nutrition practices to overcome bloating, fatigue, PMS, and irregular menstrual cycles so they may feel more in tune with their bodies and live a vibrant and energetic life.
In today’s episode, we discuss:
Brandee’s personal experience with diet culture.
What diet culture is and how to know whether we’re being influenced by it.
The impact of diet culture menstrual and hormonal health.
What is healthy eating vs. diet culture and how to avoid falling into diet culture influenced behaviours when we may have to avoid certain foods for health or chronic conditions.
How to positively change our relationship to food.
I really hope you find this episode helpful!
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