#182: Fitness Culture, Hypothalamic Amenorrhea, and Why Health Is Not an Obligation with Cara Harbstreet, Non-Diet Dietitian
Food Psych Podcast with Christy Harrison
Christy Harrison, MPH, RD, CEDS
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🗓️ 21 January 2019
⏱️ 89 minutes
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Summary
Non-diet dietitian Cara Harbstreet joins us to discuss hypothalamic amenorrhea and the lack of adequate care in conventional and alternative health, the normalization of diet-culture thoughts and behaviors in collegiate athletics and dietetics education, why thin privilege and other privileges don’t necessarily protect a person from internalizing body shame, why you don’t have to engage in or value movement or health, and so much more! Plus, Christy answers a listener question about whether weight loss is necessary for conception and pregnancy.
Cara Harbstreet is a Kansas City-based non-diet dietitian. She's the owner of Street Smart Nutrition, a food blog that celebrates fearlessly nourishing meals and explores food-related topics. She's also the founder of Libre Connections, a digital platform that connects clients to HAES-informed dietitians for virtual coaching services. Her mission is to provide greater access to the support so many of us need for our healing journeys to take place, as well as providing opportunities for dietitians who aspire to work in this area. She is passionate about advocating for change both within and beyond the dietetics profession. Cara is an active volunteer for multiple professional organizations and recently authored a cookbook, The Pescetarian Cookbook: The Essential Kitchen Companion, to promote a more realistic and simple approach to home cooking for health and happiness. When not occupied with work, she can usually be found checking out the local food scene, spending time outdoors, or experimenting in the kitchen. Find her online at LibreConnections.com
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| 0:00.0 | This episode of Food Psych is brought to you by my online course Intuitive Eating Fundamentals. |
| 0:04.5 | If you're ready to break free from diet culture and reclaim the life it stole from you, |
| 0:08.6 | learn more and sign up at christiharrison.com slash course. That's christiharrison.com slash course. |
| 0:15.1 | Welcome to Food Psych, a podcast about intuitive eating, health at every size, |
| 0:19.5 | body liberation, and taking down diet culture. I'm your host, Christi Harrison, and I'm an |
| 0:24.4 | anti-diet registered dietitian and certified intuitive eating counselor, offering online courses |
| 0:29.4 | and programs to help people all over the world make peace with food. Join me here every week as |
| 0:34.3 | I talk with interesting people from all walks of life about their relationships with food and their bodies. |
| 0:39.1 | Hey there, welcome to episode 182 of Food Psych. I'm your host, Christi Harrison, and today I'm |
| 1:00.2 | talking with fellow anti-diet dietitian Kara Harb Street. We talked about hypothalamic amenorrhea, |
| 1:06.0 | aka not getting your period, and the lack of adequate care for this condition and conventional and |
| 1:11.1 | alternative health. We also talked about the normalization of diet culture thoughts and behaviors in |
| 1:16.1 | collegiate athletics, and in dietetics education. Also, why thin privilege and other privileges don't |
| 1:22.4 | necessarily protect a person from internalizing body shame, why you don't have any obligation to |
| 1:27.6 | engage in or value movement or health, and so much more. It's a great episode. I can't wait to share |
| 1:33.2 | it with you in just a moment. But first, I'll answer this week's listener question, which is from a |
| 1:37.2 | listener named Jessica who writes, Hi Christi, I love your podcast, and it has been a key tool in my |
| 1:42.0 | recovery from binge eating disorder and the truly awful diet binge cycle that trapped me in |
| 1:46.6 | self-loathing for years. I am proud to say that since seeking outpatient treatment two years ago, |
| 1:51.7 | my quality of life, happiness, relationships, and overall physical and emotional health have |
| 1:56.4 | drastically improved. But lately, I'm really being tested in my recovery. I'm in a serious |
| 2:01.5 | relationship, and my partner and I are starting to think about having children. As part of this |
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