#261: Ari Snaevarsson – Eating Disorder Recovery, Body Positivity & Intuitive Eating

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Danny Lennon

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🗓️ 1 January 2019

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Ari Snaevarsson is a nutrition coach who works primarily with clients who suffer from disordered eating patterns. He also works as a dietetic technician at a residential eating disorder treatment center. In both capacities, he helps clients develop positive relationships with food and their bodies. His book, 100 Days of Food Freedom, outlines a simple, day-by-day process to recovery from one’s eating disorder.

In This Episode We Discuss

Commonalitites in recovery from the various eating disorders
Defining recovery
The factors that may increase the probability of that recovery being a success
Critical nature of support systems
How you can support a friend/family member recovering from an eating disorder
Modification of environment and lifestyle
Goal setting: what metrics can be assessed on an ongoing basis?
Understanding relapses accurately
Cognitive dietary restraint – dieting messages from the diet industry
Body-positive, intuitive eating approach
Health At Every Size (HAES) – misinterpretations and misconceptions

Transcript

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0:00.0	I guess what I would say is that body positive language is the most important thing, along with eliminating what we call food talk at the table.
0:17.0	So not talking, you know, definitely not talking about dieting or weight loss or things like that at the table.
0:22.6	But even beyond that, just talking about food in general can be a problem because they already have all of these thoughts going on in their head about what they're eating and what it's doing to their body.
0:31.6	So things like that are really important.
0:33.6	And then above and beyond that, the other thing I want to make sure to say is that it's not about fixing the problem.
0:40.3	It's about listening to the problem and making sure that the sufferer of the eating disorder feels safe and heard. Hello and welcome to Sigma Nutrition Radio.
1:02.3	I am your host, Danny Lennon, and welcome to our very first episode of 2019.
1:08.6	For those you listening in the present, and I hope this year turned out to be great.
1:13.3	And for those you who may be listening from the future and are looking back at an old episode,
1:17.8	then I hope it's worked out pretty well for you. We are at episode 261, and so that means you can
1:24.1	access to show notes this episode by going to sigmautrition.com
1:28.1	slash episode 261.
1:30.6	There you'll be able to get a transcript, more background with today's guest, where you can find
1:36.5	them online, any links to resources that are mentioned throughout this episode and a whole
1:41.6	ton of other stuff.
1:42.9	So that's over at sigmautrition.com.
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