#314: Do Autoimmune Diets Really Work?

Food Psych Podcast with Christy Harrison

Food Psych Programs, Inc.

Health, Food, Bodypositive, Antidiet, Recovery, Fat, Dietculture, Weight, Eating, Positivity, Intuitive, Diet, Nutrition, Psychology, Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Body

4.7 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 March 2023

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

We discuss whether autoimmune diets really work, placebo effects and the problem with anecdotal evidence about diets, and the harmful side effects that can come from restricting what you eat.

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If you're ready to break free from diet culture and make peace with food, come check out Christy's Intuitive Eating Fundamentals online course.

Ask your own question about intuitive eating and the anti-diet approach at christyharrison.com/questions.

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0:00.0	This episode of Food Psych is brought to you by my upcoming book, The Wellness Trap.
0:04.4	Break free from diet culture, disinformation, and dubious diagnoses, and find your true well-being,
0:10.4	which is available for pre-order now. Just go to ChristyHarrison.com slash the wellness
0:15.6	trap to learn more and pre-order for its April 2023 release. That's ChristyHarrison.com slash the
0:22.4	wellness trap. Welcome to Food Psych, a podcast dedicated to critiquing diet and wellness culture,
0:28.6	and answering your questions about intuitive eating and the anti-diet approach.
0:33.4	I'm your host Christy Harrison, and I'm a registered dietitian, certified intuitive eating
0:38.1	counselor, journalist, and author of the book's anti-diet, which is available now wherever books
0:43.3	are sold, and the wellness trap, which will be out in early 2023. And by the way, on this show,
0:49.7	I avoid saying diet culture stuff like weight and calorie numbers, but we don't censor swearwords
0:55.6	or other adult language, so listener discretion is advised.
0:58.9	Hey there, welcome to this episode of Food Psych. I'm Christy, and today I'm going to
1:28.8	answer an audience question about whether autoimmune diets really work. We'll discuss placebo
1:34.8	effects and the problems with anecdotal evidence about diets, as well as the harmful side effects
1:40.2	that can come from restricting what you eat. Before I answer just a few quick announcements,
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