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Food, We Need To Talk

Juna Gjata

Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Health

4.8 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 6 December 2019

⏱️ 3 minutes

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One woman's quest to end her war with food. Hosts Juna Gjata and Dr. Eddie Phillips wield solid science, medical knowledge, common sense and an endless supply of dad jokes to teach us how to eat better and feel better about it. Hint: It’s not dieting. They discuss exercise, body image, food addiction, genetics, weight loss and more. A WBUR production.

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0:00.0	When I was growing up, everybody I knew was trying to lose weight.
0:05.0	Girls smaller than me, girls bigger than me, they were all like...
0:08.0	Oh my God, I'm getting so fat.
0:10.0	Oh my God, please tell me my thighs don't look that bad.
0:12.0	And the adults in my life, teachers, family, every time we go to restaurants, they would order a salad please,
0:18.0	and I would like the dressing on the side.
0:21.0	Everyone was on a diet eating rice cakes and it clearly wasn't working.
0:28.6	When I got to college I got serious. I ate nothing but leaves and cottage cheese.
0:33.2	I went to the gym twice a day and for the first time in my life
0:37.3	I gained 15 pounds.
0:40.3	What the food?
0:43.4	We need to talk.
0:45.6	That's the name of this podcast.
0:47.2	My name is Unajata.
0:48.8	And I'm Dr Eddie Phillips from Harvard Medical School and the Institute of Lifestyle Medicine.
0:53.2	So low-key guys, he's someone good to have on your side.
0:56.5	I'm going to do my best to help you figure out how to get to a healthier place with food.
1:01.1	Hint, it's not dieting.
1:03.0	The issues you've had with food are things I've been hearing from thousands of patients
1:07.1	over the years.
1:08.1	Una, what you're coming to the table with is universal.
1:11.8	Okay, Eddie. Anyway in 10 episodes Eddie and I talk to nutritionists
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