Is The “Wellness Industry” Secretly Toxic? Ozempic, Juice Cleanses, & Heroin Chic w/ R.D. Christy Harrison

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🗓️ 24 May 2023

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Is wellness just diet culture in sheep's clothing?

This week Victoria has Christy Harrison joining her for a second time! Christy Harrison, MPH, RD, CEDS, is a journalist, registered dietitian, and certified intuitive eating counselor. With her first book Anti-Diet: Reclaim Your Time, Money, Well-Being, and Happiness Through Intuitive Eating, and her podcasts Rethinking Wellness and Food Psych, Christy has empowered thousands of women worldwide to challenge diet culture and cultivate a harmonious relationship with food. Now, with her new book The Wellness Trap she's got her sights on the wellness industry.

From the terrifying return of heroin chic to the dangerous truth behind the Ozempic craze on and off social media, Victoria and Christy explore why society insists on pursuing the thinnest beauty standards and what steps you can take to protect your relationship with your health and food.

Hit play and get ready to have your mind blown!

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0:00.0	The following podcast is a deer media production.
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0:26.4	and we'll grant ourselves grace as we do life together. Check out the Nicole Walters podcast
0:32.3	every Tuesday here on deer media. You can listen anywhere you listen to podcasts.
0:42.7	Welcome to RealPod. It's your host Victoria Garrick and this is the podcast where we hold nothing
0:48.3	back. Oh, so we're getting deep, huh? I've really cried for 12 days straight. Why do I want to be
0:54.7	there's nothing in my life that is perfect? Every week I'll bring you honest, unfiltered,
0:59.5	and eye-opening conversations to help uncover the real in all of us. I crave the type of content
1:05.2	that you're talking about. I actually felt insecure. Oh my god, am I going to cry? Let me just unload
1:09.8	everything. New episodes every Wednesday leave those filters at the door because it's time to get real.
1:25.0	It's another day to debunk diet culture and help women heal their relationship with food and
1:34.6	their bodies and wellness. Woo, it's my favorite kind of day. My favorite kind of episode. We have a
1:41.5	repeat guest today. Everyone give it up. Welcome back the lovely Christie Harrison. I had her on
1:48.5	before when she just released her first book, Anti-Diet. That was an amazing episode. And she's back
1:55.2	with her new book, The Wellness Trap. Christie's a journalist and anti-diet registered dietician and
2:01.7	a certified intuitive eating counselor. Her new book called The Wellness Trap is about breaking
2:07.6	free from diet culture, disinformation, and dubious diagnosis to find your true well-being. And I
2:15.3	just think this is so important because there's so many wellness conversations happening. And look,
2:20.8	I'm going to give maybe a little bit of a longer intro for this episode today because I got a lot
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