Written by two prominent nutritionists who are the originators of this movement, Intuitive Eating will teach you: how to reject diet mentality forever, how to find satisfaction in your eating, how to feel your feelings with kindness, how to honor hunger and feel fullness, how to follow the ten principles of intuitive eating, how to achieve a new and safe relationship with food and, ultimately, your body, how to raise an intuitive eater, the incredible science behind intuitive eating, how eating disorders can be healed through intuitive eating. This revised edition is entirely updated throughout. It includes new material on diet culture, weight stigma, and baby-led weaning. These expansions will help readers properly integrate intuitive eating into their daily lives and make peace with food.
Contents: The science behind intuitive eating -- Hitting diet bottom -- What kind of eater are you? -- Principles of intuitive eating: overview -- Awakening the intuitive eater: stages -- Principle 1: reject the diet mentality -- Principle 2: honor your hunger -- Principle 3: make peace with food -- Principle 4: challenge the food police -- Principle 5: discover the factor -- Principle 6: feel your fullness -- Principle 7: cope with your emotions with kindness -- Principle 8: respect your body -- Principle 9: movement -- feel the difference -- Principle 10: honor your health with gentle nutrition -- Raising an intuitive eater: what works with kids and teens -- The ultimate path toward healing from eating disorders -- Appendix A: Common questions and answers about intuitive eating -- Appendix B: Step-by-step-guidelines