Rebroadcast: Interview with Christy Harrison

Episode 061: Welcome back to Real Health Radio. On this week’s show I interview Christy Harrison. Christy is a registered dietitian nutritionist and certified intuitive eating counselor based in Brooklyn, NY. She offers online intuitive eating courses and individual nutrition therapy to help people make peace with food and their bodies. Christy began her career as a journalist in 2003, and has written for and edited major publications including Gourmet, The Food Network, Slate, BuzzFeed, Modernist Cuisine, AllRecipes, and […]

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Episode 061: Welcome back to Real Health Radio. On this week’s show I interview Christy Harrison. Christy is a registered dietitian nutritionist and certified intuitive eating counselor based in Brooklyn, NY. She offers online intuitive eating courses and individual nutrition therapy to help people make peace with food and their bodies.

Christy began her career as a journalist in 2003, and has written for and edited major publications including Gourmet, The Food Network, Slate, BuzzFeed, Modernist Cuisine, AllRecipes, and many others.

As an expert on nutrition and people’s relationships with food, she has been quoted in top media outlets including Refinery29, Health, Men’s Fitness, Bon Appetit, The Observer, and more. She currently writes Refinery29’s nutrition advice column, “How to Eat,” and hosts Food Psych, a podcast that explores intuitive eating, Health at Every Size, and body positivity.   

Here’s what we talk about in this podcast episode:

7:00 Body incidents she remembers from childhood

9:15 Developing a fear of fat around puberty when she put on a little weight

12:20 How going on the pill affected her weight, skin and other issues

14:00 Studying psychology and critical theory

18:35 Dieting is a way of connecting with other women

22:50 Losing her period set off some alarm bells

31:00 She tried to open up to therapists but it didn’t help

33:25 How going out with a foodie kick started her recovery

38:40 Becoming convinced she was intolerant to gluten

46:50 How she discovered intuitive eating

57:00 Deciding to stop trying to change her body

62:45 Specialising in eating disorders with clients

68:15 Why food is a social justice issue

Here’s how to connect with with Christy:

Twitter

Podcast

Facebook

Instagram

Links mentioned during the show:

Intuitive Eating by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch

The Omnivore Dilemma by Michael Pollan

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