Not About Food

Registered dietician and anorexia survivor Vicky gives us all the details on what to expect when going through refeeding - both in hospital and at home. She starts with a breakdown of how eating disorders affect your body physically and then how refeeding can help the body to recover. You can get Laura Thomas PhD's book Just Eat It for FREE on Audible using our link: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/audible/mlp/mfpdp/B07GNJPH1F?actionCode=AMN30DFT1Bk06604291990WX&tag=notaboutfood-21 Simply sign up for a 30-day Audible trial and get this book at no charge. Not only do we highly recommend this book but you will be supporting the show directly by giving it a try. Our Twitter: https://twitter.com/notaboutfoodpod Contact: [email protected] Content Warnings: Restriction, Binging, Purging, Refeeding, Death, Surgery

A more general discussion this week with the fantastic Sarah Frances Young (@BodyPositivePear), who tells us what it's like to be diagnosed with Atypical Anorexia, how the diagnosis' ties to BMI in the past were very problematic and how the ED community now has a small but vocal minority gatekeeping against fat people with anorexia. She then gives us some background on the body positivity movement and how it has been turned into little more than a trend by well-meaning but perhaps misguided influencers.

Content Warnings: Binging, Purging, Restriction, Fatphobia, BMI, Transphobia

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Mental illness is extremely common both during and post-pregnancy and eating disorders can certainly be part of that. Despite this, medical professionals working with pregnant people have little to no knowledge of eating disorders which can cause serious problems for both the baby and their carrier. Both our guests struggled with eating disorders while pregnant and their experiences are sadly quite similar and very concerning. Abi and Christina give us plenty of details and reveal the shocking lack of attention given to these issues. Editor's note: I did the intro for this episode and got our email address wrong! The correct one is below. Also, I'm afraid there are some audio issues with this episode. As mentioned previously, recording over Zoom and having everyone at home makes for a non-ideal recording environment. Please bear with us while we keep making tweaks to our workflow that will allow us to put out higher quality content! Content Warnings: Anorexia, Pregnancy/Birth, Alcohol, Restriction, Binging, Purging, Over-exercise, Surgery Our Twitter: https://twitter.com/notaboutfoodpod Contact: [email protected]

We're joined by two guests this week - Lauren and Lilith - each with very different experiences of veganism and how it affected their recovery. Often associated with restriction, veganism can be detrimental to recovery, but in the case of Lilith and many others, it offers achievable goals and a good way to manage their eating disorders.

Lilith's Socials: @LilthJCooper (Twitter), @GearsForQueers (Twitter, Instagram)

Lauren's Socials: @LaurenKrissss (Everywhere)

Our Twitter: @NotAboutFood

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Content Warnings: Restriction, Binging, Disordered Eating, Weight

Phoebe and her close friend Michelle have an in-depth discussion about the crossover between Neurodiversity and Eating Disorders, with Michelle giving a thorough insight into how her autism affects her relationship with food. Twitter: https://twitter.com/notaboutfoodpod Contact: [email protected] Content Warnings: Binging, Purging, Restriction, Suicide, Self-harm, Ableism, Bullying We're on all major podcast platforms! Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4RlGLyzrCNsXAjtZB4Xgbx Google Podcasts: https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy80ZmU4MjcwMC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw== Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/not-about-food/id1556607655 Anchor: https://anchor.fm/not-about-food Breaker: https://www.breaker.audio/not-about-food Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/i78g8zfb RadioPublic: https://radiopublic.com/not-about-food-Wk7ejl