Comments on: Intuitive Eating and Body Kindness for Gut Health + Beyond https://blog.katescarlata.com/2019/02/19/intuitive-eating-and-body-kindness-for-gut-health-beyond/ Kate Scarlata RD Wed, 27 Mar 2019 22:07:25 +0000 hourly 1 By: 66 Days of Food Freedom! – The Doing Life Better Project https://blog.katescarlata.com/2019/02/19/intuitive-eating-and-body-kindness-for-gut-health-beyond/#comment-1594739 Wed, 27 Mar 2019 22:07:25 +0000 https://blog.katescarlata.com/?p=12086#comment-1594739 […] Intuitive Eating and Body Kindness for Gut Health + Beyond […]

]]> By: katescarlata https://blog.katescarlata.com/2019/02/19/intuitive-eating-and-body-kindness-for-gut-health-beyond/#comment-1591286 Thu, 07 Mar 2019 17:17:26 +0000 https://blog.katescarlata.com/?p=12086#comment-1591286 In reply to Rebecca.

Thanks for your kind comment, Rebecca. It took a while to get through the research–so I appreciate that it is making a difference!

]]> By: Rebecca https://blog.katescarlata.com/2019/02/19/intuitive-eating-and-body-kindness-for-gut-health-beyond/#comment-1591285 Thu, 07 Mar 2019 17:15:39 +0000 https://blog.katescarlata.com/?p=12086#comment-1591285 This was an amazing article-one I will refer back to and reread over and over-so much helpful information for those struggling with mindset and restrictive diets for gut issues. Thank you!! Thank you!!

]]> By: Maria https://blog.katescarlata.com/2019/02/19/intuitive-eating-and-body-kindness-for-gut-health-beyond/#comment-1589964 Mon, 25 Feb 2019 16:26:17 +0000 https://blog.katescarlata.com/?p=12086#comment-1589964 Thank you so much for this post Kate — wonderful as always! I’ve always tried to follow am intuitive eating type mindset, but reading this your post and the ideas from the great people you interviewed made me realize that I’ve been pretty mistrustful of my body and made a lot of choices out of a desire to control it. Will definitely be thinking more about this and probably purchasing a book or two!

]]> By: Holland Woo https://blog.katescarlata.com/2019/02/19/intuitive-eating-and-body-kindness-for-gut-health-beyond/#comment-1589468 Fri, 22 Feb 2019 02:13:35 +0000 https://blog.katescarlata.com/?p=12086#comment-1589468 Thank you for this post and its timing. I have been wondering how I can learn to be an intuitive eater and have gastroparesis. Your post gave me some great suggestions and ways to ‘think outside the box’ when dealing with my gastroparesis. The term food fear fits what I have been feeling. I have not had a great relationship with food for a long time, then getting sick constantly and not knowing what was wrong continued to give me food fear. Now that I have a diagnosis I can begin to move forward.

]]> By: Emily https://blog.katescarlata.com/2019/02/19/intuitive-eating-and-body-kindness-for-gut-health-beyond/#comment-1589309 Thu, 21 Feb 2019 01:32:49 +0000 https://blog.katescarlata.com/?p=12086#comment-1589309 Thank you for a great post. Lately between you and another dietian I follow, I have been working on testing some foods that I just haven’t gotten around to testing. And I hate thinking, Oh, I don’t know if I can eat that because I haven’t tested it. I have found I can eat avocado just about every other day (WAHOO!) and I’m trying to mix more foods that don’t cause too much discomfort. I remember when I orinally saw the High Fodmap food listing and thought, What CAN I eat?
I can’t imagine some people who restrict themselves too much. It must be exhausting to work so hard to not eat certain foods. Thank you so much for thinking outside of the box on so many aspects of food and nutrition.

]]> By: Natasha https://blog.katescarlata.com/2019/02/19/intuitive-eating-and-body-kindness-for-gut-health-beyond/#comment-1589304 Thu, 21 Feb 2019 00:27:00 +0000 https://blog.katescarlata.com/?p=12086#comment-1589304 This is a fascinating post, thank you for going into so much depth. Do any of these books address those who are chronically underweight or working to avoid weight loss due to severe GI disorders like gastroparesis? I’ve read about IE before, but the emphasis always seems to be on keeping one’s weight down, avoiding yo-yo dieting, etc. Advice on eating from that perspective is like reading about an alien world to me.

]]> By: Catherine https://blog.katescarlata.com/2019/02/19/intuitive-eating-and-body-kindness-for-gut-health-beyond/#comment-1589266 Wed, 20 Feb 2019 18:16:08 +0000 https://blog.katescarlata.com/?p=12086#comment-1589266 Hi Kate,

Thank you for writing this! This is pretty much the view I’ve arrived at recently, so I’m happy to read it here. It’s great that you’re sharing this with your audience, which no doubt consists of many people with not only digestive issues, but some history of emotional/disordered eating (like me). This is so important!

Best wishes,

Catherine

]]> By: Beth Rosen, MS, RD, CDN https://blog.katescarlata.com/2019/02/19/intuitive-eating-and-body-kindness-for-gut-health-beyond/#comment-1589250 Wed, 20 Feb 2019 16:39:41 +0000 https://blog.katescarlata.com/?p=12086#comment-1589250 I am SO glad that you have embraced Intuitive Eating and the non-diet philosophy that goes along with treating patients as individuals. I have been treating my clients using this paradigm for years and one connection that I have made is that weight cycling, or intentional weight loss activities, exacerbate many of my clients’ symptoms of IBS, GERD, and Gastroparesis, to name a few. Using IE to trust, listen and honor their bodies has been helpful for my clients to also reduce their anxiety around food and food rules. One of the big takeaways is that even though a food is touted as “healthy,” it may not be healthy for all. Case in point: Cauliflower in everything, garlic as a prebiotic (my stomach is bloating at the thought! :-P) I’m so glad you found Evelyn’s and Rebecca’s books!

]]> By: katescarlata https://blog.katescarlata.com/2019/02/19/intuitive-eating-and-body-kindness-for-gut-health-beyond/#comment-1589072 Tue, 19 Feb 2019 19:07:15 +0000 https://blog.katescarlata.com/?p=12086#comment-1589072 In reply to Kim A..

Thanks Kim for your very honest post. It will resonate with others–which makes people less alone in the struggle. So thank you, again for sharing! The food environment is ripe for food fears, unfortunately. Add food related GI symptoms–and it can really escalate the fear.
Intuitive eating is a great term–and really hits the mark! When food relationships are bigger than you–find a dietitian or gI psychologist to guide you and provide support. It can be very validating as well as healing. Food phobia can be helped with cognitive behavioral therapy. So don’t go it alone if you don’t have to.

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