by Vincci Tsui, RD | Dec 8, 2019 | Body Positive, Health at Every Size®, Intuitive Eating, Nutrition
(CW: "Diety" thoughts and behaviours discussed) For the past few years, I've purchased a tea advent calendar to help me count down the days to Christmas. This year, I've noticed something different. Whereas in the past, I usually drank the tea plain, this year, I find...
by Vincci Tsui, RD | Oct 4, 2019 | Health at Every Size®, Intuitive Eating, News, Nutrition
[CW: This post and links contain nutrition minutiae] You've probably heard at some point in your life that meat is "bad for you" at some point or another. In fact, just a few years ago, red meat and processed meats were named "carcinogens" by the World Health...
by Vincci Tsui, RD | Aug 5, 2019 | Body Positive, Health at Every Size®, Intuitive Eating, Nutrition
You've probably heard many intuitive eating practitioners say that "we are all born intuitive eaters," or that "intuitive eating is the default mode." The image that is often used is of the breastfeeding infant who will come to the breast when they're hungry, and turn...
by Vincci Tsui, RD | May 24, 2019 | Health at Every Size®, Intuitive Eating, Mindful Eating, News, Nutrition
TW: This post (and the articles linked from it) contain specific weight numbers, o-words and some fatphobic/healthist language. Last week, the journal Cell Metabolism published a study on the effect of ultra-processed foods on weight. If you were only to look at the...
by Vincci Tsui, RD | May 10, 2019 | Health at Every Size®, Intuitive Eating, Mindful Eating, Nutrition
It's a little ironic that what attracts some people to intuitive eating is that it's essentially about eating whatever you want (though in a complex, nuanced way), only to find themselves not knowing what to eat. It makes absolute sense why this would be the case:...
by Vincci Tsui, RD | May 2, 2019 | Body Positive, Health at Every Size®, Intuitive Eating, Mindful Eating, Nutrition
A few months ago I wrote about the differences between mindful eating and intuitive eating. Now that the dust has settled from your mind being completely blown by the fact that they're two different (but related) concepts, you might feel like you've been left...
