Can a Diet Really Help Solve Your Period Problems?

About this episode

Christy discusses audience questions about period pain and dietary approaches to alleviate symptoms.

In this episode, Christy answers two audience questions about period pain, endometriosis, and whether “anti-inflammatory” protocols or elimination diets can alleviate symptoms. This episode is cross-posted from our other podcast, Rethinking Wellness . More from Christy: Check out Christy’s three books, Anti-Diet , The Wellness Trap , and The Emotional Eating, Chronic Dieting, Binge Eating & Body Image Workbook for a deeper dive into the topics covered on the pod. If you’re ready to break free from diet culture and make peace with food, come check out Christy's Intuitive Eating Fundamentals online course . For more critical thinking and compassionate skepticism about wellness and diet culture, check out Christy’s Rethinking Wellness podcast! You can also sign up to get it in your inbox every week at rethinkingwellness.substack.com . Ask a question about diet and wellness culture, disordered-eating recovery, and the anti-diet approach for a chance to have it answered on Rethinking Wellness. You can also subscribe to the Food Psych Weekly newsletter to check out previous answers! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

People in this episode

Host: Christy Harrison

Topics covered

• period pain
• endometriosis
• anti-inflammatory diets
• elimination diets
• diet culture
• intuitive eating

Keywords

• period problems
• endometriosis
• diet
• anti-inflammatory
• elimination diets
• wellness
• intuitive eating

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Rethinking Wellness

Books & works: Anti-Diet, The Wellness Trap, The Emotional Eating, Chronic Dieting, Binge Eating & Body Image Workbook

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