Should You Buy Organic? And Should You Eat Organic in Recovery from Disordered Eating?

About this episode

Christy discusses the implications of eating organic food, particularly in the context of recovery from disordered eating.

In this episode, Christy answers an audience question about organic food. She explains what the science really says about the health impacts of organic food and the environmental impacts of organic farming. Then she shares some important things to consider if you’re eating organic while working to heal from disordered eating. 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…

People in this episode

Host: Christy Harrison

Topics covered

• organic food
• disordered eating
• health impacts
• environmental impacts
• diet culture

Keywords

• organic food
• disordered eating
• health impacts
• environmental impacts
• diet culture

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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