Diets Don’t Work

Diets Don’t Work Let’s take down diets and diet culture

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09/25/2025

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ARFID is often misunderstood. People call it “picky eating” or assume it’s about willpower, but the truth is very different.

Living with ARFID can mean navigating intense sensory sensitivities, powerful fears, and years of shame. It affects people across many communities, including fat folks, neurodivergent people, BIPOC, q***r, and transgender people, yet it remains invisible far too often.

In this episode of Dr. Marianne-Land, I explain what ARFID feels like, why it gets dismissed, and what actually helps.

Recovery looks possible when we use a sensory-attuned approach, respect trauma, and practice consent-based care that honors autonomy.

Recovery is not about eating everything. It is about creating more freedom, less fear, and more connection with food.

🎧 Listen now to ARFID Explained: What It Feels Like, Why It’s Misunderstood, & What Helps.

Available on all major podcast platforms. Click on Bio for Apple and Spotify links.

This is such an important message I couldn’t let it go without reposting it! Repost with ⁣September is National Su***d...
09/18/2025

This is such an important message I couldn’t let it go without reposting it!

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September is National Su***de Prevention Month.

One thing we don't talk about enough is the role of eating disorders in su***de.

Myths and stereotypes often make people dismiss eating disorders as a passing phase or a selfish choice. Or people assume they are extremely rare when in fact about 10% of the population is currently experiencing an eating disorder—and far more are suffering with disordered eating and negative body image that deserve care and treatment.

If you are worried about your child's relationship with food, exercise, or their body, please listen to that gut feeling and get support.

You can start with their primary care physician—but remember that most doctors receive very little training in this area, so if your concerns are dismissed and there's no medical explanation for your child's symptoms, get a referral to an eating disorder specialist for a thorough evaluation.

If you need support navigating this process, you can send me a DM or use the contact form on my website, at the link in my bio.

***deprevention ***depreventionmonth

To My Very Dear Friends and Supporters,I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for the past six years of support...
06/18/2025

To My Very Dear Friends and Supporters,

I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for the past six years of support and encouragement as I’ve produced this page. While I still deeply care about eating disorder awareness and advocacy, it’s time for me to close this chapter of my life.

I am profoundly grateful for the messages and stories you've shared with me—hearing the impact this page has had on your lives truly brightens my heart. I’ve always said, “If I reach just one person, all the time, effort, and love will have been worth it.” Not only did I reach one, but thousands of you. That is a gift I’ll carry with me always.

The page will remain up so you can revisit and refer back to the content. While I may occasionally share something new, regular posts will no longer continue. Thank you for allowing me to be a small part of your recovery journey and for letting me use my voice to stand against diet culture.

Now, I’m focusing on taking care of me. This decision is essential for my emotional health and to fine-tune areas of my own recovery. Please know—I am okay. This is simply a necessary next step.

With Instagram and Facebook again flagging my content and accusing me of promoting self-harm—something I would never do—this feels like the right moment to say goodbye, at least for now.

Stay strong. And always, do the next right thing.

Love you all.�Blessings, always. 💛

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06/18/2025

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We love ’s deep dive into skinnytok on her recent substack. While people do have body autonomy, let’s not pretend that “weight loss transformations” are body positive.

All of us have weight bias because we live in a world filled with weight stigma. Dismantling weight bias is something we need to be doing throughout our lives if we want this world to be a safer place for people in all bodies.

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06/17/2025

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There are a multitude of reasons why hunger is not always straightforward, and why it may be difficult to eat enough to support the needs of your body. 🍽️⁠
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When your body hasn’t had enough fuel, it may actually turn down hunger signals to conserve energy. ⚡️ This means you might not feel hungry even when your body needs nourishment.⁠
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Stress and anxiety can also mute hunger cues by triggering a survival response that suppresses appetite. ⁠
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💛 Remember: Your body never stops needing food, even when hunger cues are quiet or your appetite is low. ⁠
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For more support in reconnecting with hunger and learning how to meet your body’s needs for nourishment, our team is here for you. ⁠
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Tap the link in our bio to book a free connection call today. ✨

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06/17/2025

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So let's start now... who are you?? What makes you, YOU, regardless of how you look? Tell me in the comments. 💛👇🏻

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06/17/2025

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This came up recently at a Grand Rounds I was conducting. During the Q&A a doctor raised her hand and said “I don’t disagree with the information you presented about the failure rate of behavior-based weight loss attempts, but I do disagree with what you said about informed consent. If I tell patients that there is about a 95% chance that they will lose weight and gain it back then they will never try, what good does that do?”

This has been a common question over the years. and I think it’s asked with good intentions, but it’s still a big problem.

First, If a patient is told the realities of attempting intentional weight loss and decides that they don’t want to attempt it, that is the informed consent process working precisely as it is intended for both the physician and the patient. The idea that the provider should mislead the patient is a form of paternalism that is the direct result of weight stigma.

Also, when the weight loss intervention (almost inevitably) fails the patient, they are likely to blame themselves that can lead to them disengaging from care. It also props up the weight loss industry at the expense of its victims.

I think that healthcare would be better if weight loss wasn’t treated like a healthcare intervention but regardless, patients deserve the truth about the recommendations that their providers are making, it’s as simple as that.

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If I tell patients the failure rate of intentional weight loss, they won’t try.
What good does that do?

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The “good” it does is to uphold the ethical requirement for informed consent.

If a healthcare provider has to misinform, mislead, withhold information, or otherwise manipulate a patient into doing what the provider thinks is best,
that is a massive breach of the
provider’s ethics and the patient’s rights.
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06/17/2025

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Eating disorders often come disguised as control, discipline, or the promise of happiness.

They tell you things like:
✨ “You’ll feel better once you lose weight.”
✨ “You’ll finally be confident in a bathing suit.”
✨ “You’ll be more lovable, more accepted, more enough…”

But here’s the truth:
- Instead of delivering confidence, EDs rob you of it.
- Instead of making you feel light, they make life heavy.
- They promise joy but leave you disconnected, exhausted, anxious, and isolated.
- They take your time, your energy, your relationships, your peace…and even when you reach the goal, it’s never enough.

Real happiness doesn’t come from shrinking your body…it comes from expanding your life.

Let’s stop giving our joy away to a disorder that never delivers.

You deserve more. 🫶

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06/16/2025

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Facing fear foods can feel overwhelming, but healing your relationship with food is possible and SO worth it. 💪🏻 🥯
Swipe through for some practical tips to challenge those foods with confidence and take the next step toward food freedom.

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06/16/2025

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06/16/2025

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Why do you 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 want to control your weight?

You don’t need to know your weight to go for a run, enjoy a beach day, eat more veggies, or move your body. Constantly checking your weight isn’t a healthy habit — and it can be deeply harmful when you’re healing from an eating disorder or disordered eating.

✨ The more you focus on your weight and body size, the more it can quietly become a life goal… one that blinds you to everything else you are.

And your life is so much more than a number on a scale.

📝 Here’s a little journaling prompt for you:
If I had one year left to live, what would I wish to do?

That answer — that’s where your need to start putting attention and energy. 💛

06/16/2025

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⚠️ Weight ≠ Health. Let’s break that myth.

If you’ve spent years stuck in the yo-yo dieting cycle—losing weight, gaining it back, feeling defeated, starting over—you’re not alone. And you’re not failing. The system is.

As a male registered dietitian practicing intuitive eating and a Health at Every Size approach, I see it all the time:
📉 Clients harming their health in the pursuit of weight loss.
💬 Being told by doctors that their weight is “the problem” without a single question asked about lifestyle, labs, stress, or history.
🩺 A healthcare system that focuses on weight because it’s easy to see and even easier to blame.

But here’s the truth most people don’t hear:

👉 There is very little evidence that weight alone determines health outcomes.
👉 The constant pressure to shrink your body can actually hurt your health—physically, mentally, emotionally.

We’re starting to see the long-term effects of this weight-focused approach:
✅ Disordered eating
✅ Shame around food and body
✅ Burnout from constantly trying to “fix” yourself

You deserve care that doesn’t center around the scale.
You deserve to feel safe in your body—at any size.
And healing is possible.

If you like this information, don’t just sit back and let it sink in. Share this with someone who needs to hear it.

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