I’m writing to you from the most marvelous, cosy little room in the guest house at Vassar. There’s snow all around the house and a fine misty moonlight. I’ve just finished my lecture, before a theatre-full of young girls fit to drive Camus to distraction…
Regular doctors don’t necessarily know much about nutrition/diet either. I started seeing a dietician this year and she was straight up horrified by some of the advice given to me by my doctor.
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A tiktok-video of Sarah Williams @/nutritionalsarah - who stands in front of a mirror a phone in her hand.
CC: My thoughts on nutrition trends as a dietetic student/intern.
Starting off big: Keto was created for epileptic children. Carbs are not bad for you; they’re actually the preferred fuel source for the body.
Drinking lemon water in the morning will not boost your metabolism. Taking Apple Cider Vinegar shots in the morning is gross and does nothing for you.
The terminology of „clean eating“ is silly. The only time you should be clean eating is when there is dirt on your food.
1,200 calories is the amount a toddler needs and/or a 98 year old bed-ridden patient. If you have working liver and kidneys, you don’t need to do a detox. All those cleanses do is make you poop yourself.
Consistently eating under your Basal Metabolic Rate will lower your metabolism. Juice cleanses are just…no. Dietary fat does not make you fat. It’s an excess of calories that contribute to adipose tissue.
Sweet potatoes are not healthier that white potatoes. They just both have different micronutrient profiles. Skinny does not automatically equal healthy. Eating after 8pm will not make you fat.
Drink your water, get your sleep, eat your fruits and veggies and forget about the rest.
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She’s right and should say it. Speaking from an entirely different part of this grand conspiracy, a lot of this shit is made up and pushed to sell expensive niche cookbooks to your parents. The amount of books about keto and and “clean eating” i sell to boomers and older Gen X is absurd.
You’ll notice that I haven’t talked about love. Or about happiness. I’ve talked about becoming – or remaining – the person who can be happy, a lot of the time, without thinking that being happy is what it’s all about. It’s not. It’s about becoming the largest, most inclusive, most responsive person you can be.
Susan Sontag’s 2003 Commencement speech at Vassar–via Jac Jemc (via kafk-a)
