A review by redjanet17
Just Eat It: How intuitive eating can help you get your shit together around food by Laura Thomas

3.0

It is probably not fair to the author, Laura Thomas, but I possibly should not have dived straight into this book immediately after reading "Intuitive Eating" by Evelyn Tribole. I think for me it may be a case of information overload. That said, as much as I didn't love the very traditional diet-book structure of the the anti-diet "Intuitive Eating" it laid a much simpler groundwork than Just Eat It. While JEI was a much more fun read, written in a more relatable and modern style, I felt almost as if it delved a bit *too* deeply into lots of facts and information about physiology and nutrition. All of that information is very important when trying to break free from diet culture, but I think for the average reader who just wants the basic guidelines of IE as a starting point, the original book by Evelyn Tribole is probably more useful, but maybe that's just me! Laura Thomas does also have a podcast about Intuitive Eating, called "Don't Salt My Game," which I think is probably more useful to dip in and out of to reinforce the principles of IE. She's a fun writer and is easy to listen to, so I hope my review of this book doesn't come off as too dismissive. It's certainly a worthwhile read if you really want everything about IE explained to you in great detail.