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A review by fleshemoji
Food Isn't Medicine: Challenge Nutrib*llocks & Escape the Diet Trap by Joshua Wolrich
5.0
Another Jameela Jamil-enabled find, courtesy of her podcast, and a good, backed-up essay on why equating food with medicine is dangerous, and just plain wrong.
If you are not new to the nutribollocks, to use Dr. Joshua Wolrich's own term, rampant in the diet industry, perhaps not much in this book will come as a surprise, or indeed qualify as new information, however it does address the main claims and at the very least, I found it helpful to have everything collected in one easy to refer to book. Especially with so much value being sunk into food (a necessity and, unfortunately, a luxury to so many around the world still), it's really important in my opinion to really take away words like "clean", "skinny" etc. from something we rely on in order to develop and function properly. No one peddling a new fad diet ever tells you just how much wonderful stuff your body does for you, RIGHT NOW, no matter your size, and I think any context that seeks to change you by making you feel you are not a worthy, valuable human from the get-go, and disguise it as for your own good, is sleazy and downright unacceptable.
Dr. Wolrich holds no space for that, and is very transparent with his own journey getting to a Health at Every Size approach from someone who used to fall for all that diet crap hook, line, and sinker. This frankly is very refreshing (I mean, if anything, not enough medical professionals are aware of their fatphobia and that just leads to inappropriate standards of care for heavier patients, which is NOT OKAY). This book is a safe space to read about these issues and understand how much your anxiety is being preyed upon if you find conversations about weight and food choices difficult and/or triggering.
If you are not new to the nutribollocks, to use Dr. Joshua Wolrich's own term, rampant in the diet industry, perhaps not much in this book will come as a surprise, or indeed qualify as new information, however it does address the main claims and at the very least, I found it helpful to have everything collected in one easy to refer to book. Especially with so much value being sunk into food (a necessity and, unfortunately, a luxury to so many around the world still), it's really important in my opinion to really take away words like "clean", "skinny" etc. from something we rely on in order to develop and function properly. No one peddling a new fad diet ever tells you just how much wonderful stuff your body does for you, RIGHT NOW, no matter your size, and I think any context that seeks to change you by making you feel you are not a worthy, valuable human from the get-go, and disguise it as for your own good, is sleazy and downright unacceptable.
Dr. Wolrich holds no space for that, and is very transparent with his own journey getting to a Health at Every Size approach from someone who used to fall for all that diet crap hook, line, and sinker. This frankly is very refreshing (I mean, if anything, not enough medical professionals are aware of their fatphobia and that just leads to inappropriate standards of care for heavier patients, which is NOT OKAY). This book is a safe space to read about these issues and understand how much your anxiety is being preyed upon if you find conversations about weight and food choices difficult and/or triggering.