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Writer's pictureJulie Roy

The diet trap



Trauma can cause us to feel detached from the cues in our bodies. One consequence is that we can lose our ability to recognize hunger or fullness. Diet culture further erodes our trust in our bodies. We are given so many messages about what we should and should not do regarding food, and this further complicates our belief in what to eat and when.


To begin to repair the mind body connection, utilize your senses throughout the day. What to do see, hear, smell, feel, and taste.


Here are the Intuitive eating principles: 

  1. Reject the Diet Mentality

  2. Honor Your Hunger

  3. Make Peace with Food

  4. Challenge the Food Police

  5. Respect Your Fullness

  6. Discover the Satisfaction Factor

  7. Honor Your Feelings without Using Food

  8. Respect Your Body

  9. Exercise—Feel the Difference

  10. Honor Your Health with Gentle Nutrition

The principles work in two key ways:

  1. By helping you cultivate attunement to the physical sensations that arise from within your body to get both your biological and psychological needs met and

  2. Removing the obstacles and disruptors to attunement, which usually come from the mind in the form of rules, beliefs, and thoughts.

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