https://www.scmp.com/rss/329857/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Carrie Dennett, The Washington Post In recent months, my dietitian colleagues and I have been encountering more and more people making claims like “fruit is bad for you” or “fruit is toxic”. “What is going ON?” one of them posted on a dietitian internet mailing list. What’s going on is that the current crop of fad diets – such as paleo, keto, carnivore and pegan – have persuaded a lot of people that fruit is a dietary no-no. There was a time when we didn’t question whether fruit was good for us,... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/article/3006664/keto-paleo-pegan-why-fad-diets-are-wrong-about-sugar?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/article/3006664/keto-paleo-pegan-why-fad-diets-are-wrong-about-sugar?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 18 Apr 2019 14:00:11 +0000 Research has shown that weight bias can threaten people’s physical and mental health, which makes it vital for the medical community to take special care when discussing obesity. Unfortunately, a recent report in the prestigious British medical journal The Lancet falls short. The report, which highlights the connections between obesity, malnutrition and climate change, is the result of a three-year effort involving 26 authors from 14 countries. While the authors criticise discrimination against... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/article/3003594/weight-bias-fat-shaming-discrimination-and-obesity-and?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/article/3003594/weight-bias-fat-shaming-discrimination-and-obesity-and?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 28 Mar 2019 12:45:06 +0000 It’s an annual holiday tradition: food guilt. Caught between the desire to enjoy holiday favourites and the fear of putting on extra pounds, people bond over the sharing of time-worn tips such as “eat before you go to a party” or “try to fill up on vegetables before you hit the rest of the buffet” – joyless clichés that really do not work. Then, on January 2, they join a gym. As a dietitian and a certified intuitive-eating counsellor, I find that my clients often fall into one of two extremes:... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/article/2178537/seven-best-ways-survive-christmas-if-youre-dieting-some?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/article/2178537/seven-best-ways-survive-christmas-if-youre-dieting-some?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 19 Dec 2018 22:00:30 +0000