Food Noise
I'm a weight-inclusive nutrition therapist, author and journalist who is super serious about helping people have a more peaceful, less complicated relationship with food and body. I also have a take-no-prisoners approach to nutrition and health B.S. in the media. Yep, it's gonna get loud, but I'll also bring you a lot of, "Whew...that's good to know."
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Nutrition news is a hot mess...
Food Noise from Carrie Dennett Nutrition news is a hot mess But the major media outlets aren't to blame September 12, 2025 Happy Friday! Today I was supposed to write a media critique post, but when I went looking at recent media coverage of nutrition and health over the past week or two, I didn't want to critique any of it. Everything was either basic reporting on topics that were pretty neutral and worthy of neither praise nor critique, or they were reporting on the dumpster fire that is...
‘I’ll never be able to change’
Food Noise from Carrie Dennett 'I'll never be able to change' And other lies we tell ourselves September 9, 2025 “I’ll never be able to change.” I hear those words all the time from clients. Maybe you’ve said (or thought) them yourself. The reality is that people change all the time. We’re constantly changing, whether we know it or not. That’s because everything changes, and nothing is permanent. Emotions pass, our cells turnover, the seasons shift, the plants in your garden grow. To be alive...
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Friday Food Noise Links + Recommendations
Food Noise from Carrie Dennett Friday Food Noise Links + Recommendations Including what I'm reading and watching September 5, 2025 Happy Friday! I'm not gonna lie, this has been a absolutely super busy bananas week, partly because it was a short week but also because I had extra evening activities (Master Gardener meeting, Garden Club meeting). I haven't even had time to garden, and my thoughts are a bit scattered right now. But here is an image of Zen, and then I have a few good links and...
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The people responsible for ‘Biggest Loser’ showed their true colors
Food Noise from Carrie Dennett The people responsible for 'Biggest Loser' showed their true colors And they were ugly September 2, 2025 Last week, I was interviewing a dietitian colleague for an article I’m writing on prevention and treatment of low bone density. (Hot tip: you can’t build bone in midlife by eating lots of protein and “lifting heavy,” regardless of what celebrity doctors or other influencers imply or outright claim.) As we were winding down our conversation, she asked me if...
Why try cultivating self-compassion?
Food Noise from Carrie Dennett Why try cultivating self-compassion? Because it's one key to true health August 26, 2025 Do you find it hard to show yourself compassion? You're not alone. So many of my clients show SO MUCH compassion for other people (and animals), but offer some to themselves? Cue record scratch. In the past few decades, numerous research studies have shown that self-compassion is important for not just mental and emotional health and well-being, but for physical health as...
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Friday Food Noise Links + Recommendations
Food Noise from Carrie Dennett Friday Food Noise Links + Recommendations Including what I'm reading and watching August 8, 2025 Happy Friday! My garden is EXPLODING. How about yours? Mine's also a bird haven, and right now there's an Anna's hummingbird sitting on a deer cage outside my office window scratching itself (because birds get itchy, too). So cute I could die! I'm going to plant SO many red-flowered penstemon for them next year! If you have a glut of summer squash from your own...
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Can you be mindful when your mind is full?
Food Noise from Carrie Dennett Can you be mindful when your mind is full? Tips for calming your monkey mind August 19, 2025 It’s a universal experience to occasionally walk into a room for a reason, only to realize you forgot what that reason was. Next time this happens to you, do a quick mental check-in: was your mind filled with other thoughts. In that moment, you weren’t able to be mindful about why you went into the room because your mind was already full. Mindfulness meditation is the...
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About that ultraprocessed foods weight loss study
Food Noise from Carrie Dennett About that ultraprocessed foods weight loss study Hello, clickbait! August 15, 2025 It was the study heard round the world, "Ultraprocessed or minimally processed diets following healthy dietary guidelines on weight and cardiometabolic health: a randomized, crossover trial." This study would have always received a lot of attention, but the fact that ultra processed foods have now been politicalized makes pretty much any newly published studies about ultra...
Can you have an eating disorder if your weight is “OK”?
Food Noise from Carrie Dennett Can you have an eating disorder if your weight is “OK”? Oh, you betcha. August 12, 2025 In my first session with one of my clients who has anorexia, she told me she’d been in denial about how disordered her eating had become, because her weight was in the “normal range.” It wasn’t until she developed medical complications, including fainting spells and slowed heart rate, that she realized she needed help. This made me think about a patient who came to me seeking...
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Friday Food Noise Links + Recommendations
Food Noise from Carrie Dennett Friday Food Noise Links + Recommendations Including what I'm reading and watching August 8, 2025 Happy Friday! I want to start with another bit of wisdom from James Clear (author of "Atomic Habits"): "Working on a problem reduces the fear of it. It’s hard to fear a problem when you are making progress on it — even if progress is imperfect and slow. Action relieves anxiety." I have definitely found this to be true in my own life, as I find that taking action...
I'm a weight-inclusive nutrition therapist, author and journalist who is super serious about helping people have a more peaceful, less complicated relationship with food and body. I also have a take-no-prisoners approach to nutrition and health B.S. in the media. Yep, it's gonna get loud, but I'll also bring you a lot of, "Whew...that's good to know."