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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The peptide craze: magic elixir or expensive experiment?
Food Noise from Carrie Dennett The peptide craze: magic elixir or expensive experiment Separating science from the wellness hype March 30, 2026 One of my favorite things is busting nutrition myths, and that extends to busting nutrition hype. Because it seems like all I hear about are peptides, peptides, peptides lately (and how they’re apparently good for just about everything that might ail us), I decided to look under the hood of the hype (aka dig into what actual research has to say. Let’s...
How to stop self-objectification and build interoception
Food Noise from Carrie Dennett How to stop self-objectification and build interoception Moving from diet culture to body peace March 24, 2026 If you’ve spent years — or even decades — trapped in the cycle of dieting, you likely know what it feels like to treat your body like a high-maintenance project. One factor that feeds this cycle is the fact that we’re taught to view our bodies from the outside in. When we’re on this diet culture hamster wheel, we often ask ourselves questions like, “How...
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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 March 20, 2026 Happy Friday! We're having unseasonably nice weather in my neck of the woods (highs of 72 degrees instead of the average high of 45 degrees), and while I'm not taking this as a nudge to accelerate my planting schedule (because the tide could easily turn), it is nice to get a head start on spring garden cleanup. Other than fine weather, one of the highlights of the...
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How to defuse a body comparison spiral 🌀
Food Noise from Carrie Dennett How to diffuse a body comparison spiral Affirmations...plus digital detox tips March 17, 2026 Two weeks ago, I wrote about how bodies are not trends. Your body is your biological home, not a seasonal collection to be updated, modified, or optimized for someone else’s viewing pleasure. When a body type becomes a “trend,” it creates a culture of comparison and scarcity. The cycle of trend-chasing forces us into a lifelong, exhausting game of catch-up. It shifts...
When your body doesn’t ‘look’ like your eating disorder
Food Noise from Carrie Dennett When your body doesn’t ‘look’ like your eating disorder The invisible struggle March 10, 2026 If you’ve spent your life believing that eating disorders have a specific “look,” you aren’t alone. There’s a reason that the SWAG (skinny, white, affluent girl) stereotype — an unfortunate artifact of early research on patients with anorexia nervosa — is still so dominant. But eating disorders don’t discriminate. Not only can people of all ages, genders and races...
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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 March 6, 2026 Happy Friday! This week has been bananas, so without futher ado, I'm just going to get on with the links... A few things I liked If you're as fed up as I am by so many things happening right now all around us, you might find inspiration and solace in the latest episode of the Burnt Toast podcast, "I Refuse to Be Good," an interview with writer, speaker and UC Berkeley...
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The body is not a trend
Food Noise from Carrie Dennett The body is not a trend Reclaiming your relationship with yourself March 3, 2026 We live in an era of constant aesthetic curation — in fashion, interior design, music, cuisine, you name it. Unfortunately, we also see the idea of “trends” in body shapes and sizes, too. If you pay attention to popular culture at all, you’ve probably seen stories dissecting the current skinny trend, exemplified by social media influencers and certain female AND male celebrities....
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Why 'body positivity' and weight inclusivity aren't the same thing
Food Noise from Carrie Dennett Why 'body positivity' and weight inclusivity aren't the same thing (Something that NYT is clueless about) February 26, 2026 Happy Friday! It's been a source of frequent consternation for YEARS that many people believe that for people in larger bodies, being "body positive" means that you don't care about your health, are giving up on your health, etc., etc. I suppose that this very misinterpretation of body positivity could have lead some people who were later...
Why restricting sugar actually makes you crave it more 🍪
Food Noise from Carrie Dennett Why restricting sugar actually makes you crave it more (And how to break the cycle) February 24, 2026 You know the feeling. It’s 3 p.m., or maybe 9 p.m. You’ve been “good” all day. You had the protein smoothie; you had the salad with chicken breast. But now, your brain is hyper-focused on one thing: the cookies in the pantry. You tell yourself, “I shouldn't have them. Sugar is bad. If I start, I won’t stop.” But the urge gets louder. Finally, you break. You...
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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 February 20, 2026 Happy Friday! It's been a minute. I was in Da Nang, Vietnam for 11 days then in Taipei, Taiwan for two full days. Don't ask me about the 34 hours it took us to get there (we had two 9ish-hour layovers). Even with business class (we use miles to pay for that) and lounge access, I was dying. Getting home was quicker, thank fully, because we only had one 4-hour...
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."