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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What would your future self say?
Food Noise from Carrie Dennett What would your future self say? How to avoid making self care 'mistakes' April 1, 2025 Happy April Fools' Day? This article is not an April Fools' article, because while in hindsight I love the idea of that, I was not on the ball enough to plan it. My bad, because I could have done something fun with, I don't know, pretending I'm now on the cod liver oil bandwagon? Instead, I bring you this serious, straightforward article. We humans tend to be shortsighted...
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(Not) AMA: A few Friday links
Food Noise from Carrie Dennett (Not) AMA: A few Friday links Because I didn't want to send nothing March 28, 2025 It’s the final Friday of the month, which means it’s usually time to answer reader questions. Except I didn't get any, so I thought I would send out this super-short email with a few good links I saw this week. Without further ado... How many more unqualified white men can be elevated to positions overseeing federal agencies? Too many. Last Friday, Virginia Sole-Smith published an...
Your doctor recommended a GLP-1 for weight loss. Now what?
Food Noise from Carrie Dennett Your doctor recommended a GLP-1 for weight loss. Now what? Why informed consent, if you consent at all, is everything March 25, 2025 FYI...this is a long article. I had a lot to say, and felt it really needed to be said. You’re in the exam room at your doctor’s office. Maybe it’s for an annual check-up. Maybe you’re there for a specific concern. Then it happens. Maybe the doctor prefaces it by asking permission to discuss your weight. Maybe they cut straight to...
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What's the deal with beef tallow and mangos?
Food Noise from Carrie Dennett What's the deal with beef tallow and mangos? (This newsletter fueled by righteous indignation) March 21, 2025 Last week I mentioned how RFK Jr.'s idea that vitamin A prevents measles was unfairly extrapolated from what we know about vitamin A deficiency in "third world" countries. Well now his praise for beef tallow is making the rounds in the media. Not only is he praising the supposed health benefits of beef tallow (praising Shake Shack for using it to cook...
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Why the trauma of diet culture never fully goes away…
Food Noise from Carrie Dennett Why the trauma of diet culture never fully goes away... ...but you can still be OK. March 18, 2025 So a funny thing happened to me on my recent trip to Asia. I got sick (OK, not so funny). My husband was the first one to fall, with about a week left in our trip. I made it four more days before succumbing. In both cases, it was a cold that quickly morphed into bronchitis and, in my case, laryngitis. While this didn’t ruin our trip, our trip certainly wasn’t 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 March 14, 2025 Happy Friday! I just want to check one thing before I get started: you all know that diet (and vitamin A) aren't a replacement for the measles vaccine, or any vaccine...right? Cool, just checking. Yes, vitamin A plays a role in immunity, but unless someone has a vitamin A deficiency (which pretty much happens only in low-income countries), taking supplemental vitamin...
Self-esteem? It's a downer. Self-compassion is the real winner
Food Noise from Carrie Dennett Self-esteem? It's a downer. Self-compassion is the real winner And, tips for calming your critical voice March 11, 2025 Self-esteem isn’t new, but a “self-esteem movement” of sorts started back in the 1970s, predicated on the idea that many of society’s problems were due to individuals’ low self-esteem. Parents and teachers were encouraged to bolster children’s self-esteem, even though there really wasn’t much research to show this would actually improve grades,...
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Keeping an eye on nutrition news without getting hijacked
Food Noise from Carrie Dennett Keeping an eye on nutrition news without getting hijacked Move fast and keep the blinders on March 7, 2025 As I mentioned on Tuesday in my article on allostatic load, I've set hard boundaries around news consumption as a radical act of self care. There was a slight bobble on Tuesday, when I arrived home from a Master Gardener meeting to find that the (sad) State of the Union address was STILL on. (Remember how I mentioned that my husband can watch this stuff...
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What is “allostatic load”? Why it’s worse than chronic stress
Food Noise from Carrie Dennett What is 'allostatic load'? Why it's worse than chronic stress And how the current state of chaos plays a role March 4, 2025 Stress — the physical or mental response to something our brain perceives as challenging or threatening — isn’t always a bad thing. We feel “good stress” when we’re excited or take on a tough but interesting project, and your body’s short-term (acute) stress response could save your life if it helps you get out of the way of a driver...
Are you pursuing health, or thinness?
Food Noise from Carrie Dennett Are you pursuing health, or thinness? No, one does not equal the other February 25, 2025 Today's newsletter is a day late (but not a dollar short), because I had the misfortune of coming down with a cold with a nasty cough towards the end of my trip to Asia (I had a running bet with myself on whether I would break a rib or literally cough up a lung first). I had intended to wrap up this newsletter on either my 4-hour layover in Seoul or my 7-hour layover in LAX,...
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."