Speaking Of Hungry

Do you know someone who may be identifying as vegetarian or vegan in an attempt to further restrict food and lose weight or support their current weight suppression? In this episode, I’m talking to Christine Frangione, MS, RD, CDN, RYT, about disordered eating among vegetarians and vegans. We talk about: Christina’s personal story with being vegan and how it became disordered. Ways to identify if a person is choosing to eat a plant-based diet for moral or health reasons vs. coming from a place of restriction and disordered eating. How Christina works with her clients on plant-based eating that doesn’t fall into a trap of disordered eating. Christina’s experience as a yoga instructor and how identifying as vegetarian or vegan can send mixed messages in yoga studios. There are plenty of people who choose to avoid meat and other animal products because they don’t want to support harmful practices toward animals. Sometimes people choose this path already having a history of disordered eating. The restr