#317: Rethinking Wellness: The Wellness to Woo Pipeline and the Kids in the Long Shadow of Clean Eating with Laura Thomas
Food Psych Podcast with Christy Harrison
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How I Got Into Wellness Culture
Sally Kohn: I think the bridge from veganism to wellness and ultimately into woo kind of culture is yeah, a real slippery slope. She says in her early 20s she was always looking for new recipes and ideas for how to feed herself as a vegan. And somewhere along the lines, she picked up the subtext that things like gluten and oils were probably contributing to inflammation and pain - but they're not all bad. But there were points along the way where my diet was just so restrictive because I had internalized these ideas. It's an interesting kind of juxtaposition,Kohn said. "I am by no means a militant vegan who thinks that I need to convert everyone
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