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Intuitive Eating

What intuitive eating actually is (and isn't)

It's not a hunger-fullness diet. It's a framework for repairing trust with your body.

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What intuitive eating actually is (and isn't)

Intuitive Eating was created in 1995 by dietitians Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch. It rests on ten principles, and none of them are 'only eat when you're hungry'.

It rejects the diet mentality, honours hunger, makes peace with food, and challenges the food police in your head. It also asks you to feel your fullness, discover satisfaction, cope with emotions with kindness, respect your body, move gently, and honour your health with gentle nutrition, last on the list, not first.

What it isn't: a hunger-fullness diet. A weight-loss method. A rulebook. A test you can fail. If a coach sells 'intuitive eating for fat loss', that is diet culture wearing a soft-focus filter.

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Écrit et relu par
Angelina Mehtälä, praticienne en nutrition, fondatrice d'Anti-Diet Club
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