EP 114: Challenging Diet Mentality in the Fitness Industry w/ Jake Gifford

Don't Salt My Game | With Laura Thomas, PhD

Laura Thomas

Wellness, Bodypositivity, Plantbased, Nutrition, Medicine, Health, Vegan, Health & Fitness, Wellbeing, Mindfulness, Nutritionist, Dontsaltmygame

4.8 • 807 Ratings

🗓️ 27 September 2019

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

In this week’s episode, I’m talking to Jake Gifford, a.k.a The Phit Coach. Jake's an experienced personal trainer who's passionate about reframing fitness as a positive, equitable and inclusive experience.

We discuss:
✨ How Jake came across the non-diet, HAES paradigm and the transition into practicing from a weight-inclusive perspective
✨ Challenging fat-phobia in the fitness industry
✨ How to detach movement from diet mentality and punishment
✨ How fitness professionals can switch their messaging and
✨ The social determinants of health and how they can shape our health
✨ Shifting our motivations for movement

This episode is sponsored by Raising Intuitive Eaters, our online course for parents and carers who want to raise kids who have a healthy and happy relationship with food and their body. And don’t forget to use the code ‘DSMG50’ to receive £50 off all our online courses between now and 30th September 2019.

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0:00.0	This episode is brought to you by raising intuitive eaters.
0:03.0	Our online course helping support parents, carers, and anyone responsible for feeding kiddos,
0:09.0	raise kids that love food and love their bodies.
0:13.0	This course is made up of 12 modules.
0:16.0	The first five cover general principles, like how to help support kids respond to their natural appetite cues,
0:22.4	why it's important to practice food neutrality around kids, and why that actually helps support
0:27.5	them eating a wider variety of foods. Also, why putting pressure on kids to eat certain foods
0:33.7	can backfire, what to do instead, plus how to foster body appreciation in little
0:39.3	ones.
0:40.3	We also have specific modules for each of the ages and stages of child feeding, starting
0:45.3	with intuitive eating and pregnancy, then moving through milk feeding, weaning, the early years,
0:51.3	all the way through primary school and the teenage years.
0:59.5	If you're worried that your kid is a fussy eater, if you're confused about how much sugar to give them,
1:04.8	if you think they eat too many beige foods, if you hear them talking shit about their bodies,
1:11.6	or if you're concerned they don't have an off switch, then head to London Center for Intchuttebeating.com.uk.
1:16.3	Or check out the show notes in your podcast player for full details and how to sign up. Don't solve my game.
1:22.5	Hey guys, welcome to Don't Salt My Game.
1:28.9	I'm Laura Thomas.
1:29.8	I'm a registered nutritionist specializing in Enchutu2Tink, health at every size, and non-diet nutrition.
1:36.2	I'm also author of Just Eat It, How Inchutivetink can help you get your shit together around food,
1:41.4	and director of the London Center for Intchutivetink.
1:51.0	We're here having conversations with game changers in nutrition and health, food, body liberation, and some other things thrown in for ships.
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