How Your Relationship with Food — and Your Body — Became So Broken

Healthism, self-objectification, media stereotypes, and toxic diet culture have led us to hate food, hate our bodies, and hate ourselves.

It’s 2020, and we, as women, we’re taking our health into our own hands. We’re trying to make more informed decisions; we’re ditching healthcare for self-care, we’re trading in prescription drugs for CBD.

When it comes to our food we’re eating better, for the most part. Yeah, we’re eating more vegetables and we know wholesome food is good for us, but many of us are still eating too many processed foods due to time and cost constraints.

And despite an increased focus on our health and what we eat, our “diet” is still the leading cause of preventable conditions like obesity, heart disease, and death. We understand the concept of food as medicine, yet we predominantly eat crap.

So let me ask you something, if we, as women, know that something as simple as eating better can help us live longer, reverse negative health issues and keep us out of an early grave, why aren’t we all shouting ‘All Hail Kale!’? The answer is: