Episodes

  • “Ladies Eat Salad, Men Eat Steak and Burgers” - Exploring Gendered Eating Tropes in Media & Marketing with Dr. Emily Contois

    “Ladies Eat Salad, Men Eat Steak and Burgers” - Exploring Gendered Eating Tropes in Media & Marketing with Dr. Emily Contois
    Dec 17 2024
    In today’s episode of Bite Back with Abbey Sharp, I will be talking to Dr Emily Contois, an Associate Professor at the University of Tulsa specializing in how identities are formed at the vital intersection of food, the body, and ideas about health. She is the author of “Diners, Dudes, and Diets: How Gender and Power Collide in Food Media and Culture” and co-editor of “Food Instagram: Identity, Influence, and Negotiation”. Today we will be diving into the intersection of gender norms and food choices. We will discuss how women are socialized to choose light dainty foods like salad whereas men are encouraged to eat hearty meals like steak and potatoes. We will be discussing the sneaky ways that diet culture and the food industry plays to these norms (ie. how foods are marketed to women vs men). We’re gonna talk about the “cool girl” story arc in TV and film (think Sex and the City and Gilmore Girls) and how that can be really damaging to young women’s relationship with food and their body. And I’m going to leave you with some actionable tips on how to reject these gendered food expectations which may specifically come in handy during the holidays when food judgement is at an all time high.References:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/14/11/2240https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11199-011-0022-5https://19thnews.org/2022/09/poll-healthcare-lgbtq-medical-discrimination/https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15534510.2015.1008037https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0001879107000437 Check in with today’s amazing guest: Dr Emily Contois, Associate Professor at the University of Tulsa. Follow at @emilycontois Website: https://emilycontois.com/Diners Dudes and Diets: https://www.amazon.com/Diners-Dudes-Diets-Collide-Culture/dp/1469660741Food Instagram: https://www.amazon.ca/Food-Instagram-Identity-Influence-Negotiation-ebook/dp/B09YDNDK87 Disclaimer: The content in this episode is for educational and entertainment purposes only and is never a substitute for medical advice. If you’re struggling with with your mental or physical health, please work one on one with a health care provider.If you have heard yourself in our discussion today, and are looking for support, contact the free NEDIC helpline at 1-866-NEDIC-20 or go to eatingdisorderhope.com. 🥤 Check out my 2-in-1 Plant Based Probiotic Protein Powder, neue theory at www.neuetheory.com or @neuetheoryDon’t forget to Please subscribe on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts and leave us a review! It really helps us out. ✉️ SUBSCRIBE TO MY NEWSLETTERS ⤵️Neue Theory newsletterAbbey's Kitchen newsletter 🥞 FREE HUNGER CRUSHING COMBO™ E-BOOK! 💪🏼 FREE PROTEIN 101 E-BOOK! Disclaimer: The content in this episode is for educational and entertainment purposes only and is never a substitute for medical advice. If you’re struggling with with your mental or physical health, please work one on one with a health care provider. 📱 Follow me! Instagram: @abbeyskitchenTikTok: @abbeyskitchenYouTube: @AbbeysKitchen My blog, Abbey’s Kitchen www.abbeyskitchen.com My book, The Mindful Glow Cookbook affiliate link: https://amzn.to/3NoHtvf If you liked this podcast, please like, follow, and leave a review with your thoughts and let me know who you want me to discuss next!
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    46 mins
  • Is Your Diet or MLM a CULT? Exploring the Intersection of Diet Culture & Cults with NXIVM cult survivor, Sarah Edmondson

    Is Your Diet or MLM a CULT? Exploring the Intersection of Diet Culture & Cults with NXIVM cult survivor, Sarah Edmondson
    Dec 10 2024

    In today’s episode of Bite Back with Abbey Sharp, we get to sit down with ex-NXIVM cult member, Sarah Edmondson. Sarah is the star of the hit HBO series, The Vow, the author of Scarred, and the co-host of the podcast, A Little Bit Culty. In this episode, she details the extreme low calorie diets and exercise regimens that members of Keith Raniere’s NXIVM cult were instructed to follow. We discuss the role of diet restriction in cults and control, how wellness MLM’s use similar tactics as cults, and I will be leaving you with a list of red flags that your diet or wellness routine might actually be operating like a cult.

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    Check in with today’s amazing guest, Sarah Edmondson.

    • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarahedmondson/?hl=en
    • A Little Bit Culty https://alittlebitculty.com/
    • Scarred https://a.co/d/cZf2KF1
    • Preorder Sarah & Nippy’s Upcoming Book: https://checkout.square.site/merchant/MLR16M1R576DP/checkout/25UI2OVABMV3RD4YF55WQ755

    Disclaimer: This episode does discuss disordered eating, calories and abuse. The content in this episode is for educational and entertainment purposes only and is never a substitute for medical advice. If you’re struggling with with your mental or physical health, please work one on one with a health care provider.

    If you have heard yourself in our discussion today, and are looking for support, contact the free NEDIC helpline at 1-866-NEDIC-20 or go to eatingdisorderhope.com.

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    47 mins
  • A Cautionary Tale on Grifty Wellness MLMs and Made Up Diagnoses (Leaky Gut & Adrenal Fatigue?) with Anti-Diet Dietitian Christy Harrison

    A Cautionary Tale on Grifty Wellness MLMs and Made Up Diagnoses (Leaky Gut & Adrenal Fatigue?) with Anti-Diet Dietitian Christy Harrison
    Dec 3 2024

    In today’s episode of Bite Back with Abbey Sharp, and today we’re talking with anti diet dietitian and fellow podcaster and author, Christy Harrison about wellness culture grifters. We’re going to be talking a lot about how wellness culture is co-opting intuitive eating, along with the rise in different dubious diagnoses and spurious cures including leaky gut, chronic candida and adrenal fatigue. We’ll be diving into how pseudoscience wellness programs focus their efforts on cancer patients and other vulnerable people. We’re talking about wellness MLMs and why the vast majority of supplements out there are poorly manufactured and kinda BS - and why the business model may actually be making you less healthy. And finally, I’ll be leaving you with some harrowing last thoughts about the real causes of health inequalities (aka. The social determinants of health) and how wellness culture depends on us simply ignoring them.

    Check in with today’s amazing guest, Christy Harrison!

    • Website: https://christyharrison.com/
    • Instagram: @chr1styharrison
    • https://rethinkingwellness.substack.com/
    • Food Psych Podcast: https://christyharrison.com/foodpsych
    • Rethinking Wellness Podcast and Substack: https://rethinkingwellness.substack.com/
    • Anti-Diet Book: https://christyharrison.com/book-anti-diet-intuitive-eating-christy-harrison
    • The Wellness Trap Book: https://christyharrison.com/the-wellness-trap

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    47 mins
  • Is Sugar Making You Sick and Fat? The Bitter Truth about Sugar, Diabetes, Weight Gain and Inflammation

    Is Sugar Making You Sick and Fat? The Bitter Truth about Sugar, Diabetes, Weight Gain and Inflammation
    Nov 26 2024
    In todays episode of Bite Back with Abbey Sharp, and I will be doing a solo episode looking at a lot of the myths and misconceptions on sugar. Is it really the toxin that people believe it to be? Should we be avoiding it like the plague and eating carnivore or super low cal? I will also leave you with some tips on how to prevent the risks of sugar consumption. I’ll be covering the following claims and breaking down the science.Claim 1: Sugar causes a dangerous spike in blood sugar and insulinClaim 2: Sugar is solely responsible for the obesity epidemicClaim 3: Sugar Causes DiabetesClaim 4: Sugar causes inflammation and chronic disease deathReferences:https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0002916523135052?via%3Dihub#f1https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34556834/https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3746083/https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34556834/https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5836186/https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/8/4/e018060https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29466592/https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3746083https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17513405/https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0057873https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/nbu.12137https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23872500/https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35276998/https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37182401/https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23627502/https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2744926/https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15657475/https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26301178/Disclaimer: The content in this episode is for educational and entertainment purposes only and is never a substitute for medical advice. If you’re struggling with with your mental or physical health, please work one on one with a health care provider.If you have heard yourself in our discussion today, and are looking for support, contact the free NEDIC helpline at 1-866-NEDIC-20 or go to eatingdisorderhope.com. 🥤 Check out my 2-in-1 Plant Based Probiotic Protein Powder, neue theory at www.neuetheory.com or @neuetheoryDon’t forget to Please subscribe on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts and leave us a review! It really helps us out. ✉️ SUBSCRIBE TO MY NEWSLETTERS ⤵️Neue Theory newsletterAbbey's Kitchen newsletter 🥞 FREE HUNGER CRUSHING COMBO™ E-BOOK! 💪🏼 FREE PROTEIN 101 E-BOOK! Disclaimer: The content in this episode is for educational and entertainment purposes only and is never a substitute for medical advice. If you’re struggling with with your mental or physical health, please work one on one with a health care provider. 📱 Follow me! Instagram: @abbeyskitchenTikTok: @abbeyskitchenYouTube: @AbbeysKitchen My blog, Abbey’s Kitchen www.abbeyskitchen.com My book, The Mindful Glow Cookbook affiliate link: https://amzn.to/3NoHtvf If you liked this podcast, please like, follow, and leave a review with your thoughts and let me know who you want me to discuss next!
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    34 mins
  • “I Felt Used by Your ED” | Unpacking My Past Orthorexia (and How to Support a Loved One) with my Sister, Dr. Skye Fitzpatrick

    “I Felt Used by Your ED” | Unpacking My Past Orthorexia (and How to Support a Loved One) with my Sister, Dr. Skye Fitzpatrick
    Nov 19 2024

    In todays episode of Bite Back with Abbey Sharp, I share my eating disorder (orthorexia) origin story, and I speak with my own sister (and clinical psychologist), Dr. Skye Fitzpatrick about how mental illnesses like eating disorders affect and are affected by family members and those in your immediate circle. Skye and I talk about how my eating disorder affected her as a young teen, and how families can often do more harm than good by over-accommodating the individual struggling with mental illness. This can often keep the person who is suffering from mental illness in a place where they don’t have to recover. I leave listeners with a list of dos and dont’s for talking to a loved one about your concerns around their disordered eating, and I also share a script on how you can broach the topic with your loved one.

    Check in with today’s amazing guest:
    Dr. Skye Fitzpatrick (my amazing sister!) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at York University.. She’s also director of the TULiP lab which stands for Treating and Understanding Life-threatening Behaviours and Post-traumatic stress.
    The TULiP lab is currently recruiting for their most recent study looking for people who struggle with intense emotions and self-injury/suicidal thoughts and behaviours and their romantic partners who 18 years old.

    You can learn more about it here:
    https://www.tuliplab.ca/feeling-connected.html

    You can also follow them at @tuliplabyork

    Trigger Warning: In this episode we do discuss mental health disorders, disordered eating and eating disorders in detail.

    If you have heard yourself in our discussion today, and are looking for support, contact the free NEDIC helpline at 1-866-NEDIC-20 or go to eatingdisorderhope.com.

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    42 mins
  • (Un)Wellness in The Workplace. How toxic diet culture invades your 9-5 with Emily Durham aka Emily The Recruiter

    (Un)Wellness in The Workplace. How toxic diet culture invades your 9-5 with Emily Durham aka Emily The Recruiter
    Nov 12 2024
    On today’s episode of Bite Back with Abbey Sharp, I am chatting with content creator Emily Durham, also known online as Emily the Recruiter, about diet culture in the workplace. We will be discussing the intersection of sexism, hustle culture and diet culture, fatphobic hiring practices, problematic workplace “wellness culture”, and how women engage disordered eating under the guise of productivity. I will also be leaving you with some sassy responses for diet culture comments in the workplace. Don’t forget to Please subscribe on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts and leave us a review! It really helps us out.Check in with today’s amazing guest Emily Durham!Tiktok : @Emily.the.recruiterInstagram: @Emily.the.recruiterYoutube: @emily.durhamPodcast: Straight Shooter Recruiter podcastResearch links:https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-hidden-career-cost-of-being-overweight-68f4b8e7https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/573892/employment-outcomes-of-drug-or-alcohol-addiction-and-obesity-print.PDFhttps://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02206/fullhttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/eat.22966https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2016-28946-012 Trigger Warning: We briefly mention disordered eating and eating disorders in this episode. If you have heard yourself in our discussion today, and are looking for support, contact the free NEDIC helpline at 1-866-NEDIC-20 or go to eatingdisorderhope.com. 🥤 Check out my 2-in-1 Plant Based Probiotic Protein Powder, neue theory at www.neuetheory.com or @neuetheoryDon’t forget to Please subscribe on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts and leave us a review! It really helps us out. ✉️ SUBSCRIBE TO MY NEWSLETTERS ⤵️Neue Theory newsletterAbbey's Kitchen newsletter 🥞 FREE HUNGER CRUSHING COMBO™ E-BOOK! 💪🏼 FREE PROTEIN 101 E-BOOK! Disclaimer: The content in this episode is for educational and entertainment purposes only and is never a substitute for medical advice. If you’re struggling with with your mental or physical health, please work one on one with a health care provider. 📱 Follow me! Instagram: @abbeyskitchenTikTok: @abbeyskitchenYouTube: @AbbeysKitchen My blog, Abbey’s Kitchen www.abbeyskitchen.com My book, The Mindful Glow Cookbook affiliate link: https://amzn.to/3NoHtvf If you liked this podcast, please like, follow, and leave a review with your thoughts and let me know who you want me to discuss next!
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    34 mins
  • Seeds Oils, Insulin Spikes, Glyphosate, Oh My! How to Spot Nutrition BS with Dr. Idz

    Seeds Oils, Insulin Spikes, Glyphosate, Oh My! How to Spot Nutrition BS with Dr. Idz
    Nov 5 2024

    On today’s episode of Bite Back with Abbey Sharp, we will be chatting with TikTok nutrition myth buster, Dr Idz. He will be helping us debunk some of the biggest nutrition scandals online including claims that seed oils are inflammatory, that all blood sugar and insulin spikes are dangerous, and that glyphosate in your conventional food is toxic. In our takeaway section, we will leave you with some red flags to watch for when evaluating the content you see online to help you understand if its quackery or evidence-based.

    Check in with today’s amazing guest Dr Idz!

    • Tiktok: @dr_idz
    • Instagram: @dr_idz
    • Website: https://www.schoolofdridz.com/
    • Book: Saturated Facts by Dr. Idz https://www.amazon.com/Saturated-Facts-Busting-Nutrition-Misinformation-ebook/dp/B0C2Y7KVHP

    If you have heard yourself in our discussion today, and are looking for support, contact the free NEDIC helpline at 1-866-NEDIC-20 or go to eatingdisorderhope.com.

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    44 mins
  • The Crushing Pressure to be Thin- Sierra Schultzzie on Escaping Diet Culture and Finding Body Positivity

    The Crushing Pressure to be Thin- Sierra Schultzzie on Escaping Diet Culture and Finding Body Positivity
    Oct 29 2024

    On today’s episode of Bite Back with Abbey Sharp, we dive into body positivity with lifestyle content creator Sierra Schultzzie. Sierra opens up about body kindness and confidence as a mom of young children, her journey with PCOS, diet, and food, and how she shares creativity and self-love through her content. I will also be sharing actionable tips on how to show your body kindness, even when you’re not feeling super body positive. Join us for an empowering episode!

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    Check in with today’s amazing guest Sierra Schutzzie!

    • Tiktok: @schultzzie
    • Instagram: @schultzzie
    • Youtube: @SierraSchultzzie

    Trigger Warning: This episode includes discussion about dieting and the pressure to be thin.

    If you have heard yourself in our discussion today, and are looking for support, contact the free NEDIC helpline at 1-866-NEDIC-20 or go to eatingdisorderhope.com.

    🥤 Check out my 2-in-1 Plant Based Probiotic Protein Powder, neue theory at

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    29 mins