This episode of Eat Girl Eat kicks off the How to Eat series. This series is intended to help you gain a healthier relationship with your food and your body in a new way. It’s about answering questions that come up often for women dealing with their own food-related struggles and the many misunderstandings we have about our bodies and minds.

Changing the way you perceive your life and yourself can have a profound impact on your relationship with food. This episode introduces a lot of the topics that will be discussed during this series in the coming weeks and sets the tone for learning how to eat.

Topics covered in this episode:

  • What our decisions create as we make them.
  • Who we tend to seek out information from when making our own health decisions.
  • A common question people have regarding eating.
  • What will be discussed over the coming weeks in this series.
  • Why it’s important to be open-minded when it comes to food.
  • A strategy to help you get the most out of this podcast.
  • The most important message you need to take from this series.
  • The marketing tactics that play into our ideas of health.
  • Common misconceptions in health and wellness.
  • Where the BMI (body mass index) scale originated.
  • The role that our habitual mind plays.
  • The kind of body we are all naturally born with.
  • What happened during the Minnesota starvation experiment.
  • How going into starvation mode can change your mindset around food.
  • An important piece of advice to take away from this episode.
  • What our body misses out on when we don’t meet our food needs.
  • The importance of questioning the rules and restrictions you place on food.