Not About Food

Sophia, who suffers from cerebral palsy, has also had a complicated relationship with food since a young age. She and Phoebe talk about the challenges this has brought Sophia throughout school, treatment, and other areas of her life.  Sophia's Blog: https://pinksparklybeads.wordpress.com/2021/05/31/eating-disorders-and-disabilities-what-i-wish-id-known-before-starting-treatment/ Sophia's Twitter: https://twitter.com/Sophia6110 Sophia's Instagram: https://instagram.com/Sophia6110 Get a free audiobook of your choice when you sign up to Audible using our link! https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/audible/mlp/mfpdp/B07GNJPH1F?actionCode=AMN30DFT1Bk06604291990WX&tag=notaboutfood-21 Personality Disorder Petition: https://www.change.org/p/world-health-organisation-stop-the-icd-11-personality-disorder-framework-from-coming-into-practice Our Twitter: https://twitter.com/notaboutfoodpod Our Instagram: https://instagram.com/notaboutfoodpod Contact: notaboutfoodpod@gmail.com Content Warnings: Ableism, Anorexia, Restriction

After our last episode covering refeeding, many of you reached out to us on social media with questions for Vicky. We're excited to bring you this follow-up episode with more of Vicky's fantastic in-depth knowledge and advice.

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Content Warnings: Explicit mentions of weight amounts as a goal in re-feeding, explicit mentions of calorie amounts regarding topics of starvation, BMR, and what these values represent. 

Registered dietician and anorexia survivor Vicky gives us all the details on what to expect when going through refeeding - both in hospital and at home. She starts with a breakdown of how eating disorders affect your body physically and then how refeeding can help the body to recover.  You can get Laura Thomas PhD's book Just Eat It for FREE on Audible using our link: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/audible/mlp/mfpdp/B07GNJPH1F?actionCode=AMN30DFT1Bk06604291990WX&tag=notaboutfood-21 Simply sign up for a 30-day Audible trial and get this book at no charge. Not only do we highly recommend this book but you will be supporting the show directly by giving it a try. Our Twitter: https://twitter.com/notaboutfoodpod Contact: notaboutfoodpod@gmail.com Content Warnings: Restriction, Binging, Purging, Refeeding, Death, Surgery

It's June which means it's Pride month! This episode is the first of a series about being LGBTQ+ and having an eating disorder, and we are proudly a completely queer run podcast. Our guest Sarah discusses the intricacies of being non-binary and how that influenced their eating disorder, and how they navigate recovery despite gender dysphoria.

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Laura Kate Dale's Twitter: https://twitter.com/LaurakBuzz

Sarah's Twitter: https://twitter.com/s_ar_ah_0

Content Warnings: Restriction, Gender dysphoria, Sexism, Transphobia

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A more general discussion this week with the fantastic Sarah Frances Young (@BodyPositivePear), who tells us what it's like to be diagnosed with Atypical Anorexia, how the diagnosis' ties to BMI in the past were very problematic and how the ED community now has a small but vocal minority gatekeeping against fat people with anorexia. She then gives us some background on the body positivity movement and how it has been turned into little more than a trend by well-meaning but perhaps misguided influencers. 

Content Warnings: Binging, Purging, Restriction, Fatphobia, BMI, Transphobia 

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Sarah's YouTube: https://youtube.com/sarahfrancesyoung 

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There are so many misconceptions about Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID), to the point where it's often misdiagnosed as anorexia, despite several key differences.

It's also generally considered a childhood illness, but it can and does extend into adult life for many people. Our guests Tahlia and Lucie give us the rundown and even make Phoebe realise a few things about her disordered eating as a child and how it relates to ARFID.

Tahlia's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tahliadavid/

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Content Warnings: Weight, Purging, Vomiting, Restriction, Alcohol

Editor's note: There's a mention of "CAMHS" (pronounced "cams") a couple of times in this episode. For those outside the UK, this refers to Childhood and Adolescent Mental Health Services, the primary body for treating and referring minors with mental health issues. Additionally, there may be some fluctuation in volume throughout this episode due to an issue with the recording. We hope that you understand that recording over Zoom often results in unideal set-ups and while we try our best to make everything crystal clear, some issues are inevitable! 

We've spoken to a lot of people about their experiences of EDs, but this time we get a different perspective. Paul Webb (AKA "dad") has an open, honest, and insightful chat with Phoebe about what it's like to watch your daughter develop Anorexia, methods of coping, and reflections on mistakes that can be made. This is our longest and most raw episode yet, and it's one that we're incredibly proud of. However, please check the content warnings below as this episode contains a lot of heavy content.

The advice given here is just from Paul's personal experience, and if you are suffering yourself or trying to help a loved one who is suffering, also consider contacting one of the following services:

Beat (UK): https://www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk/

NEDA (USA): https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/help-support/contact-helpline

Before this episode, we asked for some of your questions so that we could do a Q&A of sorts on this episode. Any that weren't answered in the episode will be tweeted out with a written reply in the near future!

Content Warnings: Anorexia, Restriction, Drug Use, Addiction, Self-Harm, Needles, Suicide, Death

The fabulous Jason Wood of Orthorexia Bites joins Phoebe for a deep dive into what Orthorexia is, how different it is to other eating disorders, and the struggles one can face trying to get a diagnosis and/or treatment for the condition. 

Jason has just announced that he's publishing a book! You can find more info here: https://www.orthorexiabites.com/

Also, be sure to check out Jason's Twitter/Instagram for more updates on the book and his site: https://twitter.com/orthorexiab, https://instagram.com/orthorexiabites

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Content Warnings: Weight Loss, Anorexia, Orthorexia, Restriction, Fatphobia

We're joined by two guests this week - Lauren and Lilith - each with very different experiences of veganism and how it affected their recovery. Often associated with restriction, veganism can be detrimental to recovery, but in the case of Lilith and many others, it offers achievable goals and a good way to manage their eating disorders.

Lilith's Socials: @LilthJCooper (Twitter), @GearsForQueers (Twitter, Instagram) 

Lauren's Socials: @LaurenKrissss (Everywhere) 

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Content Warnings: Restriction, Binging, Disordered Eating, Weight

Phoebe talks to Charlotte Earney, who describes her experience with BED and facing medical fatphobia, as well as looking at how ADHD can affect our relationship with food.

More info on Eating Disorders Awareness Week: https://www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk/edaw

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Content Warnings: Binging, Purging, Restriction, Self-harm, Exercise, Fatphobia