🚫 Anti-Diet Culture

Books challenging the $70 billion diet industry and its toll on bodies and minds, advocating instead for intuitive eating, body liberation, and freedom from the tyranny of thinness.

The Body Is Not an Apology

by Sonya Renee Taylor • 2018

Your body shame is a business model. Reclaiming your body is the exit strategy.

4.21

31k+

🌸 Body Positivity ✊ Intersectional Feminism 🔗 Internalized Oppression 🕊️ Body Liberation 💪 Fat Acceptance

The Body Is Not an Apology

Your body shame is a business model. Reclaiming your body is the exit strategy.

by Sonya Renee Taylor 2018

4.21

31k+ ratings

🌸 Body Positivity ✊ Intersectional Feminism 🔗 Internalized Oppression 🕊️ Body Liberation 💪 Fat Acceptance

Food Rules

by Michael Pollan • 2008

Sixty-four rules that replace dieting with common sense, home cooking, and enjoying your food.

3.99

49k+

🥦 Whole Foods 🧘 Mindful Eating 🍳 Home Cooking 🐌 Slow Food Movement ⚖️ Portion Control

Food Rules

Sixty-four rules that replace dieting with common sense, home cooking, and enjoying your food.

by Michael Pollan 2008

3.99

49k+ ratings

🥦 Whole Foods 🧘 Mindful Eating 🍳 Home Cooking 🐌 Slow Food Movement ⚖️ Portion Control

Not a Diet Book

by James Smith • 2020

The fitness industry sold you complexity. A trainer hands back the four things you actually need.

4.09

6k+

🔬 Evidence-Based Fitness 🥗 Flexible Dieting 📊 Calorie Counting 🔄 Habit Formation 🚶 Daily Movement

Not a Diet Book

The fitness industry sold you complexity. A trainer hands back the four things you actually need.

by James Smith 2020

4.09

6k+ ratings

🔬 Evidence-Based Fitness 🥗 Flexible Dieting 📊 Calorie Counting 🔄 Habit Formation 🚶 Daily Movement

Don't Lose Your Mind Lose Your Weight

by Rujuta Diwekar • 2009

Dieting makes you fat. The fix: six meals a day, starting within 15 minutes of waking.

4.17

6k+

🧘 Mindful Eating ⏰ Meal Timing 🥘 Traditional Diets ⚖️ Weight Management 🌱 Sustainable Eating

Don't Lose Your Mind Lose Your Weight

Dieting makes you fat. The fix: six meals a day, starting within 15 minutes of waking.

by Rujuta Diwekar 2009

4.17

6k+ ratings

🧘 Mindful Eating ⏰ Meal Timing 🥘 Traditional Diets ⚖️ Weight Management 🌱 Sustainable Eating

Healthy as F*ck

by Oonagh Duncan • 2019

Build health that survives your worst days. No diets, no guilt, habits you can actually keep.

4.08

4k+

🧱 Habit Design 💜 Self-Compassion 💪 Embracing Imperfection ✨ Body Positivity 🍽️ Mindful Eating

Healthy as F*ck

Build health that survives your worst days. No diets, no guilt, habits you can actually keep.

by Oonagh Duncan 2019

4.08

4k+ ratings

🧱 Habit Design 💜 Self-Compassion 💪 Embracing Imperfection ✨ Body Positivity 🍽️ Mindful Eating

Women & The Weight Loss Tamasha

by Rujuta Diwekar • 2011

Forget diet drama. The real work is local food, honest hunger, deep sleep, and self-kindness.

4.02

2k+

🥗 Holistic Nutrition 🩺 Women's Health 🧘 Mindful Eating 🌾 Eating Local 🔍 Weight Loss Myths

Women & The Weight Loss Tamasha

Forget diet drama. The real work is local food, honest hunger, deep sleep, and self-kindness.

by Rujuta Diwekar 2011

4.02

2k+ ratings

🥗 Holistic Nutrition 🩺 Women's Health 🧘 Mindful Eating 🌾 Eating Local 🔍 Weight Loss Myths

Secrets of Feeding a Healthy Family

by Ellyn Satter M.S. R.D. L.C.S.W. B.C.D • 2005

Food rules backfire. The family feeding method built on pleasure, trust, and zero battles.

4.21

450

🧘 Intuitive Eating 🧒 Child Nutrition 🍽️ Family Meals 🥦 Picky Eating 🧑‍🍳 Home Cooking

Secrets of Feeding a Healthy Family

Food rules backfire. The family feeding method built on pleasure, trust, and zero battles.

by Ellyn Satter M.S. R.D. L.C.S.W. B.C.D 2005

4.21

450 ratings

🧘 Intuitive Eating 🧒 Child Nutrition 🍽️ Family Meals 🥦 Picky Eating 🧑‍🍳 Home Cooking

The Calorie Myth

by Jonathan Bailor • 2013

High-quality food resets your weight thermostat, so you can eat more and still lose.

3.85

2k+

🧬 Hormonal Set-Point 🥦 Calorie Quality 🥗 Whole Food Nutrition 💪 Eccentric Training 🍖 Ancestral Eating

The Calorie Myth

High-quality food resets your weight thermostat, so you can eat more and still lose.

by Jonathan Bailor 2013

3.85

2k+ ratings

🧬 Hormonal Set-Point 🥦 Calorie Quality 🥗 Whole Food Nutrition 💪 Eccentric Training 🍖 Ancestral Eating

The Wellness Project

by Phoebe Lapine • 2017

Monthly health experiments taught her that fixing your liver doesn't mean giving up wine.

3.76

2k+

📓 Wellness Memoir 🗓️ Monthly Experiments 🦠 Gut Health ⚖️ Hormone Balance 🍷 Mindful Drinking

The Wellness Project

Monthly health experiments taught her that fixing your liver doesn't mean giving up wine.

by Phoebe Lapine 2017

3.76

2k+ ratings

📓 Wellness Memoir 🗓️ Monthly Experiments 🦠 Gut Health ⚖️ Hormone Balance 🍷 Mindful Drinking

The Bad Food Bible

by Aaron E. Carroll • 2017

Butter, eggs, gluten, GMOs: the science against them is mostly noise, not signal.

4.07

1k+

🥚 Nutrition Myths 🔬 Dietary Science 📊 Research Literacy ⚖️ Dietary Moderation 🧈 Saturated Fat Debate

The Bad Food Bible

Butter, eggs, gluten, GMOs: the science against them is mostly noise, not signal.

by Aaron E. Carroll 2017

4.07

1k+ ratings

🥚 Nutrition Myths 🔬 Dietary Science 📊 Research Literacy ⚖️ Dietary Moderation 🧈 Saturated Fat Debate

Yoga for Everyone

by Dianne Bondy • 2019

No flexibility required: fifty poses, from chair to handstand, built for the body you have today.

4.53

372

🧘 Accessible Yoga ❤️ Body Positive Yoga ➕ Plus Size Yoga 🧱 Yoga With Props 💨 Breathwork

Yoga for Everyone

No flexibility required: fifty poses, from chair to handstand, built for the body you have today.

by Dianne Bondy 2019

4.53

372 ratings

🧘 Accessible Yoga ❤️ Body Positive Yoga ➕ Plus Size Yoga 🧱 Yoga With Props 💨 Breathwork

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