Diets: why it's time to ditch them

This week, we’re talking about the D-word: diets. While dieting can sometimes result in quicker physical weight loss, over time it can negatively impact your overall health and even how you feel about yourself. That’s why we want to knock down the narrative around diet culture and help you find a route to long-term, healthy weight loss with no dieting involved.

Tune in to our host Helen and co-hosts Dr Sam and nutritionist Ruth as they discuss why we should ditch diet culture, and how. They’ll share helpful tips on changing your relationship with food, what to do if you get stuck in a yo-yo diet pattern and remind you that measuring your success is about more than just the numbers – healthy, sustainable weight loss could lead to less joint pain, better sleep, more energy, and even lower blood pressure. 

Dr Sam is Lead GP for Lifestyle Medicine at Boots Online Doctor, as well as a coach and mentor, author, and nutritional and yoga therapist. Ruth Taylor is a BANT nutritionist and registered nurse, who works alongside Sam on the Boots Online Doctor weight loss team.

Free resources from Boots Online Doctor:

Weekly live webinars on weight loss from our friendly, expert team https://tinyurl.com/WL-webinars 

Online 10-week weight loss programme https://onlinedoctor.boots.com/weight-loss/10-week-weight-loss-programme/

Food and mood diary https://tinyurl.com/food-mood-diary

Credits:

Host: Helen Thorn 
Co-host: Ruth Taylor 
Special guest: Dr Zahra Damji
Boots Online Doctor Producer: Leah Sienna Williams 
Producer: Oli Seymour
Executive Producer: Izzie Clarke
Music composed by: Leah Sienna Williams

Timecodes: 

00:00 Welcome to Weight Loss 360°
00:16 Meet the experts
00:32 Intro to today’s topic
02:36 What the experts think about diet culture
04:45 How do we ditch diet culture, and why should we?
07:05 Weight loss and self worth 
10:57 Changing our relationship with food
14:23 Community question: how can we tackle yo-yo dieting?
17:24 Top tips for success

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