E31. Challenging Binary Thinking: Not Good or Bad with Registered Dietitian, Diabetes Care and Education Specialist Megrette Fletcher
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Today on the podcast, I am joined by Megrette Fletcher, a registered dietitian who has worked as a diabetes care and education specialist for the past 30 years.
Megrette’s many accomplishments include authoring many books about discovering mindful eating and is the co-founder of the Center for Mindful Eating.
In this episode, we will discuss:
- The false narrative of diet culture and how it wants to keep you in the binary (good/bad, right/wrong, black/white, etc.).
- The research around diabetes that she has and is still currently working on.
- Sort our feelings into three categories rather than staying in the binary.
Megrette also shared a mindset shift to lessen the impact of diet culture.
Mindset shift:
- Listen to people with lived experiences and read books from those people to understand their experiences better.
- Find a sense of belonging to shift away from the binary.
Resources:
- Eat What You Love, Love What You Eat with Diabetes: A Mindful Eating Program for Thriving with Prediabetes or Diabetes- Michelle May MD, Megrette Fletcher MEd RD CDE
- Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World- Vivek H Murthy M.D.
- AMA- Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes
- Megrette Fletcher’s Newsletter
- Megrette Fletcher’s Substack- Inclusive Diabetes Care
- The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together- Heather McGhee
- Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body- Roxane Gay
- Weightless: Making Space for My Resilient Body and Soul- Evette Dionne
- https://www.inclusivediabetescare.com/
- Discover Mindful Eating Second Edition- Megrette Fletcher
- https://www.thecenterformindfuleating.org/
- https://belonging.berkeley.edu/
Chapters
1. Diet Culture and Weight Inclusive Care (00:00:00)
2. The Harmful Cycle of Binary Thinking (00:13:43)
3. Harmful Effects of Zero Sum Game (00:17:44)
4. Mindful Eating & Benefits of Gen Z Perspective (00:34:02)
5. Challenging Beliefs About Diabetes and Communication (00:39:48)
6. Introduction to Mindful Eating and Compassion (00:44:59)
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