Food Psych #301: How Low-Level Restriction Saps Your Energy

We discuss why even if you think you’re eating “plenty of calories,” you might still be taking in too little energy—and what to do about it.

Resources Mentioned

• Subscribe to the weekly newsletter, Food Psych Weekly 

• Submit your questions for a chance to have them answered in the weekly newsletter

• My online course, Intuitive Eating Fundamentals

• My first book, Anti-Diet: Reclaim Your Time, Money, Well-Being, and Happiness Through Intuitive Eating

• My upcoming book, The Wellness Trap: Break Free from Diet Culture, Disinformation, and Dubious Diagnoses and Find Your True Well-Being

• The Making Peace with Food Card Deck

• Subscribe to the podcast here

• 2015 paper with the quote, “the level of energy intake recommended by many popular diets […] is comparable to that of the most undernourished global regions, where severe hunger interferes with individuals’ ability to thrive and make meaningful contributions to society.”

• How we got the concept of the calorie from steam engines (CW: calorie counts)