by Erica Leon | Nov 23, 2021 | Disordered Eating, Eating Disorder Recovery, Self Care
The Thanksgiving holiday can be filled with dread when you are working on recovery from an eating disorder or letting go of diets. Living in diet culture, we are surrounded by people inadvertently judging food choices, while at the same time commenting on their own...
by Erica Leon | Nov 4, 2021 | Disordered Eating, Eating Disorders, Recipes
The Recipes for Recovery Cookbook is on sale now !! My colleague and fellow dietitian, Diana Ushay, and I created the Recipes for Recovery Cookbook, to help you challenge the eating disorder voice and take back control of your life. I am excited to announce that it is...
by Erica Leon | Jun 26, 2021 | Menopause, Mindful & Intuitive Eating, Self Care
Yes, getting the proper amount of calcium can help you build stronger bones and prevent osteoporosis. In my last blog post, I shared with you Part 1 in my series focused on Risk and Screening for Osteoporosis at midlife. Today’s focus will be on dietary changes you...
by Erica Leon | Jun 12, 2021 | Menopause, Mindful & Intuitive Eating
For many people, the first sign of osteoporosis, a debilitating bone disease, is actually breaking their first bone! That’s because it happens far more often than many of us realize. After working hard to avoid going to a doctor’s offices during COVID over the past...
by Erica Leon | Mar 27, 2021 | Health at Every Size, Mindful & Intuitive Eating, Self Care
Self-Care is important to your overall health. This morning I spoke with a new client whose doctor told her she must lose weight; that her weight gain since COVID has led to her developing some health concerns. This was quite distressing, as you can imagine; she...
