Food Psych #314: Do Autoimmune Diets Really Work?
We discuss whether autoimmune diets really work, placebo effects and the problem with anecdotal evidence about diets, and the harmful side effects that can come from restricting what you eat.
Resources Mentioned
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My upcoming book, The Wellness Trap: Break Free from Diet Culture, Disinformation, and Dubious Diagnoses and Find Your True Well-Being
My online course, Intuitive Eating Fundamentals
Snake Oil Science by R. Barker Bausell
Three tiny, uncontrolled clinical trials (Content Warning: food- and weight-stigmatizing language, BMI numbers) with very short-term implementations of the autoimmune protocol diet