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Food Psych #315: Rethinking Wellness: The Problems with "Natural" Wellness with Alan Levinovitz

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#315: Rethinking Wellness: The Problems with "Natural" Wellness with Alan Levinovitz Food Psych Podcast

Introduction:

This episode of Food Psych is actually an episode of our new podcast, Rethinking Wellness! Alan Levinovitz, religious-studies scholar and author of Natural and The Gluten Lie, joins us to discuss the problems with framing eating and wellness practices as “natural,” the weird parallels between gun culture and wellness culture, the tricky balance between empathizing with why people are driven to harmful wellness practices and being clear in calling out misinformation, the need for nuance when discussing the connection between physical and psychological issues, and more.

Alan Levinovitz is associate professor of philosophy and religion at James Madison University, and the author, most recently, of Natural: How Faith In Nature's Goodness Leads to Harmful Fads, Unjust Laws, and Flawed Science.

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