Anti-Diet by Christy Harrison Summary
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"Anti-Diet" dismantles the toxic culture equating thinness with virtue. Dietitian Christy Harrison's groundbreaking work - praised by wellness leaders as "the book to end all diet books" - reveals how dieting fuels anxiety and depression. What if true health comes from rejecting the very industry promising it?
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The Scam We've Been Sold
What if the very thing you've been told will save you is actually destroying you? For decades, we've been fed a lie so pervasive, so deeply woven into the fabric of our culture, that questioning it feels almost heretical. We've been taught that our bodies are problems to be solved, that thinness equals health, happiness, and moral virtue. We've poured billions of dollars, countless hours, and immeasurable emotional energy into shrinking ourselves. And yet, we keep failing-or so we think. The truth is far more sinister: the system is designed to fail us. Diet culture, as Christy Harrison calls it, is "The Life Thief"-a multi-billion-dollar industry built on our insecurities, profiting from our shame while stealing our time, money, health, and joy. Harrison, a registered dietitian who once struggled with an eating disorder herself, spent years inside this system before emerging as one of its fiercest critics. Her message is radical in its simplicity: your body isn't broken. Diet culture is.
How We Got Here: The Ancient Roots of Body Shame
The Twentieth Century: When Dieting Became Big Business
The Manufactured Crisis and Wellness Rebrand
Why Diets Always Fail (And Why That's Not Your Fault)
The True Cost: Money, Health, and Life Itself
Reclaiming Your Birthright and Building Liberation
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