Your Diet Sucks #2: Is Diet Culture a Cult?

So, are you in a diet cult??

In this second episode teaming up with the Your Diet Sucks podcast, Zoë and Kylee discuss the shocking parallels between diet fads and cult dynamics, emphasizing how these trends often create a false sense of community and manipulate individuals into restrictive eating patterns. 

How do you know if your diet is just a little bit cult-y? There are plenty of red flags, including:

• extreme language in the messaging (clean eating, detox, this is the best and healthiest diet)
• social isolation from other groups or ways of eating
• manipulation of your personal identity
• the allure of belonging and identity (especially on social media)

Instead of blindly following your favorite “influencer,” this episode encourages you to think critically about your choices and the motivations behind them. Recognize those cult-like patterns and consider healthier, more balanced approaches to nutrition and community.

It’s that time of year when the world is drowning in bad diet advice and unsustainable fitness trends. That's why we're teaming up with the Your Diet Sucks podcast to bring you a series of Your Diet Sucks episodes this January aimed at ditching diet culture and getting you ready to fuel your goals.

Hosts Kylee Van Horn, RDN, (@flynutrition3) and Zoë Rom (@carrot_flowers_z) combine years of research, professional expertise (as well as unprofessional nutrition mishaps!), and athlete experience to deliver evidence-backed explorations of nutrition—no fluff, no fads, just science. 

Want more on how to "unf*ck your food"? Subscribe to the Your Diet Sucks podcast feed.

And if you want to join the hundreds of women who have learned how to fuel their bodies with us, Feisty’s Fueled course goes on sale today.