Ep 101: Part 1: How Chronic Dieting Exacerbates Eating Disorders in People with Type 2 Diabetes with Guest Ashley Roehrig

Hola amigos! Welcome back!Announcement: rebranding private practice to Orozco Nutrition – new website in early-mid August 2021. Podcast remains One Small Bite.In this episode, Ashley Roehrig and David Orozco discuss how a weight-centric healthcare system creates an unhelpful and stressful nervous system response. Doctors have good intentions, but looking at the full picture reveals shocking outcomes.First a little intro about our guest:Ashley Roehrig is a registered dietitian who practices in Charlotte, North Carolina with Second Breakfast Nutrition. She is a certified eating disordered registered dietitian, a certified intuitive eating counselor, and a student of the Embodied Recovery Institute. Ashley treats eating disorders in adolescents and adults through a trauma informed Health at Every Size lens. Her treatment approach is rooted in the belief that her clients are the experts on their own bodies and she partners with them as they tap into how life experiences, beliefs, and nervous system responses have influenced their relationship with food and their bodies.Highlights of topics we discussed on today’s showWeight Neutral Diabetes careHow bias leads to misdiagnosisHow eating disorders may developStigma is trauma, trauma is stressHyperarousal with foodThe thin ideal is making us sickFor full show notes remember to visit our website for links and more.If you like this episode, then download the show wherever you listen to your podcasts at Apple, Spotify, Stitcher, Google and hit that subscribe button so you won’t miss another episode.If you want to work with us, head to our website And schedule an appointment. If you want, you can email us at info@tdwellness.comOnce again, I greatly appreciate you for listening and supporting my show. Remember, it really only takes One Small Bite to start transforming your life.Remember - Chop the diet mentality; Fuel Your Body; and Nourish Your Soul