Unconsumed

  For years, I believed I was doing everything “right” in the pursuit of health. Behind the discipline, praise, and outward appearance of wellness, I was quietly struggling with disordered eating, body image distress, and a relationship with food and exercise that had become all-consuming. In this deeply personal episode, I share the story of how those patterns developed, why they went unrecognize...

In this final episode of Unconsumed’s introductory mini-series, we move into the natural next phase of the conversation - now what? After unpacking diet culture, its harms, and the broader societal and economic costs tied to it, this episode zooms in on weight-centric health messaging - and why our default approach to “health” may be doing more harm than good. We take an honest look at BMI, weight...

In this episode, we unpack the true costs of eating disorders—both the measurable financial burden and the hidden emotional and cognitive toll that often go unnoticed. Building on our earlier discussions, we look at why these conditions remain overlooked, how diet and wellness culture mask their warning signs, and what research reveals about the profound impact on individuals, families, and commun...

This episode challenges our cultural understanding of eating disorders and who we believe is at risk. We uncover how a stereotype born from early clinical research - thin, young, white, and female - still determines who gets seen, believed, and treated today. Through personal storytelling and evidence-based insight, we reveal how diet culture, media, healthcare training, and diagnostic bias preven...

In this first episode of Unconsumed, Host Maddie lays the groundwork for the series by exploring how diet culture and wellness culture intertwine to shape our beliefs about health, worth, and body image. She unpacks the blurred line between dieting and disordered eating—revealing how behaviors often praised as “healthy” can actually mask harm—and discusses the cultural and systemic forces that mak...