Paola Petri Ortiz is a certified nutritionist and personal trainer with a focus on eating disorder recovery and intuitive eating. She is passionate about food, but even more about helping people cultivate a healthy relationship with it and with their bodies. She uses a holistic approach to heal body, mind and soul to achieve true […]
4 Ways Diet Culture Is Causing You Stress
It’s well accepted that our mindset determines our stress levels even more than external circumstances. However, it’s not just about a general positive or negative outlook on life… how we think about food and diet culture (and the subsequent actions we take) can take a toll on how we manage stress levels. Diet culture is […]
Diet trends that may make you lose your period
Diets nowadays are rebranding themselves as “lifestyles” to achieve health and wellness. And, sure, if we just had to follow a set of food rules to thrive in a healthy body and feel well with ourselves, how could we say no? Unfortunately, our feminine biology disagrees with the magical promises of many of the most […]
Lenten Fasting: Holier (and Healthier)-than-Thou?
There’s still one week left before Lent and I’m already so done with fasting. Specifically, with people who can’t stop rubbing their fasts in everyone else’s faces, who lament that the Church has become “too lenient” with the fasts She prescribes, who think that the more extreme something is, the better, and who try to […]
My transition from anorexia to intuitive eating
When I was a child, even if I didn’t know the term back then, I ate intuitively. I consumed the amounts my body needed to grow, have energy and feel good, and not because I knew them by some mathematical equation, but because I didn’t question the cues I received. I also consumed the foods […]
15 lessons learned in 4 years of anorexia recovery
December 27th, 4 years ago, I made the decision that turned out to be a new beginning in my life, a rebirth, a radical change that subverted all the basis of mi world view until then: I chose to start recovery after 11 years with anorexia nervosa. I knew a couple of things about the […]
In defense of carbs: why science says they’re good for your health
Nutrition myths and fad diets really irritate me. All of them. But I must admit there’s one that’s lately driving me mad with a special intensity: the demonization of carbohydrates. Look, I get it: the massive consumption of ultra-processed fast food is leading to health problems and obesity in our society. And those are mainly […]
Top 10 High-Fat Foods for a Healthy Heart, Brain and More
FAT It seems like a bad word. Like it makes you fat. Fat is one of the 3 macronutrients, along with carbohydrates and protein, and it is essential for us to live and thrive in a healthy body. It is involved in cell signaling. It helps to maintain a healthy immune system. It help us […]
My box of fears: why I was scared of anorexia recovery
At the beginning of my anorexia nervosa recovery, I did the exercise of writing on little scraps of paper all my fears related to that process and placing them into a box. Then, I put that box at the Lord’s feet, offering to Him all those fears and granting Him sovereignty over them. It was […]
3 Healthy Easy Christmas Menu Ideas: Classic, Mediterranean & Vegan
Christmas meetings and dinners are just around the corner and you find yourself in a triple dilemma. You want to keep taking care of your health in these holidays, but not restrict. You want to surprise your guests with something spectacular, but not spend hours and hours in the kitchen. And, if you’re like me, maybe […]