Intuitive Eating, 4th edition

by Elyse Resch, Evelyn Tribole (co-author)

Intuitive Eating represents a revolutionary, anti-diet approach to combating diet culture and offering the freedom that comes with trusting one's internal wisdom about eating. It helps the reader heal their relationship with food and body through the dynamic interplay of instinct, emotion, and thought. It is a self-care framework presented as 10 principles, which are guidelines, not rules. It offers self-compassion and gratitude along the path of healing and guides the reader toward finding satisfaction in eating and body neutrality.

This book had sold over 500,000 copies, prior to the publication of the 4th edition.

375 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2020

About the author

Elyse Resch, MS, RDN, CEDS-S, Fiaedp, FADA, FAND, is a nutrition therapist in private practice in Beverly Hills, California, with forty years of experience, specializing in eating disorders, Intuitive Eating, and Health at Every Size. She is the co-author of Intuitive Eating, now in its 4th edition, the Intuitive Eating Workbook, and The Intuitive Eating Card Deck—50 Bite-Sized Ways to Make Peace with Food. Elyse is also the author of The Intuitive Eating Workbook for Teens and The Intuitive Eating Journal—Your Guided Journey for Nourishing a Healthy Relationship with Food and a chapter contributor to The Handbook of Positive Body Image and Embodiment. She has published journal articles, print articles, and blog posts. Elyse does regular speaking engagements, podcasts, and extensive media interviews. Her work has been profiled on NPR, CNN, KABC, NBC, KTTV, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Associate Press, KFI Radio, USA Today, and the Huffington Post, among others. Elyse is nationally known for her work in helping patients break free from diet culture through the Intuitive Eating process. Her philosophy embraces the goal of reconnecting with one’s internal wisdom about eating and developing body liberation, with the belief that all bodies deserve dignity and respect. She is a social justice advocate, a member of the Healer’s Circle of Project Heal—Help to Eat, Accept, and Live, supervises and trains health professionals, is a Certified Eating Disorder Specialist and Supervisor, a Fellow of the International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals, and a Fellow of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.

Reviews

[Jordan Hundelt]

shoutout to my therapist nicole for telling me to read this <3

[Em · Rating 4 out of 5]

Recommended to me by nutritionist. Very informative, anti-diet culture.

[Meriam Brooks · Rating 5 out of 5]

Please read this book! It’s for everyone! I’m a registered dietitian like the authors, so naturally, I love this book. I recommend this book to anyone who comes to me asking for “diet” advice. Whether it’s to lose weight, create a healthy relationship with food, get sweets off the mind, create a desire to exercise more, or so many other things…as soon as someone is ready to be open minded on how they need to work towards that better relationship with food, this is the book I turn them to. The writing is great and interesting, the science is research-based, and the methods are also well tested. Real life examples compiled together from their clients can be mirrored easily to yours. The work required to change how you see food is long-term and they give little steps to work on every day. You’ve got this. This book is the perfect way to learn and grow.

[Loren Darin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really enjoyed this. There are some principles I think I can do without but I took what I needed.

[Ruth · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very informative, learnt a lot, still a working progress

[Kenz M · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.75

[Dezbah Loves To Read · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very thought-provoking. It really makes you ponder your relationship with food and the personal influences in your life that have shaped that relationship. It is empowering.

[Gemma Hayes · Rating 1 out of 5]

The start of this book was eye-opening and felt life changing. But it became repetitive real quickly. I skimmed the last portion of the book just so I could say I've read it.
It feels like its better said than done. As someone who needs to lose weight for health reasons this book wasn't it. It kept making losing weight a bad thing.
After some thinking about the book (a month) ive decided this book was dead boring and not realistic to day to day life. I was just so bored.