Diet culture messes with our ability to engage in these acts of self-care by putting the focus on control. It’s constantly telling us that we “shouldn’t” need or want as much food as we do, “shouldn’t” be as hungry as we are. It tells us to control our desires, to fight our body’s natural cues. It keeps us stuck in mere survival mode, obsessing over food and our bodies, at the expense of so many other things we could be doing with our time and energy.
