How They FATTEN YOU UP at “Eating Disorder Clinics”
shanlarter.com Ever wanted to peek behind the curtain??…into the kitchen of an inpatient eating disorder clinic to see exactly what they slap on your plate? Well here is the inside scoop into the harsh reality of the ‘misinformation and short-cuts’ that the majority of these eating disorder clinics take in order to ‘fatten you up’ and call you ‘recovered’. Most eating disorder recovery coaches will NOT teach you the intricacies of holistic nutrition that I teach my clients, because they falsely assume that you cannot handle this information and that you will ‘go off the deep end’ and use these teachings to further harm yourself. I know that you are born to be free, and you just need a TRUE coach, who has walked in your shoes and understands your struggles & needs, to come along side you and show you HOW to get your OWN freedom. So I will not treat you like a powerless victim who is incapable of using holistic nutrition knowledge for GOOD. You can do this! You and I both know that a ‘return to normal weight’ is NOT recovered… and it is definitely NOT FREEDOM! These eating disorder clinics are overrun, overwhelmed, and feeling pressured to restore your weight quickly in a quest to ‘label you recovered’ so they can get you out the door and get the next client in. This goal of ‘speedy weight restoration’ leads to pumping you full of foods that do little else for you besides add weight to your waistline and fuel your emotional roller coaster. If you think it is a mystery …
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Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) has been found to be quite effective in the treatment of E.D’s, especially in regards to correcting one’s self-perception about their physique. Not all eating disorder clinics are the same as mentioned in this video and I find it sickening that such a clinic actually is conducting such practices. But one should not attribute what happens in one E.D clinic to all eating disorder clinics
I’m sorry but I feel like I need to disagree… By proposing that anorexics restore weight by only sticking to healthy foods you’re requiring them to still be stuck on food as the issue. When I was recovering yes I ate cake, butter, whole milk… Studies have proven that the more hung up on “health” the ED patient is, the more the ED will stay in their lives…
look up my girlfriend ‘freelea’. We are both vegans and she used to have anorexia/bulimia and now she is HOT.
Homegirl got it locked down!
You are so inspirational. Even after the worst ed day, I can watch one of your vids, and still have hope not to give up.
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i’ve been thinking alot lately about going the “unprocessed/raw” route – i bought the raw food detox diet book but ended up feeling discouraged…i feel like having a diet that is fruit and veggies (pretty much the only food i eat now that i consider ‘safe’) and not much else is just another way for me to restrict my diet. i feel like i need to go all the way raw or not at all (good old black and white mentality is strong and kicking). i just can’t decide if such a thing is detrimental or not.
your opinions are great. love to hear from people who have some insight. in this world money is made even off of eating disorders. noticed you’re from beautiful white rock! hello from port moody
hi
i am indian and eat rice on a daily basis we also eat naan and roti
i love my rice but i understand how bad it is
what should i be eating for dinner instead?
Oh my gosh I was always afraid to go even though everyone was telling me how good it was. I afraid for two reasons: the 1st was because I wouldn’t be able to handle if some the girls were thinner than me and the second was because I am Hispanic and wouldn’t be able to stand eating that “SAD” diet that I knew they would feed me. Thanks for the video it gives me power to know that maybe I don’t have to go inpatient to get over this.
Shan, you are a trip LOLLLLLL but yes you made some great points, points that many others are scared to come forward about !!!! I will request you on FB you are awesome!
Ya I hated having to eat so much dessert in treatment. It drove me crazy, I think that’s why I turned bulimic because they feed me to much in IP, ok maybe not but ya.
ya ED clinic didn’t fix me I did it back in 2006 and I still have an ED.I hated when they fattened me up .
WELL-SAID! The fallacy of ineffective treatment modalities CANNOT BE IGNORED! Why do 60-75% of us fail traditional recovery? Your video explains a big part of it! Thank you for all you do!
Excellent video!!!! I”m currently studying Holistic Nutrition in Toronto (will be graduating in the Fall) & I’m trying to recover from an eating disorder (that I’ve had for 17 years…I’m 31 yrs old now). I’ve been wondering what I would like to do with my Holistic Nutrition Degree & recently thought of working with eating disorder patients. I eat a raw vegan diet & truly believe that eating whole foods (rather than high calorie crap) that offer great nutrients to the body is extremely important
you also have to realize though, that its not just the fact that clinics have to fatten us up with bad foods, but they have a time limit. certain woman who come in at low weights need to gain alot of weight to get healthy in a short amount of time because of insurance problems so it makes sense to choose foods that do exactly that. i think the base of this problems stems from problems with insurances thinking that to recover they need to be at a healthy weight when it is far more complex.
@LiveLavaLiveisloveee YES many of us are drawn to different ways of eating for different reasons: health factors, ethical reasons, environmental causes… and in my coaching I respect these needs and help each INDIVIDUAL to eat holistically with these needs in mind.
All or nothing is a common struggle with eating disorder sufferers and usually stems from perfectionistic tendencies and the desire to ‘eat our way to being good enough’. Learning to see beauty in ‘imperfection’ is possible hun. ox
I’m so happy you brought up vegetarianism. I became a vegetarian this past September, because i love animals so much. Even though people like to insinuate that i did it for other reasons. I don’t like eating anything an animal died for. So that also eliminates gelatin, and other things of that nature out of my diet. I want to eat healthy, except i have this all or nothing issue with eating. I either restrict, or binge. I can’t seem to find a balance. :/
@WillowMadison Hey Willow! So glad you found the video helpful. I want to be clear… KNOWING what nutritional techniques that DON’T work… is not the same as “recovery on your own”. I was able to claim freedom on MY own because I literally DOVE into the world of holistic nutrition… getting my information from credible experts & mentors… and ultimately as a student at THE TOP wellness school in North America… so I am now able to create my own individually customized plan. Make sense?
Great info, Shan!!!
I have just admitted, to myself, in the last week that I have an eating disorder. I would eat for two to three days in a row and then eat very little if anything for the remainder of the week. I have never purged….I’m not afraid to put on weight! In fact, I need to gain about 40lbs. I thought that I needed to go into treatment to reach my ideal weight however after listening to your message, I am determined that I can do it on my own!
Thank you, Shan!!!
Willow
There is no ONE right way of eating for everyone. We are all biologically unique: food sensitivities, taste likes/dislikes, medical histories, blood types, vitamin & mineral deficiencies, energy requirements, activity levels, lifestyle choices, social & political beliefs, emotional needs, etc… ALL of these and MORE are factors that affect food choice, digestive function, nutrient absorption, & FEELINGS about food & wellness. ED recovery must consider ALL of these to be TRULY effective. Shan
@hapijojo Thanks for sharing so candidly about your toxic experience at the eating disorder clinic you attended. We like to think these clinics have come SO far since then… but they haven’t. I’m sure in the year 1997 when they fed YOU that stuff… it was probably what mainstream society thought was ‘healthy’ and the way a ‘normal person’ should eat… we NOW know that most of this stuff is junk… & still today the ‘healthy foods’ at most of these clinics do NOT jive with nutrition science.
I’ve never come across a video or article on the nutritional quality of food in EDUs before, so it’s really refreshing to see your video.
I know that the place i was in wouldn’t let you be vegan on the unit…which is what i am now, back then i wasn’t even veggie but the people that were weren’t allowed to have egg as a dislike.Part of the problem i think is that the drs in the units automatically take any nutritional opinion from the patient as part and parcel of the ED, which is very unfair.
That was the daily diet in the EDU i was in in 1997 in the UK! The only fresh thing i recall was an apple once a week, aside from that, everything was processed to the max, full of preservatives etc,makes me squirm even now. I imagine that in private EDUs the nutritional content is considered a bit more, but in the NHS it’s all done on the cheap.We were never allowed bran and only after a month or so could we choose brown bread at bfast.Weight gain/maintenance was there priority, not health.
8.30am:2 sausages, tomato, baked beans, mushrooms, 2 x white toast, butter and marmalade, cornflakes with full fat milk, pot of tea with full fat milk, orange juice
10.30: pot of tea with full fat milk, 3 biscuits
12pm: overcooked, probably reheated, unfresh greasy main meal with a stodgy dessert or processed rice puddingy thing! Pot of tea with full fat milk, orange juice.
3pm: pot of tea with full fat milk, 3 biscuits, thick cheese sandwich on white bread
6pm: as lunch
9pm: as morning snack
@shanlarter I totally agree. I use to be a public ED activist and involved myself in these topics so I know how the controversy works. I am sure you will get your share of people who don’t follow holistic approaches trying to argue and such.
I gave all the activism up to focus on my own recovery and not try to fix everyone elses. I also had to take a break from nutrition studies and raw food advice, studies, etc and walk with Jesus as I focus on letting Him heal me.
I appreciate your blunt!
@MyOwnStickFigure YES it is totally controversial… the TRUTH usually is!
I believe that to really find FREEDOM (not just stop ED behaviours and be labeled “recovered”) we need to remove the toxicity from our minds AND bodies.
You can BE FREE but NOT while your body, mind & emotions are spinning out of control from the effects of junk food.
I won’t disrespect ed sufferers by hiding the truth for fear they can’t handle it. We are strong powerful creatures who CAN choose freedom. Shan