364 // 5 Lies 90s & Early-2000s Diet Culture Taught Millennial Women

In this episode of the Health, Wellth & Wisdom Podcast, host Nicole Hagen unpacks the toxic diet culture that shaped an entire generation of millennial women and explains why so many of us are still trying to unlearn the messages we absorbed decades later.

Throughout this episode, you'll learn:

• Why growing up during the 90s and early 2000s created unique relationship with food, weight, and body image struggles for many millennial women

• Five lies diet culture taught us about health, weight loss, and our bodies

• Why eating less isn't automatically healthier, and what research says about nourishing your body for energy, recovery, muscle preservation, and long-term health

• How to pursue body composition goals without sacrificing your well-being

• How labeling foods as "good" and "bad" fuels guilt, all-or-nothing thinking, and a complicated relationship with eating

• How to recognize the difference between pursuing fat loss because you genuinely want to feel stronger and healthier versus chasing the impossible standard diet culture convinced us would finally make us feel "enough"

If brands like Special K, SlimFast, SnackWell’s, Yoplait, Weight Watchers, Cosmo, America's Next Top Model, and/or The Biggest Loser were a part of your childhood this episode will help you understand how the messages shared by those brands shaped us so we can stop blaming ourselves and choose a healthier path forward.

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