![Child Drinking a Nutritional Supplement [Image description: drawing of a girl drinking a milkshake from a cup] Depicts a potential girl with an eating disorder such as ARFID in Los Angeles, California drinking a nutritional supplement](https://www.eatingdisordertherapyla.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/DALL·E-2023-05-07-09.24.3911-1024x1024.png)
By Lauren Muhlheim, PsyD and Katie Grubiak, RDN Nutritional supplement shakes commonly support eating disorder recovery. In this post, we will discuss what they are and how to use them. In our next post, we will taste-test the different brands and formulations of nutritional shakes on the market, share our opinions, and help you decide …
![Condiments in Eating Disorder Recovery in Los Angeles, California [Image description: a photo of various common condiments]](https://www.eatingdisordertherapyla.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Slide1.jpg)
By Katie Grubiak, RDN, Nutrition Illumination Condiments in Eating Disorder Recovery In our work with clients with eating disorders, we help them to reintroduce recently eliminated and avoided foods that present as part of the eating disorder. We notice that as clients (both adult and child) reintroduce foods, it is often the condiments and sauces …
![Starch- My Side of The Story- The Importance of Starch in Eating Disorder Recovery [Image description: drawing of a slice of bread with feet and a pirate hat and eye patch] Represents the misaligned food group](https://www.eatingdisordertherapyla.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/bread___n_butter_pirate_by_winter_artwork-d4qzhwq.jpg)
On Dietary Starch in Eating Disorder Recovery Guest Post By Katie Grubiak, RDN Hey, I have something to say! Don’t forget my importance! Although maligned by Atkins and many others, I’m not really the bad guy. I am Starch This is why, I, Starch, Am Good And Necessary: I contain the falsely feared primary energy …
Katie and I had the honor of presenting in the Individual, Family, and Friends track at the National Eating Disorder Association Conference in San Diego yesterday. The title of our talk was: Family Based Nutrition Therapy: Creating A Supportive Environment. It was a chance to share the way we work to support families who are …
by Katie Grubiak, RDN, eating disorder dietitian at Nutrition Illumination Read our new post about the importance of including dairy in eating disorder recovery. History of the Low-Fat Dairy Movement Since the 1980s, physicians, the federal government, the food industry, and popular media have championed the low-fat approach to dieting and weight control. The idea …
Deliciousness! Yes, that is what this pup Moose is expressing in this photo. It is deliciousness that we seek in food and in life, isn’t it? Well maybe we forgot one or both of these pursuits along the way. Consuming delicious food, selected by our taste buds in our weight-shaming thin-obsessed society is sometimes associated …