3How Does Diet Culture See Food As Fuel?
In the culture diet, food is only a fuel that should be earned to provide the energy for the body. This toxic idea may lead to eating problems in many people. In fact, food is an important in our cultural and social lives. Labelling foods as bad or good based on how you have exercised or eaten would keep you from enjoying the taste and flavour, as well as embracing the cultural meanings of each dish. We may easily the effect of this notion after major events or holidays when people want to cleanse or detox their bodies.
In fact, foods provide the body with more benefits than just calories. They contain a lot of antioxidants, water, vitamin, and other important nutrients that play key roles in different body functions. Restricting nutritious food and go for low-calorie products or limiting your food consumption would lead to a deficiency of nutrients, thus leading to poor health. [3]
