Shoulders Down
When you live in the diet mindset, you spend much of your time living in your head- constantly tallying, dwelling, and stressing over your food and lifestyle choices. When you become an intuitive eater, you learn to drop into your body and start living shoulders down. The territory below your shoulders contains your innate wisdom and power. Shoulders Down is a podcast designed to teach you how to harness your intuition to govern not just how you eat but also how you live. Shoulders Down Podcast is hosted by Anti-Diet Dietitian and Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor, Leah Kern, who works with clients to heal their relationships with food in her private practice, Leah Kern Nutrition. Disclaimer: All content in this podcast is for informational and educational purposes only. The information and education provided is not intended or implied to supplement or replace professional medical treatment, advice, and/or diagnosis.
Shoulders Down
📚 5 Studies That Will Change Everything You Believe About Food
This episode will walk you through five powerful studies that challenge diet culture and reshape the way we think about food.
These studies highlight how health is influenced by connection, compassion, satisfaction, and beliefs — not just calories or nutrients.
I cover:
- The Rabbit Study and how kindness can influence health outcomes
- The Roseto Effect and the role of community in protecting heart health
- Research on Thai vs. Swedish women showing that satisfaction impacts nutrient absorption
- The Sugar Drink Study proving that beliefs about food can affect blood sugar levels
- Mann et al.’s review of long-term dieting outcomes and why diets rarely work long-term
Resources mentioned:
- Join my self-paced course, The Return
- Download your free research guide PDF: https://leahkernrd.kartra.com/page/8Tz18
- Lived Experience with Ozempic— Jamie's Story: https://podcasts.apple.com/il/podcast/lived-experience-with-ozempic-jamies-story-an/id1616910063?i=1000617648346
- Why your relationship with food matters on a physiological level: https://leahkernrd.com/how-intuitive-eating-impacts-your-metabolism-and-digestion/
More From Leah:
- 📚Download your free Intuitive Eating Starter Pack
- Apply to The Embodied Method, my 1:1 coaching program
- Join my self-paced course, The Return
- Subscribe to Leah's Youtube Channel
- Subscribe to my personal Substack
- Follow me on Instagram for more intuitive eating content @leahkern.rd
- Visit my website to learn more about my coaching offerings
- Subscribe to my weekly newsletter to get a nugget of intuitive eating inspiration delivered straight from my heart to your inbox each week.
- Send me a voice message on Speakpipe
- Email me: Leah@leahkernrd.com
