Is Food Really Your Idol? A Test to Discover Your Real Relationship with Food

Heather Creekmore tackles the issue of food idolatry and how it relates to body image. Idolatry is a tricky topic, and many women who wrestle the body image idol may secretly desire to label food as an idol too. Heather asks listeners to carefully consider several questions in the form of an "idols test" to see where if food is really their idol, or if it's something else.

Here are some key topics covered in today's episodes:

• Introduction to body image idolatry among women
• Discussion on how women may shift their focus from body image to food as an idol, especially for those with eating disorders
• Link between food as an idol and the desire to improve one's body
• Heather Creekmore's suggestion to consider what one cannot live without beyond physiological needs
• The potential confusion around food being on the idol list
• Discussion on fear around food and the topic of gluttony
• Heather Creekmore's personal experience with disordered eating and society's influence on food habits
• Fear of losing something being an indicator of an idol
• Determining the difference between physiological need and food idolatry
• Lack of understanding about the physiological effects of restriction and disordered eating
• Idea that finding satisfaction in food is not bad, but ultimate satisfaction cannot be found in it
• Discussion on spending a lot of time thinking about food and potential physiological connection.

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