Why Australian queen of nutrition Sarah Di Lorenzo has banned these words

Sarah Di Lorenzo has a “swear jar” at her home for words she has banned her three daughters from using in the house.

Sarah Di Lorenzo. Picture: Supplied

Sarah Di Lorenzo has a “swear jar” at her home for words she has banned her three daughters from using in the house.

“‘Fat’, ‘skinny’, ‘I can’t’ and ‘I’m scared’. I don’t accept them in my house,” the Australian queen of nutrition told Confidential.

The qualified Clinical Nutritionist, star television presenter and best-selling author works tirelessly to positively shape the language around health and diet culture used by her children Charlotte, 21, Coco 19 and Chloe 15, and encourages other families to do the same.

“I have worked so hard to create healthy children, healthy adults with a healthy relationship with food and for them understand the importance of being at a healthy body weight,” the single mother said.

“I speak about the importance of health. Instead of saying ‘don't eat that lolly because you’re going to get fat’ I say ‘it has health consequences’ and am very careful with language.”

Single mum of three and a highly regarded Clinical Nutritionist Sarah Di Lorenzo has a “swear jar” of words banned from her home. Picture: Supplied.

Di Lorenzo also revealed she won’t have scales in her home for her daughters to weigh themselves and has “very strategically fed her children off a 22cm plate” since they were born.

“That was the size of the plate used in 1960, whereas the current plates are 32cm in sizing, over 1000 calories more,” the 51 year – old from Sydney’s eastern suburbs said.

The star television presenter and clinical nutritionist also only feed her family off a 22cm plate rather than the standard size at 32cm. Picture: Supplied.

“1960s plates were like the size of a bread and butter plate.

“As humans we want to see a full plate of food that’s why nourish, acai or poke bowls are popular because the food is to the brim and we go ‘oh my god there’s so much here’ because our psychology is to love a full plate.”

Weekend Sunrise regular Di Lorenzo said current diet culture is “so overwhelming” and it is more important now than ever to get off the “diet merry-go-round” and source information from healthcare practitioners – not on social media.

“There is mixed messages everywhere. You’ve got everything from the body positivity movement to people pro-ozempic, the rise in the carnivore diet and an obsession with protein,” she said.

Di Lorenzo has recently released a range of gluten and dairy free protein bars and is set to launch her new podcast next month. Picture: Supplied.

“There’s a plethora of information and everyone seems to be an expert on social media.”

Di Lorenzo said online diet culture in particular is making consumers believe a healthy normal diet is “not working for them” and they must be altering their food choices in some way, which leads to unhealthy habits.

“The thing about these styles of eating is they’re not long term, they're short term,” she said.

“I pride myself on teaching people about how to get to a healthy weight and how to maintain it long term.

“My brand has got over a million kilos off Australian’s and multiple off medication.”

Di Lorenzo has recently launched a new range of 10:10 protein bar flavours – including diary and gluten free options and is set to launch new podcast “10:10 Be Well”, and release her sixth book “My Mediterranean Life” in October.

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