Diet culture doesn’t just show up as restrictive meal plans, before-and-after photos, or the latest wellness trend; it shows up in conversations, in medical offices, in moral language about food, and in the quiet beliefs we carry about our bodies and our worth. And despite how much harm it causes, diet culture is incredibly convincing. That isn’t an accident. Why Diet Culture Feels So Believable 1. It promises certainty in an uncertain world. Diet culture thrives on simple an