"Diet" is one of those words where two people can say it and mean totally different things. And in a medical nutrition context, those differences are important. So what do we mean when we talk about diet vs. dieting? And how can we move from restricting how we eat to being more mindful of our habits? Because when it comes to food, what's on our mind and what we put in our mouths matter.

On this episode of On Nutrition, we talk with Dr. Donald Hensrud about diet, dieting, and the topic that has launched a thousand Google searches: what should I eat?

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