11/1/24: Dietitians Make a Difference; Spotlight on Side Hustles: Devin Breedon; Halloween costumes; 4 Things You Don't Want to Miss
11/1/24: Dietitians Make a Difference; Spotlight on Side Hustles: Devin Breedon; Halloween costumes; 4 Things You Don't Want to Miss
"Nutrition News You Can Use"
🙏🏽Dietitians Make a Difference - we have been featuring some of these nice comments:
Savannah M. "You just taught me more than any doctor ever has."
Theresa D. “You never make me feel badly about myself.”
Pam B. “Just had a patient and his wife tell me that they adore me and are so grateful for my help in keeping them on track with his diabetes. That I am the reason they drive a distance and stay with our clinic.”
Karen A. “Last week I had a follow up with a patient who brought his wife this time. His wife said I helped their marriage. I was very confused as to how that could be. She then told me because he’s eating right and is no longer hangry so they’re having way less fights!”
(What’s a memorable comment that a patient/client has said to you? )
💡Side Hustle Spotlight: Dietitian Devin Breedon
Connect with Devin:
Instagram - @thevitalrd @dietitianpracticepro
https://www.facebook.com/VitalNutritionDietitian
Q #1: What do you do for your full-time job?
Answer: “I own Vital Nutrition Dietitian in Florida, a multi-state in-person and telehealth consulting group.”
Q #2: What is/are your side hustle(s).
Answer: “I have multiple side gigs for growth/development:
A. Lifestyle Coach for Renstar Research (they do research trials for Eli Lilli, Novo Nordisk, and other diabetes and weight loss medications)
B. Instructor at Master the Possibilities, an education program that partners with a local retirement community that allows teachers to present different topics and get paid for each course.
C. Entrepreneur coach with Dietitian Practice Pro, a new venture for me in the coaching space for aspiring entrepreneur dietitians
D. Volunteer Coach at our local church. I lead 21+ volunteers in the childrens ministry. An unpaid position.”
Q #3: What is the value of doing these side hustles?
Answer: “My side hustles allow me to leverage and grow the skills I have acquired in the last ten years as a clinical dietitian, director/leader, and sales executive.”
📸Dietitians (& their Kids) Do Halloween
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4️⃣Things You May Have Missed
1. Dietitian History
2.Podcast: Why Are We So Weird About Cancer?
Why Are We So Weird About Cancer? from
3.Substack: “Doctors Don’t Know How to Talk to People About Nutrition”
From dietitian Cara Harbstreet on
“Well-intentioned though it may be, this paper shows us that many doctors are stepping out of scope when they bring up nutrition with their patients. They simply don’t have the right training or experience….
…But at the end of the day, you don’t need your doctor to be a nutrition expert. You just need them to refer you to one.”
4. The infamous journal ‘Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine’ is no more! 😲
“The webpage for Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, a journal that had dubious publication standards, now includes this announcement by its publisher, John Wiley & Sons Ltd: “Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine ceased publishing as of September 2024.” A PubMed search reveals 1,497 papers in the journal have been retracted. It previously became front-page news: “John Wiley & Sons, a global publication house with revenues north of $2 billion, announced on May 19, 2024, that it was closing 19 journals it acquired as part of its 2021 purchase of Egypt-based Hindawi publishing company, citing large-scale research fraud.”
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