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💡Spotlight:Shana Minei Spence, MS, RDN, CDN

Q#1: What made you want to become a dietitian?

Answer: “I wanted to be a dietitian because I saw discrepancies regarding health within various demographics. When I first decided to change careers, I, unfortunately, had the healthism mindset and was set on telling people to fix their problems with "better eating," but now I am more aware of the socioeconomic factors, social determinants of health (SDoH), societal barriers, that can affect health and are out of the person's control. But overall, I wanted to help people and work in community nutrition, which I do now.” 

Q#2: What's one food trend that concerns you? 

Answer: “I am seeing the raw milk trend making a comeback (if you can even call it a comeback), and this concerns me. It is so dangerous, and it completely boggles my mind that people have forgotten or maybe don't realize why the pasteurization of foods exists, and the whole point is safety. I think that, overall, there is so much misinformation that can spread because of social media.”

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🙏🏽Dietitians Make a DIFFERENCE

Romi L. “A patient I’d been seeing for 5 years for anorexia wrote me a poem called “A Place to Find Nourishment.” I can’t even think about it without tearing up!”

William M. “One if my patients stopped me in Wal-Mart to show me his CGM reading with a proud smile on his face.”

Angela G. “Grumpy patient. Always had terrible labs. I reviewed labs, etc. as I was walking away, he said “You know, I can tell you really care about us. And that you’re not just trying to meet some company goal.”

Jodie C. “ I don’t like you.” Upon first meeting and only because dietitian is on my name badge. Months later…”I love you.”

Casmira L. “Often I have clients give me significant push back either when I'm changing meal plans or in the kitchen and they will say "Cas, you're killing me!" And I turn and I'll look them right in the eye and I say "we are literally doing the opposite" and I've had a few clients give me cards on discharge saying "thank you for helping to literally save my life".

Dinah Y. “From the parents of teenaged patient with severe ED. "Thank you for not letting us give up". Then a decade later sent a picture from same patient married holding her first born.”

Danielle H. “You saved my life.”