(FREE)What Do You Like Best About Being a RD?; Moderator Spotlight: Michelle Saari; Words Matter When It Comes to Weight; Is it Worth it to Eat Fruits & Vegetables?; & more
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💡Meet Moderator-Michelle Saari, MSc, RD
👋Connect with Michelle Saari on LinkedIn HERE
Michelle helps moderate our Build Up Dietitians Long Term Care group.
Q1: What is your current role as a dietitian and what other positions have you had as a dietitian?
I wear a few different career hats currently, but my main focuses are being a long-term care dietitian and running the website LongTermCareRD.com….
I’ve worked as a clinical dietitian largely in-patient, long-term care for over a decade, department director, food services manager, and currently focusing on clinical dietitian education, freelance writing, and speaking….My biggest passion is helping dietitians explore new areas of work in our field and helping to educate dietitians to feel less alone in their practice.
Q2: What's one thing you really like about being involved with the Build Up Dietitians platform?
“I have followed BUD since my internship (many years ago). I loved the community that it fostered, it’s nice to see many fields of dietetics being able to communicate all over the world, but we all have one central focus, improving the nutrition status of our patients. I randomly reached out to Leah (McGrath) a few years ago if I could get involved, and I’m very grateful that she’s welcomed me to assisting with it…It feels like one of the largest communities of Dietitians online and I love seeing it constantly grow over the years. I encourage everyone to get involved in the online discussions to help each other learn and grow in our profession.”
❓What do YOU like about being a dietitian?
Elise C. “I really love helping clients make improvements to their health (improved cholesterol levels or BG management, etc.) with nutrition changes they feel are sustainable and fit into their life. I love to help clients let go of food guilt and I do love debunking nutrition myths with research backed facts…”
Sarah P. “Helping people learn how to eat to nourish their bodies and not just diet. Teaching them how to add things to their diet instead of always taking away. But my favorite part of being an RD is being able to connect with people and support them in achieving their health goals…”
Leila B. “I love being a detective. As both an RD and CDCES, I help both patients and providers ... I love blending science and real-life management and nutrition techniques.”
Jennifer C. “… I really love it all. I have worked in many different environments (clinical is by far my favorite) …I have learned something at every position that strengthens my knowledge for the next step in my career. I have always believed that even if a job is not the right fit, you still learn something from it. A job is just a job. Being a dietitian is a career…”
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🍎🥕Is it Worth it to Eat Fruits & Vegetables?
(or is our soil so depleted now that fruits and vegetables aren’t as nutritious?)
Have you seen alarming articles claiming modern fruits and vegetables are "less nutritious" now than they were fifty or one hundred years ago because of soil depletion? Often this is a way to sell supplements or to encourage people to buy organic produce.
This assertion is problematic because:
🔬Measurement tools are more precise now.
2. You would have to compare the same variety of the fruit or vegetable because different varieties can have different nutritional content
👩🌾Nutrition can vary depending on where produce is grown, amount of sun and rain/irrigation
If soil was depleted fruits and vegetables wouldn't grow.
Sources:
Are Today’s Fruits and Vegetables Less Nutritious? Soil Depletion and Nutrition | CulinaryLore
Chemistry news, research and opinions | Chemistry World
4️⃣Things You Don’t Want to Miss
1.On Redefining Obesity
Relabeling Medical Definitions for Obesity in the US | Harvard Magazine
“Many obesity experts argue that an oversimplification of this complex condition, particularly the reliance on body mass index (BMI)….has hindered effective prevention and treatment efforts. BMI as a measure of obesity, they say, has diagnostic limitations, a problematic history in which white males were the measure of normal body types, and a tendency to make weight the focus of concern rather than a person’s overall health.”
2.Obesity Medication and the Role of Lifestyle Interventions Delivered by RDNs
from the Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics: Obesity Medication (eatrightpro.org)
3.How many times do we have to post this?
Ozempic is the dosage for Type 2 Diabetes
Wegovy is the dosage for OBESITY treatment
4.Book Pick - “The Black Angels: The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis”
The story of black nurses who worked tirelessly to care for, treat and save patients with tuberculosis all while facing racism, hostility and discrimination.