Dietitian Spotlight Series: Sheena Pradhan, New York City Private Practice
For this weeks spotlight, I interviewed a new RD that I met while working at Shane Diet & Fitness Resort in New York this past summer. Sheena Pradhan works as an outpatient community RD and recently started her own practice, Nutritious Balance. What’s a typical day in the life of Sheena? During the week, I… Read More»
Dietitian Spotlight Series: Candice Forbes, Ketogenic Pediatrics
Every week, I’ve been bringing you new interviews from registered dietitians, all working in different fields and in various parts of the country. These interviews shed light on all of the diverse opportunities in nutrition– there are truly so many routes you can take as an RD! This weeks spotlight is on Candice Forbes, a… Read More»
Dietitian Spotlight Series: Lucette Talamas, Community Health RD in Miami, FL
This week the spotlight is on my dear friend Lucette Talamas, who I met and worked with while I was living in Orlando, Florida. Lucette has an extremely versatile (and busy!) career in dietetics as a community health dietitian for Baptist Health in the Miami area. Her job entails a little of everything— public speaking,… Read More»
Dietitian Spotlight Series: Brianna Peterson, Wellness Coordinator
This week the spotlight is on Brianna Peterson, a Dallas dietitian with a really cool job! Like many of you that have contacted me with questions about how to break into the field of nutrition, being a dietitian wasn’t even on her radar when she was getting her first degree. She later found her passion… Read More»
Dietitian Spotlight Series: Tony Paradis, Entrepreneur and Personal Trainer
Tony Paradis was one of the first dietitians I met in Dallas at a Nutrition Entrepreneurs mini-meeting about a year ago. It was so refreshing (and inspiring) to meet a young RD who had already started a business and was paving his own way in the nutrition and fitness world, which gave me hope for… Read More»
Dietitian Spotlight Series: A Trip to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit with Kelly Ventresco, RD, LD
This week the spotlight is on Kelly Ventresco, who I met in my internship at Mt Carmel College of Nursing. She is one of the most positive, hard-working girls I’ve ever met (I’m pretty sure she had at least 3 part-time jobs during our internship). Her constant smile and compassion for others make her a… Read More»
Dietitian Spotlight Series: Lisa Lang, RDN, LD
This week’s Dietitian Spotlight is on a great old friend of mine, Lisa Lang RDN, LD. We graduated from The Ohio State University together in 2009 AND got into the same internship program at Mount Carmel College of Nursing in Columbus, OH. Her and Scott (far right) kept me laughing through most of our MNT… Read More»
Dietitian Spotlight Series: Whitney Reist, Personal Chef at Dietitian In The Kitchen
For those of you who frequent my blog, you probably know I am a registered dietitian nutritionist (RDN) and I work mostly in the area of weight loss. One of my personal goals in my career as a dietitian is to promote my profession as the expert in nutrition. A lot of people aren’t sure… Read More»
What Does a Dietitian Keep in her Kitchen?
Not long after I moved to Dallas, I met fellow dietitian and blogger Dixya via twitter and we decided to have dinner. I never thought I’d be making actual friends via twitter, but hey, I met my boyfriend online, so why not friends too?! Dixya posts some seriously impressive recipes (not to mention her photos!) and… Read More»