What do Nutritionists Do…More Specifically?
Counseling patients with chronic illnesses: Nutrition can play a very serious role in helping people suffering from chronic illnesses such as diabetes, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, kidney disease, and even cancer. By understanding these illnesses and their affects on the human body, nutritionists can offer counsel that can help these people manage their condition.
Weight Loss Patients: If there was one blanket diet that could cover each and everyone of us, then there would be one book describing that diet, all of us would read and implement, and we would achieve our weight goals because of it. Obviously the issue of weight loss is not so easily remedied (that would be really nice though). The reason there are so many diets out there is because certain things work for certain people. In the case of weight loss, a nutritionist can act as the guide that is personally tailoring a diet to your specific needs. One of the obstacles that many weight loss patients run into is they start a specific diet and do really well with it. For the first couple weeks weight is coming off and their goal seems achievable. Unfortunately, plateauing after this initial success is very common and even though the diet remains strictly adhered to, the weight stops coming off. A nutritionist can be there to help that patient make the changes in diet that will lead to the next phase of weight loss.
Food Allergies or Autoimmune Diseases: If you know anyone that has serious food allergies then you understand how frustrating that can be. Nutritionists can offer advice on food substitutions and also instruct patients on how to read food labels and understand what to avoid. Autoimmune diseases have strange effects on the body. Take celiac disease for example. Celiac disease is a disorder of the small intestine and prevents the lining of the small intestine from absorbing needed nutrients. A nutritionist is able to identify those foods that can help you maintain a balanced diet despite these conditions.
Public Health: Nutritionists can also help on a macro level. The Kern County school district employs nutritionists that can help set up and manage a cafeteria system that provides kids with good meals. Public nutritionists are employed all over from the Peace Corp to different community programs and help people understand how to incorporate good nutrition for healthy lifestyles.
Covered here is a kind of general overview of the work that nutritionists do, and how to become a nutritionist. However, it is important to note that usually, as stated earlier, opportunities such as these nutritionist obs in Bakersfield Ca are more openly available to nutritionists that have some credible certification or credential such as an RD, RDN, CCN, etc. These credentials will set the professionals apart from the enthusiasts and consequently are sought after for meaningful positions in the nutrition field.
3 Healthy Ways to Start Your Day!
Music: What ever gets you up and out of bed, with a hop in your step. Wake up, clap your hands and say “It’s going to be a great day”. You have the power to choose what side of the bed you wake up on!
Oatmeal: Oatmeal contains a super metabolic enhancer called lecithin and tons of complex carbohydrates that gives you lasting energy and takes stress off your pancreas keeping insulin secretion low decreasing your risk of developing Type II diabetes. Stay away from oatmeal packs that are too sugary. I like Irish Steel Cut Oatmeal. It’s thick and tasty. Flavor your oatmeal with cinnamon and applesauce or almond butter.
Vision Board and Vision Statement: Make a placard of your goals and positive thoughts with pictures of the things you want most in life. Put it up on the wall of your room or in the bathroom so that you look at it and read it every morning. Having your goals along with positive energy served up at the start of your day will instill a subliminal consciousness that will drive you closer to the things and emotions you want. Happiness and Success are not an accident.