Clinical Dietitian
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Dietetics
Overview
The food that we consume and how we consume it has an enormous effect on every aspect of our life, including physical health, mental health, and overall well-being.
Dietetics is the study and application of nutrition science to the human body. Changes in someone's diet can help them with various health problems, including obesity, diabetes, certain risk factors for cancer, heart diseases, and many more.
Dietitians are the experts who provide general nurition education and suppoort people to improve their health.
What does a dietitian do?
Dietitians sit with patients to understand their challenges and needs and design a meal plan that will help patients with their specific issues. Some of the many things a dietitian can help you with include:
• Taking care of patients
Dietitians in hospitals and other health care centres educate patients and their families on how to eat and make sure the patient gets all the nutrition they need. Dietitians develop and adapt menus for the patients according to their needs and help them recover from various illnesses and surgeries and conditions like diabetes, heart disease, etc.
• Food industry
Dietitians work in the food industry and help improve the overall nutritional value of the food products. In addition, they develop nutrition education campaigns. Dietitians also promote food safety in the industry, and they work with the laws and regulations around the food industry.
• Sports
Athletes and people who are into sports need to have perfect physic. Dietitians help them reach their fitness goals by providing them with the information to eat well and creating specific diet plans according to their requirements.
• Public and community health
Many dietitians work in community health centres to improve eating habits. They also work at the national or state levels to influence and improve food policies to provide better food for everyone.
• Research
Dietitians work as food researchers to investigate and research the links between food and how it affects our health. They also figure out how food can be best used to prevent and help treat diseases.
Reasons, you should visit a dietitian.
There are quite a few reasons you might need dietary advice. Here are a few of the common reasons you might want to visit a dietitian for:
• Digestive issues: Heartburn, diarrhea, constipation, acid reflux, all those and many more digestive issues that you might have might be because of an underlying issue like irritable bowel syndrome. Your dietitian can help you identify what's wrong with your stomach and provide help by coming up with a diet plan suitable for you.
• Weight management: Despite trying all the plans you could find online, you seem to have a hard time losing or gaining weight, well a visit to a dietitian's office might be necessary. They will provide a diet plan that'll make your weight loss or weight gain journey significantly easier.
• Mood disorders: Studies have found that if you're suffering from any mood disorders like depression, ADHD or anxiety, a well-made diet plan can be helpful in your recovery.
• Eating disorder: If you think you have an eating disorder like bulimia or anorexia nervosa, or any other eating disorder, it's essential to consult a dietitian to improve your relationship with food
It's no secret that food massively affects our way of living. Not only can eating right prevent diseases, but it can boost your energy, make you feel alive, and help you recover from certain health problems.
Services Offered
- Individualized diet prescriptions and advice to patients
- Critical Care– providing special nutritional care
- Tube feeds – It is ensured that each patient’s food requirement is fulfilled completely with necessary calories, protein, fat, fibre and suitable nutrients in the feed formulation
- Customized diet, hygienically prepared and served to all in-patients based on their medical requirements
- Antenatal nutritional counseling for gestational diabetes
- Community nutrition program
- Nutrition support services for corporates and industrial houses
