A Dietitian Answers Commonly Googled Questions About Dietitians

Our Registered Dietitian, Sarah Greenfield, answers all the most commonly googled questions about dietitians. Let us know if you have any more questions below!


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[angiehh]

As a dietitian who works in critical care…I wear scrubs every day. Yay! I manage tube feedings for ventilated patients and have a board certification in nutrition support. There’s a lot of deferent roads you can take as a RD…such as food service management, research, outpatient counseling, working for a school system, working for a large corporation (like a dietitian for the railroad), or even working for food companies. Soon all dietitians will be required to have a masters in addition to the bachelors and internship…so keep that in mind! An expensive endeavor to start out at lowish pay.

[emilylloyd]

I have a dietitian and I adore her. I never thought I'd get as much help from a dietitian.

[carlyblaylock]

I’m just curious, but why do dietitians have to go through a master degree program to practice starting in 2024? Are the roles expanding? Is the pay raising? Anyone please let me know!

[bharatkhatwani]

Is Smart weighing scale, (which tells you about your age, muscle mass, fat etc )reliable?

[cindy]

Do u work Az. U seem like a kind person to go to. I've wanted to go to a dietician.

[shanelawrence]

The daily value, the amount of nutrition that is suggested. How accurate can that really be, with things like the method of which you use to cook along with the freshness of the ingredients making such a huge difference. For example spinach and a source of any vitamine C from lemon to limes to kiwi aiding in your iron absorption, to adding fat to allow your body to absorb vitamines A E and D. How can such a specific suggestion be made with so much nuance around? The reason why I am asking is I want to try to design a recipe that anyone can enjoy, that has exactly what you need nutritonally and calorically- preferably a little less calorically and eat it three times a day every day and be healthy for the rest of your life.

[laurenclark]

I found out I'm allergic to copper and zinc. I've been drinking Boost to gain weight and getting sicker. How do I avoid allergies and gain weight?

[amringajbarwadi]

Nutritionists also go to exams like theory and practical difference between nutritionist and dietician is nutritionists can't give diet to patients and dietician can give diet to patients, mostly nutritionist give diets to sports person and younger generation

[rayanahmed]

Does dietician use sethescope or can they wear

[amalmwas]

Health professionals some times become so concerned about diet treatment of deasases, in RDA complications sometime listed for acover of book, afood guide i daily requesciences, 1afood guide for agroup of people is not equal for sample, guide based on the food supply in the United States of America and its suitable for nations in Africa and middle East, 2food within agroup vary widely in calories content, there are also wide nutrient levels within each group, some fruits and vegetables for asorbic acid and vitamin A, abasic diet includes the minimum number of servings for the adults from each of these food supply and group, vegetables group 4basic servings daily, one serving is half cup of potato and salads, includes fiber seed and vitamin C, deep yellow or dark yellow green vegetables cooked contain seed and vitamin C A, D, also fish and poultry eggs includes fat sweet soft drinks and wine includes sugar and vanilla syrup and vitamin A abasic of diebates dietary,

[grigor_karagozian]

Could I cut the bull out and only learn the knowlage .

[GracieAckerman]

I am a certified nutritionist- and took 3 exams for the 3 certifications- sport’s fitness nutritionist, vegetarian nutrition and nutrition sciences certification- it took me 18 months - I am Canadian though

[adamczer]

A lot of nutritionists actually have more education than dietitians (i.e. a Ph.D).

[ClassicJukeboxBand]

Did you know the reason we have dietitians is because of the Seventh Day Adventist Church? It's true...
In order to become a registered dietitian, you have to be certified by The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. This organization, was founded in 1917 in Cleveland Ohio as The American Dietetics Association. The Seventh Day Adventist members, who are vegetarians founded this association.
To this day, they push plant based and plant heavy diets, and their recommendations are not based on good science.
The Seventh Day Adventist Church got their ideas about vegetarianism from a member named Ellen G White. In the late 1800's, she was concerned that meat consumption seemed to cause sexual desire in members, so she had "visions" of the dangers of meat, and that meat caused cancer.
None of her writings were scientific at all but to this day dietitians are still taught, without solid scientific or evolutionary evidence that eating plants is the basis of a more healthy diets.
So whenever you think of a dietitian, the truth is their training is partially influenced by bad science pushed by The Seventh Day Adventist Church.