Congratulations! You made it to the blog portion of Revive Nutrition and as your resident dietitian and nutritionist, I am humbled and honored you are here. The purpose of this blog is about connecting with you guys – talking about nutrition in a way that’s a bit easier to swallow than some of the Facebook groups shouting at you or the similarly preachy Good Morning America segments you tune out while getting ready for work.
My hope is to help you start to disregard the sensationalized diet nonsense we find on the internet or overhear at the pre-COVID/1992 water cooler. This blog is your jumping off point; a springboard, if you will, into being a more well-informed nutrition consumer who might also just be a touch more health focused by the end.
The blog brain child originated when I went to an SEO workshop in downtown Boston and the host made blogging seem like a top-notch way to improve my website’s Google Ranking. The more honest truth though is as a registered dietitian, I freaking love writing about nutrition. The purpose of this blog is not (just) about SEO. I took up blogging in college, but the passion ultimately petered out due to 0.0000% ROI. My wee brain of twenty-something didn’t understand monetization or revenue streams at the time. Here’s hoping this one sticks. Fingers crossed emoji.
A Little About Me (ugh)
As my website’s ‘About’ page reads – I am a registered dietitian (RD), licensed dietitian/nutritionist (LDN) in the state of Massachusetts, certified diabetes educator (CDE) with a Masters degree in nutrition from Boston University. I am a practicing RD in a Diabetes and Nutrition Clinic in a local hospital, in other words my 9-5. Having been a dietitian over the last 7 years, I’ve come to know a thing or two about working with clients and pushing my well-formed opinions onto others (joke).
That’s the thing about dietitians, people think us to be vegetable pushers, gluten eliminators or dessert by-passers. We’re not. Well, not all of us anyway. I am none of those three horrific people just listed. I am a lover of all things food. Don’t believe me? Just head to my social media accounts – here and here.
I got into nutrition because I wanted to help my mother get food on the dinner table at night. I was, and still am, a sponge in the kitchen; learning from her along the way and helping feed our family during my all-too-angsty teen years. Trouble was, my meals usually included something out of a Campbell soup can (Southwest Tuna Chowder, cough cough) and I started to realize this whole ‘dinner’ thing could be a bit healthier. Cut to me gaining an interest in nutrition.
Dietitian vs Nutritionist
One question I’m often asked, by lay-people and medical professionals, is what’s the difference between a dietitian and a nutritionist? The answer is quite simple. A dietitian is someone who went to school for nutrition, but more importantly, they completed a dietetic internship and passed their RD (registered dietitian) exam.
Anyone can be a nutritionist. You can call yourself a nutritionist. Having said this, I know several dietitians who call themselves nutritionists. Perhaps because it’s less intimidating or maybe because it’s more identifiable. Be that as it may – I am a dietitian and don’t you forget it. jk jk jk
My Approach to Food and Nutrition
Food is not only my profession, above all it’s my love language. I understand what it means to have traditions that surround food, that meals can be a form of solicitude and moreover, our attachments to it aren’t always just about the food sitting in front of us. Beautiful right? I know. I just wrote that – plopped right out of this old head sitting semi-squarely on my eastern European descendant shoulders.
So we’ve covered that food is love. Cool. As painful as it is to quote Socrates right now – it’s also medicine guys. Food is straight up health and we cannot forget that. Look, I live my life by the 80/20 rule. I pay attention or be mindful of what I am eating 80% of the time and remaining 20% I eat the damn baked Alaska and/or a few too many slices of pizza. And I’m allowed to be okay with that. We’re all allowed to be okay with that.
Now then, let’s do this thing.
Congratulations! You made it to the blog portion of Revive Nutrition and as your resident dietitian and nutritionist, I am humbled and honored you are here. The purpose of this blog is about connecting with you guys – talking about nutrition in a way that’s a bit easier to swallow than some of the Facebook groups shouting at you or the similarly preachy Good Morning America segments you tune out while getting ready for work.
My hope is to help you start to disregard the sensationalized diet nonsense we find on the internet or overhear at the pre-COVID/1992 water cooler. This blog is your jumping off point; a springboard, if you will, into being a more well-informed nutrition consumer who might also just be a touch more health focused by the end.
The blog brain child originated when I went to an SEO workshop in downtown Boston and the host made blogging seem like a top-notch way to improve my website’s Google Ranking. The more honest truth though is as a registered dietitian, I freaking love writing about nutrition. The purpose of this blog is not (just) about SEO. I took up blogging in college, but the passion ultimately petered out due to 0.0000% ROI. My wee brain of twenty-something didn’t understand monetization or revenue streams at the time. Here’s hoping this one sticks. Fingers crossed emoji.
A Little About Me (ugh)
As my website’s ‘About’ page reads – I am a registered dietitian (RD), licensed dietitian/nutritionist (LDN) in the state of Massachusetts, certified diabetes educator (CDE) with a Masters degree in nutrition from Boston University. I am a practicing RD in a Diabetes and Nutrition Clinic in a local hospital, in other words my 9-5. Having been a dietitian over the last 7 years, I’ve come to know a thing or two about working with clients and pushing my well-formed opinions onto others (joke).
That’s the thing about dietitians, people think us to be vegetable pushers, gluten eliminators or dessert by-passers. We’re not. Well, not all of us anyway. I am none of those three horrific people just listed. I am a lover of all things food. Don’t believe me? Just head to my social media accounts – here and here.
I got into nutrition because I wanted to help my mother get food on the dinner table at night. I was, and still am, a sponge in the kitchen; learning from her along the way and helping feed our family during my all-too-angsty teen years. Trouble was, my meals usually included something out of a Campbell soup can (Southwest Tuna Chowder, cough cough) and I started to realize this whole ‘dinner’ thing could be a bit healthier. Cut to me gaining an interest in nutrition.
Dietitian vs Nutritionist
One question I’m often asked, by lay-people and medical professionals, is what’s the difference between a dietitian and a nutritionist? The answer is quite simple. A dietitian is someone who went to school for nutrition, but more importantly, they completed a dietetic internship and passed their RD (registered dietitian) exam.
Anyone can be a nutritionist. You can call yourself a nutritionist. Having said this, I know several dietitians who call themselves nutritionists. Perhaps because it’s less intimidating or maybe because it’s more identifiable. Be that as it may – I am a dietitian and don’t you forget it. jk jk jk
My Approach to Food and Nutrition
Food is not only my profession, above all it’s my love language. I understand what it means to have traditions that surround food, that meals can be a form of solicitude and moreover, our attachments to it aren’t always just about the food sitting in front of us. Beautiful right? I know. I just wrote that – plopped right out of this old head sitting semi-squarely on my eastern European descendant shoulders.
So we’ve covered that food is love. Cool. As painful as it is to quote Socrates right now – it’s also medicine guys. Food is straight up health and we cannot forget that. Look, I live my life by the 80/20 rule. I pay attention or be mindful of what I am eating 80% of the time and remaining 20% I eat the damn baked Alaska and/or a few too many slices of pizza. And I’m allowed to be okay with that. We’re all allowed to be okay with that.
Now then, let’s do this thing.
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