Nutri News December 2022
This month theme is the colors of health!! You will find articles about: • The importance of a colorful diet “Eat the Rainbow” • How is biotechnology is affecting our foods • What is intuitive eating and how it can help you recognize and be more sensitive to your body’s hunger and satiety signals • Delicious and colorful vegan recipes in the lunch box! • What’s the hype behind Phytochemicals, are they really that important? Let me answer that for you, YESSS!! • Have you seen those foods that claim to be gluten “free” and have wonder what gluten is and if you should care whether your food is gluten free, check our myth busting article to find out more • The holidays are coming and with that all the delicious foods we like to indulge on, but beware “SALT” check out our international collaboration about salt and salt substitutes • “Ditch the dietary supplements and eat whole foods instead” What are the effects of supplement vs whole foods in sports performance • Have you been feeling tired and down recently? you might have a vitamin D deficiency, check out our essential guide to vitamins and minerals article to learn more about the role of magnesium and vitamin D in our mood, sleep, and overall health This month’s student spotlight is Lindsey Cedeno Ortiz, check what she has to say in page 12! For this month interview, we have Dr. Catherine Christie, recipient of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Medallion Award. This is an interview you won’t want to miss!!!! If you are looking to make an impact on campus as well as in the community, look for the fliers highlighting volunteer opportunities. These amazing programs are always looking for more volunteers. It is amazing the difference we can make when we all work together for a better and healthier tomorrow. Happy reading!
This month theme is the colors of health!!
You will find articles about:
• The importance of a colorful diet “Eat the Rainbow”
• How is biotechnology is affecting our foods
• What is intuitive eating and how it can help you recognize and be more sensitive to your body’s hunger and satiety signals
• Delicious and colorful vegan recipes in the lunch box!
• What’s the hype behind Phytochemicals, are they really that important? Let me answer that for you, YESSS!!
• Have you seen those foods that claim to be gluten “free” and have wonder what gluten is and if you should care whether your food is gluten free, check our myth busting article to find out more
• The holidays are coming and with that all the delicious foods we like to indulge on, but beware “SALT” check out our international collaboration about salt and salt substitutes
• “Ditch the dietary supplements and eat whole foods instead” What are the effects of supplement vs whole foods in sports performance
• Have you been feeling tired and down recently? you might have a vitamin D deficiency, check out our essential guide to vitamins and minerals article to learn more about the role of magnesium and vitamin D in our mood, sleep, and overall health
This month’s student spotlight is Lindsey Cedeno Ortiz, check what she has to say in page 12!
For this month interview, we have Dr. Catherine Christie, recipient of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Medallion Award. This is an interview you won’t want to miss!!!!
If you are looking to make an impact on campus as well as in the community, look for the fliers highlighting volunteer opportunities. These amazing programs are always looking for more volunteers. It is amazing the difference we can make when we all work together for a better and healthier tomorrow.
Happy reading!
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Congratulations on your recent award by the<br />
academy at FNCE, tell us what does this award<br />
mean to you?<br />
I was really honored to be selected as I have known<br />
and worked with many other Medallion recipients<br />
who were role models for me throughout my career.<br />
According to the criteria, the Academy of <strong>Nutri</strong>tion<br />
and Dietetics' Medallion Award honors Academy<br />
members who have shown dedication to the high<br />
standards of the nutrition and dietetics profession<br />
through active participation, leadership and devotion<br />
to serving others in nutrition and dietetics and allied<br />
health fields. We have several UNF faculty who I<br />
anticipate will also receive this honor as they progress<br />
in their careers. Three RDN friends and colleagues in<br />
Florida put together and submitted my nomination for<br />
which I am very grateful.<br />
In dietetics, what do you feel has been a big<br />
challenge you have had to overcome as a leader<br />
and as a member of the dietetic community?<br />
During my career, one of the biggest challenges we<br />
have faced is the seemingly continuous attempt to<br />
change our licensure law in Florida which was<br />
passed in 1989 and allow others with less education<br />
and/or training to become licensed to practice. The<br />
role of the Consumer Protection and Licensure<br />
Subcommittee is to assist with the Academy’s<br />
efforts to ensure that consumers have access to<br />
qualified professionals who demonstrate the<br />
knowledge, skill, and competency necessary to<br />
provide safe and ethical nutrition therapy. The<br />
first dietetics license was established in 1974 to<br />
regulate and set standards for the activities and<br />
services that dietitians provide and that require a<br />
high level of specialized knowledge and skill. Some<br />
of the first states were Oklahoma, Florida and Ohio.<br />
Today, the vast majority of states have developed<br />
some form of licensure or certification law with the<br />
intention to<br />
protect the public by ensuring every person who<br />
practices dietetics and nutrition therapy is<br />
qualified for safe practice by meeting the<br />
requirements for a license. In essence, it protects<br />
consumers from harm by unqualified individuals<br />
and also empowers the public to report harm and<br />
remove those who provide unsafe or unethical<br />
services. License and certification are completely<br />
separate from registration received from the<br />
Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR). The<br />
CDR ensures that RD/RDNs meet educational,<br />
examination and ethical standards whereas a<br />
license is state-issued document specified by a<br />
law that regulates the practice of dietetics in<br />
order to protect the public.<br />
What message would you like the public to<br />
know about the importance of nutrition?<br />
<strong>Nutri</strong>tion is the foundation for health. We are<br />
currently seeing examples around the world of the<br />
negative effects of malnutrition on populations who<br />
are displaced, living in conflict zones, or in other<br />
ways experiencing inadequate supplies of healthy<br />
food. These effects are hardest on infants and<br />
children but also negatively affect adults and the<br />
elderly. In addition to the importance of an<br />
adequate supply of healthy food, nutritional status is<br />
critical in prevention, treatment, recovery from<br />
illness, surgery, wound healing, and prevention and<br />
management of chronic disease.<br />
What advice do you have for our senior<br />
students currently applying for internships<br />
and their master’s degree?<br />
I encourage our students to have a career goal<br />
and work toward its achievement. In your<br />
applications, outline your short and long term<br />
goals.When I graduated with my undergraduate<br />
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