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Dietetics is the science of how nutrition affects our health. Scientific studies have shown how a change to our diet can help prevent or control a variety of health problems, including obesity, diabetes and heart disease.

What are dietitians, nutritionists & nutritional therapists?

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BDA

Dietitians:

Registered Dietitians (RDs) are the only qualified health professionals that assess, diagnose and treat dietary and nutritional problems at an individual and wider public health level. They work with both healthy and sick people. Uniquely, dietitians use the most up-to-date public health and scientific research on food, health and disease which they translate into practical guidance to enable people to make appropriate lifestyle and food choices.

Dietitians are the only nutrition professionals to be regulated by law, and are governed by an ethical code to ensure that they always work to the highest standard. They work in the NHS, private practice, industry, education, research, sport, media, public relations, publishing, government and Non Government Organisations (NGOs). Dietitians advise and influence food and health policy across the spectrum from government, to local communities and individuals.

Nutritionist:

Nutritionists work in different roles including public health, health improvement, health policy, local and national government, in the private sector, Non Government Organisations (NGOs) and in education and research.

Nutritionists are qualified to provide information about food and healthy eating.

Many employers of nutritionists in all sectors will only consider recruiting Registered Nutritionists – or Registered Dietitians.

Nutritional Therapists & Diet Experts:

Nutritional therapists encompass the use of recommendations for diet and lifestyle in order to alleviate or prevent ailments, often based on complementary ‘medicine’ recommendations not recognised as valid treatment in conventional medicine. These recommendations may include guidance on detoxification, colonic irrigation, the avoidance of ingestion or inhalation of ‘toxins’ or ‘allergens’ and the use of supplementary nutrients.

Diet Experts:

There exist many other individuals who style themselves as ‘diet experts’ or ‘nutrition experts’ sometimes with many letters after their name. Some may have no more qualifications than an interest in food. This is largely a self-regulated industry where anyone can set up and practice, meaning there is no real protection for consumers.

It is advisable to ask anyone who you are considering taking advice from about their background and qualifications and satisfy yourself that they are appropriately qualified and regulated or discuss with your GP, consultant or health visitor.

Healthy Eating:
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G & G Vitamins

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Try to Change the way you eat to assist your health gradually for you & your family in the present & for the future. You can do this by getting scientific evidence based advise by reading from well sourced literature or by following up to date websites for health.

How many portions of fruit & vegetables should we eat?

Nature cleverly provides us with the whole spectrum of colours in our foods, to ensure we eat all the different types of nutrients that will nourish and heal our bodies.

Fruits and vegetables fall into 5 different colour categories. Each colour carries its own set of unique phytochemicals, which help combat disease. These phytochemicals are what give fruits and vegetables their vibrant colours.

A typical serving of fruit or vegetables is only half a cup, but in the nutritional therapy world, we recommend consuming between 9-13 portions of whole plant foods each day to help prevent chronic disease!

What are the benefits of eating colourful fruits & vegetables?

Nutrients Food Facts:

BDA Food health

In the above link from The Association of UK Dietitians you will find a list of relevant Food Facts about nutrients in our daily diets & the important role they play in the healthy lives of each individual.

~Fat Facts

~Wholegrains

~Folic Acids

~Fruit & Vegetables

~Glycaemic Index (GI)

~Iodine

~Salt preferably Himalayan pink salt

~Carbohydrates

~Cholesterol

~Soya Foods

~Iron

~Sugar (Honey)

~Omega-3

~Stanols & Sterols

~Calcium

~Vitamin D

~Fibre

Books & Websites to read:

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