Every Registered Dietitian is bound to run into a Google Degree, meal plan request, or a tale of an extreme diet. Here are seven stories you can relate to.
We’ve all been there—multiple times. You’re out with family or friends, and someone asks you what you are studying in school. You’re so excited to tell them “Dietetics!” and once you do, you get bombarded with those questions that every dietetic student has now begun to memorize and even dread. Nutrition is a major that everyone and I mean everyone, seems to want to talk about! Below, I’ve listed the top 7 questions that I always seem to get, but please let us know some of the awkward requests or questions you may have gotten in the comments section!
Can you make me a meal plan?
So you’re going to tell people not to eat the “good stuff”?
Maybe… but maybe not! Some of us may even tell you about one trend many dietitians love: Intuitive Eating.
Are you going to judge what I eat now?
Not if you don’t judge what we eat!
How do you feel about cleanses?
Wait, you’re a dietitian, and you’re going to eat that?
We may be dietitians, but we’re also human!
Oh, I can’t wait for you to help me lose weight!
Here, this is what I’ve eaten in the past 24 hours; what should I change?
Chances are, as a nutrition student or Registered Dietitian, these stories have happened to you. Some questions are more accessible to answer than others, but they all make for Fun (or funny!) memories.
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