Clinical Nutrition

With the growing food as medicine movement, it’s important for dietitians to know the limits of nutrition and lifestyle interventions so they can support their patients and clients who may be dealing with bone loss or at risk for it.

Young adults are seeking ways to enhance focus, mental clarity, and mental stamina, yet nutrition is often overlooked as a key factor in cognitive performance. Dietitians can integrate brain-focused nutrition education to empower this population to make more informed dietary decisions in ways that align with their values.

This continuing education course examines the impact of vitamin D on diabetes. Vitamin D and calcium homeostasis may play direct and indirect roles in the development of diabetes and vitamin D can affect numerous complications associated with this disease state.

Introducing mindfulness into dietetics practice has long been a valuable adjunct to both MNT and more counseling-focused nutrition interventions, in part because it helps people increase their awareness of what’s happening in the present moment and lessen rumination on unhelpful or distressing thoughts.