Dietitian?

AnotherBrokenDoll · 07-10-2008, 01:30 AM

Okay so basically the other day i went to the doctor she has said that she may send me to a dietitian.

My question, what exactly does a dietitian do? Like obviously review your diet and stuff. But i know that doctors can give you healthy meal plans so what would be the difference? Are they more detailed?

Thanks.

CallingAllAngels · 07-10-2008, 07:15 AM

A Dietitian will make up a customized meal plan for you, based on your likes and dislikes.

He or She will spend probably a good hour going over what you eat and how much you should eat each day. They will do more than just explain the food groups to you.

You will leave there with a few meal plans and a new understanding of the importance of food.

They will calculate the number of calories your body needs each day, depending upon whether or not you need to gain or lose weight.

It's well worth the visit.

Good luck to you.

~Allie

ghost69 · 07-10-2008, 10:57 AM

doctors can't give you diets. who told you that? they can tell you that you broke out from something and diagnose it to something you ate.

a dietitian can help you gain or lose weight as needed. they analyze what you currently eat, recommend what you should eat, and re-evaluate.

15 Storeys High · 07-10-2008, 11:02 AM

Doctors can advise on diet and give mealplans based on plans already developed.

Dieticians will work with you to understand food, it's importance, how to get a nutritionally balanced diet, what does what and develop a specific plan tailored to individual needs. They may also delve into your attitude towards food and eating.

AnotherBrokenDoll · 07-10-2008, 08:28 PM

Okay thanks. I thought it was along those lines, just it seems like something that could be done in just one session where as because of the reason im going i think there is more likely to to fortnightly meetings, but i can kind of understand why now.

Thankyou.

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AnotherBrokenDoll Offline Platinum Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: In a world you will never know of. Gender: Female Age: 18 Posts: 1,735	Dietitian? Okay so basically the other day i went to the doctor she has said that she may send me to a dietitian. My question, what exactly does a dietitian do? Like obviously review your diet and stuff. But i know that doctors can give you healthy meal plans so what would be the difference? Are they more detailed? Thanks. __________________ There are days when i'm ok, And for a moment, For a moment I find hope. But there are days when i'm not ok, And i need your help, So i'm letting go. You should know, You're not on your own, These secrets are walls that keep us alone, I don't know when but i know now, Together we'll make it through somehow, Together we'll make it through somehow.

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CallingAllAngels Offline Platinum Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Gender: Female Posts: 4,919	A Dietitian will make up a customized meal plan for you, based on your likes and dislikes. He or She will spend probably a good hour going over what you eat and how much you should eat each day. They will do more than just explain the food groups to you. You will leave there with a few meal plans and a new understanding of the importance of food. They will calculate the number of calories your body needs each day, depending upon whether or not you need to gain or lose weight. It's well worth the visit. Good luck to you. ~Allie __________________ "Accept Life On Life's Terms"....JAH You can't change yesterday but you can ruin today worrying about tomorrow. God grant me the Serenity to accept the things I cannot change The Courage to change the things I can And the Wisdom to know the difference...

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ghost69 Offline Platinum Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Desert Gender: Male Posts: 33,444	doctors can't give you diets. who told you that? they can tell you that you broke out from something and diagnose it to something you ate. a dietitian can help you gain or lose weight as needed. they analyze what you currently eat, recommend what you should eat, and re-evaluate. __________________ Not only am I friendly, but I'm invisible too. Too perfect of a relationship is too weird-g69 If you say you are normal, I'd think you are weird-g69 The world can only get better, it depends on how you look at it-g69 'As wicked as you are, you're beautiful to me'-5fingerdeathpunch you cannot control the world, you can only live in it the best you can for you-g69 NooOoOoooOOoOoOoooooo

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15 Storeys High Offline Platinum Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: UK Gender: Male Age: 30 Posts: 1,289	Doctors can advise on diet and give mealplans based on plans already developed. Dieticians will work with you to understand food, it's importance, how to get a nutritionally balanced diet, what does what and develop a specific plan tailored to individual needs. They may also delve into your attitude towards food and eating. __________________ You cannot do a kindness too soon for you'll never know how soon it will be too late. - Emerson

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AnotherBrokenDoll Offline Platinum Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: In a world you will never know of. Gender: Female Age: 18 Posts: 1,735	Okay thanks. I thought it was along those lines, just it seems like something that could be done in just one session where as because of the reason im going i think there is more likely to to fortnightly meetings, but i can kind of understand why now. Thankyou. __________________ There are days when i'm ok, And for a moment, For a moment I find hope. But there are days when i'm not ok, And i need your help, So i'm letting go. You should know, You're not on your own, These secrets are walls that keep us alone, I don't know when but i know now, Together we'll make it through somehow, Together we'll make it through somehow.