Dieticians are qualified health professionals who help assess, diagnose and provide necessary treatment suggestions for dietary and nutritional issues in a person.
They work with a wide variety of patients including healthy and sick people to help them regulate their diet and lifestyle. They work in different industries like food, workplace, education, sports, and other fields.
Dieticians have accredited health professionals with a qualified bachelor’s or master’s degree in the field and have completed their internship under the supervision of a registered dietician.
They work with patients who are having a hard time dealing with weight issues or need to regulate their diet to help them recover from other health issues. The dieticians take an assessment of the patient and understand their needs, challenges, lifestyle, and necessary adjustments needed to make and prepare a regulated diet plan accordingly. They also provide know-how on recipes and prepare them in the best interest of the patients.
A dietician helps to assess and diagnose a variety of health issues and provides a proper assessment. You should meet a dietician in the cases mentioned below:
Diabetes
Food Allergies
Digestive Disorders
A few other issues where Dieticians can help you with
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Ans. Dietitian or Nutritionist is a medical professional who specializes in improving the health and lifestyle of a person by changing or modifying their diet. As you may already know, an unhealthy diet causes a lot of problems, like heart issues, gastrointestinal problems, skin problems, etc.
Ans. People usually see a dietitian or nutritionist when dealing with health problems specifically caused by unhealthy or unbalanced diets. You could be having heart problems, food allergies, digestive issues, any sort of nutrition deficiency, diabetes, high cholesterol, or anything like that. In such cases, you should seek help from a dietitian or nutritionist as soon as possible.
Ans. Throughout the first appointment with a dietitian or Nutritionist, he/she will go over your concerns or medical health thoroughly. And expert him/her to ask a lot of questions related to your diet and overall lifestyle. And with this first appointment, you’ll get to know a lot about your eating habits, and what changes you need to make in your regular diet.
Ans. Most of the time, your dietitian or nutritionist will recommend blood tests to get to know about your medical condition better and what you should do to improve your health or lifestyle. These blood tests are conducted to check for nutritional genomics, vitamins, minerals, and electrolyte deficiency.
Ans. No, you don’t need anyone’s referral to see a dietitian or nutritionist. However, it is better to get referred to a dietitian or nutritionist by your primary care physician since he/she will refer you to a registered professional. And that is the important part, you shouldn't seek help from an unregistered or non-licensed professional.