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What Is the Difference Between Dietitian and Nutritionist
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Following a proper diet has a lot of advantages since it helps improve overall health, increases energy, strengthens the immune system, improves sleep quality, and helps maintain and control weight, among others. However, who should you visit to get information and follow a correct diet? What is the difference between a dietician and a nutritionist? The experts explain it to us.
Talking about dietitians and nutritionists usually generates a lot of confusion among the population, since both professionals focus on nutrition, but from different points of view. Choosing the right professional is essential, especially when there may be health problems and even if you have an eating disorder, such as anorexia, bulimia or binge eating disorder. Each professional can offer valuable guidance and advice based on their specific area of expertise and professional experience, according to the industry. In any case, the main difference between dietician and nutritionist, they add, lies in training and specialization. The term nutritionist can encompass a wide variety of professionals with different competencies within the field of nutrition.
The dietician, on the other hand, specializes in planning healthy diets to promote health and treat diseases through proper nutrition, experts emphasize.
Let’s go into detail, the difference between a dietitian and a nutritionist
The term nutritionist encompasses different specialties, such as a medical nutritionist, a nutritional biologist or even a dietitian. For this reason, not all nutritionists are dietitians, and it is essential to have formal training in nutrition and dietetics in order to practice as a dietitian. In addition, experts explain, the dietitian is a professional who is part of the professional world of health and is responsible for planning healthy diets for people who request their services, as is the case of the service offered by ProyectoArt.com which, in addition, is complemented by knowledge in psychology to treat -especially- problems of the type of eating disorders (ED).
It is also important to note that not all nutritionists – a general term – are equally qualified due to the lack of regulation in the sector, as opposed to dietitians. For clients and those interested in controlling their diet and improving their health through it, this is fundamental. Nutritionists can participate in food education and in the management of collective catering services, among others; however, any diagnosis of pathologies, as well as the prescription of dietary or pharmacological treatments is something that belongs to the medical field, like that of specialized dieticians. In any case, they explain from the sector, the work of nutritionists is also vital to solve the problem -in addition to detecting it-, something that must be done in addition to the willpower of the person in question to achieve it.
Experts go on to explain that to complete the training of a dietitian it is mandatory to complete the specific university degree, which will provide the professional with the nutritional knowledge to promote health and treat diseases through food. Once the training is completed, the professional will have the opportunity to work in clinical care, public health, sports or education, among others. In any case, they emphasize, a dietitian is a professional trained to provide effective dietary advice, develop personalized meal plans and detailed dietary assessments. In addition, they collaborate closely with other healthcare professionals – such as physicians, nurses or psychologists – to ensure that the approach is comprehensive and the treatment of the problem is 100% effective.
When to visit a dietitian-nutritionist?
Taking care of your diet is vital to enjoy excellent health, the nutrition sector explains. In fact, they emphasize, the person will not only improve his or her general well-being, but will also be happier with a correct diet. Going to one professional or another, therefore, is something that depends on the needs of each person. That is, if you are looking for an expert who works from the approach of health promotion and disease prevention through nutritional education and planning healthy diets (nutritionist) or an expert who provides a therapeutic diet that provides the nutrients that are missing and suppresses those that are in excess to treat a health problem -in addition to preventing disease- (dietician). Both professionals, they emphasize, play crucial roles, but the approach and regulation can differ significantly.
There are several situations in which it is necessary to visit a dietitian-nutritionist, for example, to treat an ED problem. The experts, in this case, will help patients to detect the problem and find a solution. A task that, as happens with the renowned clinic located in Barcelona -and with online service- of ProyectoArt, is complemented with psychological care to help patients to recover healthy eating habits, improve their state of health and enjoy eating without remorse. Visiting a dietitian-nutritionist is also an excellent option in case of seeking a healthy diet for a specific objective, as well as in specific medical conditions, in the case of suffering from some chronic diseases, for allergies and food intolerances -to eliminate foods that can cause undesirable reactions and incorporate nutrients that are lacking through other foods or food supplements-, for nutritional rehabilitation -for example, after surgery, medical treatment or after passing a serious illness-, and for malnutrition or nutritional deficiencies, among others.
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Walmart Is Selling a $2,300 Treadmill for Just $660, and Shoppers Say It's a 'Good Choice for a Home Gym'
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Fall is right around the corner, which means it’ll soon be time to take your workouts inside. Thankfully, Walmart has a ton of deals on fitness equipment, including power towers, adjustable dumbbells, and exercise bikes, that’ll help keep your summer fitness regimen going smoothly indoors. If you’re a runner, you’re in luck, because one of Walmart’s most popular folding treadmills just sunk in price by more than $1,600.
The Famistar 4.5HP Folding Treadmill is now on sale at Walmart for just $660—a 71% markdown on the normal $2,300 sticker price. This is a popular model at Walmart, having earned nearly 900 five-star ratings from shoppers who say it’s “just right” for their home gym because it doesn’t take up much space.
Famistar 4.5HP Folding Treadmill, $660 (was $2,300) at Walmart
This treadmill has a weight capacity of 300 pounds and features a powerful 4.5 hp motor that cranks up to 10 mph. It has an impressive 15 levels of incline and 64 built-in routines for runners of all skill levels. The belt itself is 18-by-51 inches, which is enough for confident runs, and it sits on a shock-absorbing deck that won’t kill your feet. A comprehensive dashboard helps you customize your workout while two integrated Bluetooth stereo speakers connect to your phone or tablet to keep the music flowing so you don’t skip a beat. And, when you’re done, it folds up easily to open up space in your home gym for other exercises.
Those who have brought this compact treadmill home say it’s been great for daily use. “I am in love with this treadmill,” a shopper said. “I upgraded to this treadmill and use it almost every day…I love the preset programs and how you can watch TV and it plays on the speakers.” Another shopper agreed, saying, “Good choice for a home gym and very convenient.”
Treadmills can be very expensive, sometimes running up over $2,000, which is why the deal on this Famistar model at Walmart is such a great value. Since it’s a flash deal, the price is subject to increase at any time, so make sure to grab one for your home gym soon while the savings are still around.
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My Struggle to Control ADHD Hyperfocus
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As a law student who just finished his second year as an evening student, I have been applying to post-law school jobs. I work during the day as a special education teacher, so I take fewer credits than the regular law students the year below me and am competing against those students for these positions.
To be fair, we’re all only applying to summer internships next year, but in law school, the narrative is “the internship you get after your second year of law is your job after law school.” I have applied mostly to law firms, through a process known as “pre-OCI.” In the past, recruiters used to come directly to law schools to recruit students, but right now, most law firms are skipping the whole OCI process to start early and get the best candidates.
I have, for lack of a better term, been neurotic about the process. Use any word you want to label — obsessed, hyperfixated, and borderline anxious. I have had a couple of interviews so far and all of them have, in my estimation, gone well. In some, I have asked insightful enough questions that the interviewer has talked more than I did.
However, these interviews have an initial “screening” interview and then, if you pass that stage, you get called back for a more extensive, 90 minute interview. This latter interview is called a “callback,” and if you pass this second interview, you usually get an offer.
I have not heard back from a single firm about the callback.
Yes, I had all my interviews in the past week and maybe it’s just too early to hear back. But I started not only freaking out not only about the interviews, but whether I would get a job after law school at all. I irrationally started wondering whether I should ask the interviewers about whether I would hear back at all, despite knowing how desperate it seemed.
I started to hyperanalyze whether I had completely misunderstood how amicably or how well the interviews went. I started to wonder what was wrong with me that I wasn’t getting a callback. I started to doubt whether I would get a job at all, and whether wondered whether this whole law school thing was a complete waste of time.
Of course, all of these thoughts are pretty unreasonable and irrational. First of all, it’s incredibly early in the process, and second, it’s not the end of the world if I don’t get a job two years in advance of this summer. It’s not the end of the world if I don’t get a law firm job at all and just work in the government or a public interest group.
It is safe to say I started panicking. But I am the type of person that likes to channel panic into action — it isn’t always the answer, but it gives me a much higher locus of control. Instead of checking my email every five minutes to see if a law firm extended a callback interview, I started mass applying to other law firms. It wasn’t all I did to calm myself, but any time my mind focused and fixated on the process of getting a job, I would just apply more and more to cast a super broad net and maximize my chances.
The ongoing fixation and panic surrounding getting a job reveal yet another episode of an ADHD symptom I have had my whole life. It has had a plethora of benefits, but also some drawbacks: hyperfocus.
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According to Royce Flippin at ADDitude, hyperfocus (or hyperfixation) is an intense fixation on an interest or activity for an extended amount of time, to the extent that the world around the person is blocked out. People with ADHD will often hyperfocus on things that interest them, and hyperfocus comes in direct contrast to the other side of the ADHD coin: inattention. Inattention is one of the most common ADHD symptoms, which, according to VeryWellHealth, is difficulty focusing, getting distracted easily, and being easily forgetful. When people think about ADHD, they mostly think of inattention of hyperactivity, but not hyperfocus.
I have often thought of hyperfocus as a superpower — as long as I directed it to the right tasks. Playing video games eight to 12 hours a day was not a very productive use of hyperfocus when I was younger. But I struggled mightily to break out of the video game habit and addiction for years. To this day, when playing some RPGs and MMORPGs, I can play video games for eight hours a day or more if I don’t set limits and regulate myself.
Whether I exhibit hyperfocus or inattention depends on how engrossed I am by the task and how interested I am in it. Something I deem undesirable, like mowing the lawn, cleaning the house, or doing the dishes, is an area where inattention often takes over. Watching TV or reading a book I really enjoy is a time when hyperfocus takes over.
This isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but the problem with ADHD and vacillating between hyperfocus and inattention is the sheer lack of balance. Flippin notes that ADHD often means a dysregulated attention system rather than a balanced one. Hyperfocus is due to a dopamine deficiency which makes it very difficult to shift gears to another task, and is a coping mechanism to deal with distraction.
When I am in a state of hyperfocus binging a Netflix show I really enjoy, four hours can fly by without me even realizing it. When I am in a state of inattention, three minutes can drag on and feel like an eternity. I realize this is what everyone goes through with activities they find engaging and unengaging. It’s not that these are problems unique to people with ADHD, but ADHD does exacerbate them.
There is also hyperfocus when something seems incredibly urgent, when there seems like there is a life or death deadline at stake. It does not always feel like I am going to die, but something comes over me, an almost animalistic instinct that does not let me focus on anything else.
It is almost like I can internally sense and triage the importance of very urgent situations, like the last mile of the marathon, the thirty minutes before a paper is due, the day before an exam, or the day I need to finish a report without my school going into noncompliance. Because this has felt like a survival instinct, I have embraced it rather than pushed it away. I have, at times, tried to control it.
I have used some variation of the Pomodoro Technique to spend 20 to 25 minutes doing an undesirable task, and then keep going on that task if I start to enjoy it or see the importance. This has worked extremely well for some tasks, like doing law school readings I initially dread starting but eventually enjoy analyzing. When I feel like I’m making good progress, it’s momentum that keeps me going.
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Inevitably, however, this hyperfocus is not always helpful and has backfired, particularly in my obsession over these law firm interviews. I can deem certain tasks helpful, but then misgauge my actual locus of control. My grades and credentials are set in stone at the moment, and without another semester of school, I cannot change them. My interview skills can be worked on, but I largely have little control over this process and do not have insight over the internal recruiting conversations or mechanisms that determine hiring decisions.
So this neurotic obsession over why I’m not getting callback interviews can be a bit unhealthy.
I think a lot of us, especially those with ADHD, can try to rationalize and embrace hyperfocus because it can be put into very productive uses. It also seems to be a lot better than the flipside inattention.
But this hyperfocus does have a dark side by making us obsessive and neurotic. I won’t attribute all of this to ADHD — I am just obsessive and neurotic by nature, too. But the ADHD definitely makes it worse.
It is bad when it is put to unhelpful uses, like social media, binging Netflix, or online shopping. It is bad when it is put to unimportant uses, and there is a time and place for unhelpful and unimportant uses because we’re all human and need to relax and have fun. But the challenge and misery is the excess, not the actual act of relaxing or having fun. Not knowing when to stop is its own curse, and sometimes be a liability when left unchecked, according to Flippin. It can lead to missed meetings and deadlines as an adult, and trouble socializing. It can also lead to poor time management when unmedicated.
People know me for being obsessive and for not being able to stop when something is on my mind. I won’t get the hint to move onto another topic, and won’t learn to read the room that people don’t want to talk about something anymore. Given my affinity for politics, sometimes my friends do not want to talk about the most controversial or sensitive topics of the day, but I insist anyway.
Personally, I don’t take medication for ADHD but am working on taming my neurotic hyperfixation and hyperfocus through giving time cutoffs. Even in tasks I enjoy or when the hyperfocus kicks in, I try to force myself to stop after 20 to 25 minutes and set limits. Sometimes, I channel that hyperfocus into another task that is also pressing, so if I feel the need to apply to more jobs, I will stop myself at a certain point so I can do the dishes, spend time with my wife, or go on a run. I will stop so I can go to bed at a reasonable time and get an adequate amount of sleep.
Again, hyperfocus has served me well in my athletic, academic, and professional endeavors. But I have to admit it’s maybe not the best for my personal life or my own mental health when put to certain uses. I won’t cut off a cognitive tendency which is a huge asset, but I will do my best to turn it off when it’s time to take care of myself.
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This post was previously published on Invisible Illness.
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Brooks Ghost Max Running Shoes Are Nearly $50 Off Right Now
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Dick’s Sporting Goods is in the midst of a major sale on running shoes from brands like Hoka, On, and Nike, with Brooks accounting for some of the retailer’s most appealing discounts. Styles like the Glycerin StealthFit and the Adrenaline GTS are on sale, but the one turning heads right now is the high-stack and ultra-cushioned Ghost Max—and it’s selling fast.
Right now,
Brooks Ghost Max Running Shoes in Black/Ebony, $102 (was $150) at Dick’s Sporting Goods
The Ghost Max takes all the best features of the traditional Ghost running shoe, like great breathability and ample under-foot support, and adds a super high-stack cushion that amplifies protection and shock absorption from surface textures. This is a huge upgrade for those with sensitive feet, as it decreases the pressure exerted on the foot, and the larger cushion also provides a wider base, which helps with stability. And, though this sneaker has a more level 6 mm heel-to-toe differential (half that of the normal Ghost), it uses a rocker bottom to help achieve a smooth, comfortable stride when walking.
The maximum cushion is an immediate standout for anyone who steps into these Brooks running shoes, especially those who have to stand a lot. “I’m not a runner, but stand on concrete all day,” a shopper began. “They are, by far, the most cushioned and comfortable shoes I’ve ever worn. I’ve tried Hoka, Asics, and Oofos, but the Ghost Max is my favorite. If you need cushion in your step, look no further.” Another shopper agreed, simply saying they were “super comfortable shoes” with “lots of support.”
Brooks Ghost Max Running Shoes in Cream, $102 (was $150) at Dick’s Sporting Goods
In some cases, shoppers are even switching from their Ghosts—the brand’s most popular sneaker—in favor of this model. “I have been a Brooks Ghost user for many years,” a shopper said. “Love the Ghost Max. Superior cushioning is the key. Being a larger runner of over 30 years (6-foot-3, 240 pounds) the extra cushioning is very much appreciated. The shoes fit perfectly and the ride is smooth. My knees, ankles, and thighs thank you!”
Whether you’re looking for the perfect walking shoe or some extra protection from a daily runner, it’s well worth trying the
Prices are accurate and items in stock at time of publishing.
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