These days, anyone can call themselves a nutritionist. With this realization in mind, it’s more important than every to reevaluate who you are taking nutritional advice from. Dietitians are nutrition professionals that work to highest standard to provide research-backed advice for every diet. While it is always best to consult a personal dietitian for your specific dietary needs, these well known accounts provide sound nutritional advice that’s worth the follow.
Abbey Sharp, RD Abbey posts her expertise both on Instagram and YouTube with almost 100K followers. She mixes humor with science-backed nutrition advice for any person. She posts weekly videos on her Youtube channel evaluating vlogger’s “What I Eat in a Day” videos, and posts delicious recipes on her Instagram.
Jessica Jones, RD Jessica is a San Francisco-based dietitian. She has her own blog “Food Heaven Made Easy” in addition to meeting with patients through nutrition therapy at the University of California San Francisco.
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New week, lots of feelings. In the past few days, we’ve had over 30K people join our page. On the one hand, we’re excited to connect with more of you. At the same time, we’re overwhelmed with the massive amount of messages, interview requests and shoutouts. There’s been a huge push to follow more black people in food, which is great. This is also a tiny first step towards creating meaningful and genuine connection with black people in this industry.⠀ ⠀ We encourage you to get familiar with our content and the tight community we’ve cultivated over the years. We’re food lovers, we love creating recipes. We also stand for food justice, body respect and inclusivity, and cultural competence. We don’t promote weight loss, restrictive diets, or cleanses. We’re about celebrating all bodies exactly as they are, and provide resources to help you develop a pleasurable and balanced relationship with food.⠀ ⠀ If you’re open to learning and engaging about these topics with us in a sincere way, consider this a warm welcome to our page. If you’re just looking for another black person in food to follow, this may not be the community for you. And we don’t mean that in a mean way. What we stand for, popular opinion or not, will always come first before numbers or social following. Thanks for slowing down and reading this, and sending love to you all. 💞 Wen & Jess ⠀ ⠀ Ps: this week we’ll be recording a podcast episode on things to consider before reaching out to black people for collaboration & ways to support black creatives beyond following them on social. Stay tuned
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Marissa Kai Milk, RD Marissa addresses those inner thoughts every person questions while participating in diet culture. She gives before and after mind sets on how to approach common struggle such as binge eating, emotional eating, and restriction.
Tessa Nguyen, RD Tessa is a trained chef and dietitian who is currently spending the year teaching English in South Korea. She incorporates cooking and nutrition into her lessons for her students.
Anna Sweeney, RD Anna provides the tools needed heal a food and body relationship for those struggling with body image. She posts intuitive eating tips and sets the record straight with diet culture.
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Hi friends! There are a number of new humans hanging around, so I thought it made sense to do another introduction! My name is Anna. And I’m so glad that you’re here! I am an @iaedpfoundation Certified Eating Disorder Registered Dietitian and Supervisor. I specialize in the care of humans living with eating disorders, disordered eating, those moving away from diet culture, and all things body image. I practice using a weight inclusive, HAES®, fat positive, and social justice oriented lens. I bring those ideals here, too. I’m also a full time disabled human. I’ve lived with MS for the last 20+ years. If you’re new here, expect to read a lot about combating diet culture, eating disorder recovery, moving toward body trust, and disability lessons that I’m learning and sharing as I go. If you’ve been here for a while, I’m so glad that we are connected. Thank you for being here. I never expected a social media experience to be as intimate as mine has been, and I am most, most grateful. Let’s get a little personal, shall we? I have a great deal of respect for the English language, and love to write. And I’m good at it. One of my dreams is to write a book. In the mean time, I’ll keep writing here. I like most all food and eat with excitement. I miss sharing meals rn. Dislikes: salmon, smoked foods. I am terrified of cows 🐄 and am the bug 🕷 wrangler in my home. Last book I read: Such a Fun Age by @kileyreid Currently reading: Girl with the Louding Voice by @abidare_author I love nature. I miss being able to experience it as I once did, and took for granted, in an able body. This is why inaccessible views exists. If you have a moment, check out my highlights; we’re nearing 400 photos + videos from around the world. With almost 10,000 views. Wow. I cry almost every time someone tags me in an outdoor story. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. . . . Your turn! Introduce yourself, share a fun fact, why you’re here, what you’re reading/watching/listening to, anything! Lots of love, a🤍
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Marisa Moore, RD Marisa is the former spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, and former president of the Georgia Dietetics Association. Her sound advice offers her opinion on restaurant and food companies and their incorporation of healthy options their menus.
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Hey y’all! There are a lot of new faces here so gimme a virtual hug, come on in and have a seat! I’m Marisa Moore – a registered dietitian nutritionist, regular source for the media, and budding photographer. I support women in achieving lifelong wellness without diets. ✨ Here, I serve up approachable plant-forward recipes with a side of science-based nutrition and zero judgments. I’m not the “eat some carrots when you really want chocolate food police.” So, if you’re looking for someone to shame you about eating bread, this is not the place. This is a space where one day I’ll be sipping on an oat milk matcha latte and the next digging into a bowl of salmon cakes and buttery grits. There’s room for it all. And I’m constantly learning and trying new things to share with you. I invite you to join in. Let’s talk. Let’s eat together. I am glad you’re here. Please ask questions, check out my website for recipes, comment and tag me when you make them! And one favor before you go… Please let me know how you found me and what made you decide to follow along? Talk soon! . . . . . . #blackdietitian #foodfreedom #ThisIsMe #RegisteredDietitian #foodphotographer #Nutritionist #dietitiansofinstagram #gratitude #personalstory #thenewhealthy #storyofmytable #foodiesofinstagram #goodmoodfood #feelgoodfood #eatrealfood
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Ryann Kipping, RD Ryann is an expert in prenatal/preconception nutrition for women going through pregnancy. Her account educates to-be moms on portion sizing, cravings, and adequate vitamin intake for two!
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How I became The Prenatal Nutritionist, Part 2: The last 6-months working in the clinic went something like this; I woke up thinking about starting an empire where I could provide science-based education to thousands of women on a journey to deliver a healthy and happy baby. Where I helped women who were hungry for knowledge & motivated to make easy yet extremely impactful nutrition changes. In-between patient sessions, on my lunch, 10-minute breaks, & pretty constantly in my head, I researched, crafted content, & began to create nutrition resources of my own. I fell asleep thinking about what steps I needed to take next in order to quit my job & start creating this nutrition empire full-time. When I was asleep, I dreamt about running my own business where I determined what I taught, writing a book with ingredients I believed in, and selling out programs that actually translated to better pregnancy outcomes. I felt like the only thing that was really helping these women was my positive attitude and smile. I remember one patient so vividly sitting in my office, she was pale, overwhelmed, & on the verge of tears, she said to me one day in a session, “that’s a nice smile, thank you, I appreciate that.” While I do believe a smile & positive attitude can go a long way and did go a long way that day, that’s not what the backbone of my job is. My job is to provide accurate, realistic, & truly helpful nutrition guidance to prevent overwhelm, boost confidence, and help women feel better during their pregnancy. As I neared the last 12 weeks of working in the clinic, I truly felt a roller coaster of emotions. I had moments of “whelp, there’s nothing I can do, I’m just one person” × where I wanted to call my boss & quit right then and there. I felt stuck in a robo body. I wanted to help these women, free them of the diet I was prescribing, but I couldn’t. I showed up every morning with knots in my stomach and left absolutely drained from my mind running in different directions all day. Patients would come in with real concerns about the foods we were prescribing which most I had to shrug off & pretend like they weren’t a big deal. [Continued👇🏼]
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Cara Harbstreet, RD Cara strives to help people mend their relationship with food and exercise. Her Instagram post is filled with reminders that foods shouldn’t have labels or be restricted.
Nazima Qureshi, RD Nazima is a Toronto-based dietitian who works with Muslim women. She gives advice for nutrition challenges and creates a space where women feel understood, welcome, and comfortable.
Martha McKittrick, RD Martha specializes in women suffering from PCOS and gives advice on how to manage it with nutrition and lifestyle management.
