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The Gift of Time with Dozens of New Resources! Message from Nancy Collins, PhD, RD, LD/N, FAPWCA This month, I thought I would share three holiday gift ideas. I love to find just the right gift for the right person! I am obsessed with this first product and I urge you to consider it. Can you tell I am serious? If you don’t routinely back up your computer, you are at risk for losing all of your files. At least a dozen RD411.com users have telephoned me after they lost everything and learned their lesson. Don’t let that happen to you. I have found the simplest back up system ever called the Clickfree Automatic Backup. You don’t need any computer knowledge because all you have to do is plug it into your USB port. Then sit back and watch it make a copy of all your documents, photos, slide sets, and other important files. RD411.com users can get a 15% discount on a 250 GB hard drive until December 31, 2009 by entering coupon code cfr331. Click here for more information. Here is a great food idea without the calories. You will love the aroma of Philosophy’s Cinnamon Buns, an award-winning, ultra-rich three-in-one shampoo, shower gel, and bubble bath with the sweet, decadent scent of cinnamon buns. Words cannot describe the smell; you have to take a shower with this to fully understand. My second favorite flavor in this line is called Waffle Cone; there are dozens of flavors to choose from. Cinnamon Buns and Waffle Cone turn your shower into a calorie-free bakery. How great is that? For more information, visit www.qvc.com and search for item number A61756. One more gift idea is the DVD of the movie Food, Inc. or King Corn. I loved both of these movies and readily admit they changed the way I look at food and the world. These movies are a must for every nutrition and health care professional. If you are looking for a good gift, this is it. You can purchase these documentaries at www.amazon.com or www.ebay.com. If I wasn’t a dietitian I might be a personal shopper but in the interest of space, I will close now. I wish you a happy and healthy Thanksgiving surrounded by loved ones. I am enormously thankful that so many people are enjoying RD411.com. Keep reading for some new offers and dozens of new resources. As always, I love to hear your comments and feedback. Please email me at Nancy@RD411.com.
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Introducing Diet Dinnerware, the revolutionary weight control program that helps your clients and patients change their eating habits and lose weight naturally without any drugs. Recommended by doctors and dietitians, the new diet fork, diet spoon and diet table model will help your patients pace their eating and control their weight. These high tech utensils have a flashing red light and green light. For 25 seconds the light will flash red. Time to put your fork down. Rest. Talk. Socialize at the dinner table. Then the green light goes on for 40 seconds. Eat, take time to chew and enjoy your food. No more unhealthy speed eating. Your patients learn to lose weight the My Diet Dinnerware way. Free $25 VIP Dining Gift Card with your $20 Diet Dinnerware Purchase. Click here for details.
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You are invited to participate in a new teleconference entitled Essential Lean Body Mass: Vital for Life, Recovery and Healing. Join Dr. Tracy Smith, RD as she discusses the important role of lean body mass in health. Dr. Smith will discuss the mechanisms and consequences of loss of lean body mass including sarcopenia, cachexia, wasting. This program has been approved for 1 hour of continuing education for dietitians and nurses so invite your staff and make it an event. As always, there is no charge for this program. Click here for more information and the registration link.
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Widely known as Maker of the World's Best Cheddar, Cabot Creamery is proud to offer a variety of award-winning, reduced-fat and low-fat cheeses to complement the healthy eating recommendations made to patients and clients each day. Cabot's team of Registered Dietitians know that your work changes the behaviors and attitudes of the food we buy, the way we cook and what we eat. Learn how to excite your patients about the great taste of reduced-fat, all natural dairy foods by visiting Cabot's Health Professional center and learn more about our patient education resources and ever-popular FREE sampling program. Click here to get started.
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The RD411.com job service is open for business. Employers can post their job openings quickly and easily for free. Job searchers can browse the listings and see if they find something of interest. Click here to take a look around.
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Do you often hear your patients say they love pasta, but avoid it because they’re watching their carbs or have diabetes? Hi, I'm Joan Williams, registered dietitian. I recommend telling your patients about Dreamfields Pasta. With only 5 grams of digestible carbs per one cup cooked serving, Dreamfields is the perfect pasta option. Plus, it has the same taste and texture of traditional pasta, so kids love it too. Encourage your patients to look for the black box in the pasta aisle and have them make the healthy switch to Dreamfields. RD411.com users can get a free sample kit so you can taste it and see for yourself. Just click here and a free kit will be shipped to you.
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Genomics, metabolomics and related research—affectionately regarded as the “-omics” sciences, is a 30-year old metamorphosis that has emerged as the new face of nutrition and health. Nutrigenomics refers to the role of nutrients in gene expression. On the other hand, nutrigenetics takes a more systemic approach, describing an individual’s response to diet due to genetic variants or polymorphisms. Nutrition science is moving towards nutrigenomics and nutrigenetics to understand the relationship among dietary components, genetic polymorphism, and cellular metabolism. This FREE 1 CEU course will help you learn more. Click here to download the course and information on obtaining your credit.
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Over 100 dietitians and health care professionals have already created their own promotional page on the site since we launched this feature a few weeks ago. If you would like to advertise your services, your products or your facility, you can create your page in only a few minutes. Your page can have your logo or photo, all your contact information, a link to your web site, and a description. There is no charge for this so go ahead and create a professional directory listing or just browse your colleagues’ listings and be inspired by what others are doing. It is just fun to read everyone’s pages and get to know each other! Click here to get started
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The new holiday issue is ready! RD411.com now offers four-page newsletters that you can use to stay in touch with your own clients and patients. Each newsletter contains timely topics, covering various aspects of nutrition, health, exercise, and well-being. The content meets the same high standards that RD411.com demands, and is peer reviewed and referenced, where applicable. You can download the file and then send it to your own mailing list or you can bring the file to your local print shop if you prefer paper copies. You can even personalize the newsletter with your contact information. Click here to learn more.
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Each month Dr. Collins highlights one book she recommends. This month’s recommended book is entitled A Comprehensive Guide to Obtaining Nutrition Order Writing Privileges by Heidi J. Silver, PhD, RD; Annalynn Skipper, PhD, RD, FADA; and Karren Moreland, RD, CNSD. The topic of order writing privileges is one that has been important to me for years. I have served as an expert witness for over 400 legal matters involving dietitians and often, part of the problem is a delay in acting upon nutrition recommendations. For example, it is quite common for a dietitian to recommend an increase in a tube feeding infusion rate. Often, several days pass before the new order is written, if it is ever written. If the patient loses weight in the interim, the question of harm arises. This type of delay may be avoided if dietitians were given order writing privileges. This guidebook aims to help dietitians across the nation evolve into practitioners who function more autonomously. By obtaining order writing privileges, dietitians become even more integral to health care delivery and that is something I support. I suggest you read this book so we can all be well prepared for an objective discussion with regulatory bodies, medical executive committees, and our peers. For more information on this book and purchasing information, click here.
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The more successful each individual dietitian is, the more successful the profession is as a whole. Think of RD411.com as your virtual assistant. The less time you spend reinventing the wheel, the more time you’ll have for your patients and clients—and yourself. You are welcome to download, modify, and distribute any materials you find on RD411.com for free. Let RD411.com save you time so you can get back to the business of nutrition and healthcare.
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Stress: Crazy Busy No More
New Diabetes Materials
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| Want to Help a Busy Colleague? RD411’s philosophy is simple – the more successful each individual dietitian is, the more successful the profession is as a whole. This is a community site and we welcome submissions, ideas, and suggestions from all colleagues and practitioners. If you have developed a great policy, a helpful form, or have another idea to share, contact Dr. Nancy Collins, PhD, RD, LD/N at RD411Office@gmail.com. Our goal is to get you out of the office and back with patients or clients doing what you do best!
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